Jason Clarke

I'm a family guy and writer based in Orono, Maine. I've been writing this blog since 2003, covering everything from political issues to technology trends to life and death. Go to my 'About' page to learn more about me and get in touch.

The Teammates

Historian David Halberstam was on The Daily Show Thursday talking about his new book, The Teammates. The book is about Red Sox legends Dom Dimaggio (yes he is) and Johnnie Pesky driving from Boston down to Florida for one last visit with Ted Williams, who has since passed. Williams was the greatest hitter that ever […]

OOB bound

From Friday until Sunday afternoon, we’ll be gone to Old Orchard Beach with Heidi’s family for a little mini-break.

The new Bond makes up for the breaking desk…

On this desk that I’m sitting at, the left side of the slideout keyboard tray has been steadily detaching from the side of the desk for the past few days…every time I hear an ominous crack, the left side of the keyboard tilts down slighty to the left, leaving us typing on an ever-growing tilt.

Mike Tyson in the fight of his life

Greta Van Susteren’s Mike Tyson piece just aired on the Fox network’s horrible newsmagazine, The Pulse. Besides her fake, stupid “I’m trying to be serious” look, the piece was not a total trash job like I expected it to be. Tyson was convicted of raping Desree Washington in 1992, and the piece spent much time

the series premier

Hello! Today is the first day of jasonclarke.org. After two years of owning the domain name and doing nothing with it, I’ve finally got something here. Mostly, I think we’ll be using this site to publish photos we’ve taken (or that have been taken of us), so hit up the photos section, and be sure