J.D. Freewods
Jake Freivald lives in New Jersey with his wife and most of his ten children. To answer the usual questions: not a “blended family,” just him and his wife; no multiples, just consistent (about every two years); yes, Catholic, go figure; yes, they do know what causes that, and it suits them just fine, thank you very much.
He joined the ROTC program at Cornell, got a BS in electrical engineering, and served four years on active duty as an officer in the Marine Corps. He subsequently went into “enterprise software”, i.e., the stuff that big companies run, not something that you‘d buy for your laptop. He is currently a marketing executive for a New York City software company. Along the way, he founded the web magazine Flash Fiction Online to publish very short stories; although he recently turned that over to others, he remains interested in writing and writers.
His interests either don‘t get enough attention or get too much, considering they can really only come to the fore when he‘s neglecting his wife, his children, or his job. They are primarily music, art, philosophy, science, and politics. He‘s an expert in none of them.
Articles
- An International Day of Celebration, April 22, 2017
- RIP, Lieutenant General Hal Moore, February 14, 2017
- Having Principles Means Having Fewer Choices, August 3, 2016
- Didja ever notice..., June 24, 2016
- The Real War on Women, May 13, 2016
- You Must Love Big Broth...Um, Sis... Um....Sibling, May 9, 2016
- Happy Easter! Alleluia Anyway!, March 27, 2016
- Turning Against Trump, March 19, 2016
- The Wisdom of the One-Child Policy, November 2, 2015
- Someone Who Noticed, August 5, 2015
- Marion Zimmer Bradley's Daughter on Homosexuality and Gay Marriage, July 25, 2015
- News from the Future, O-boy-did-we-fall-for-it Edition, June 29, 2015
- In other news..., June 26, 2015
- Let It Fly, June 22, 2015
- News from the Future, Racial Identity Edition, June 15, 2015
- Kafkatrapping, June 4, 2015
- News From The Future, Bruce Jenner Edition: June 30, 2021, June 3, 2015
- Shrieking Harpies of Tolerance, Superhero Edition, May 4, 2015
- The Shrieking Harpies of Tolerance Dine On Their Friends, April 27, 2015
- It's Not My Fault I React Badly to Accusations of Racism, March 18, 2015
- News From The Future: Jobs for Jihadis Edition, February 18, 2015
- Repeat After Me:, January 22, 2015
- Apparently Science Says "Is" Really Means "Ought", January 20, 2015
- America is No Worse Than Countries with Real Race Hatred, January 4, 2015
- One Need Look No Further, December 30, 2014
- A Warning from Stalinist Russia, December 29, 2014
- Just Another Irony of Our Liberalism, December 29, 2014
- Misunderstanding Tradition, December 28, 2014
- The Shrieking Harpies of Tolerance, Anti-Gunner Edition, December 18, 2014
- Today in Future History, December 16, 2014