Author Archives: Mark

Race and the Water Street Flats debate

By Mark | March 8, 2014

As I’ve stated here previously, I believe that a legitimate case can be made against Ypsilanti’s proposed Water Street Flats development. When I read stuff like this note to Ann Arbor News reporter

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged affordable housing, Katrease Stafford, race, racism, Save Ypsilanti's Water Street, Water Street Flats, Water Street Redevelopment Project | 1 Comment

Two headlines reinforce the need to watch those who are watching the rest of us

By Mark | March 6, 2014

I’m not terribly surprised to read either of these stories, but I found it interesting that both broke on the same day. [References: story one, story two]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Observations | Tagged Army, child porn, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Patrick Rock, porn filter, sexual assault, UK, who watches the watchers | 4 Comments

Choose your Champion! Our “20 Feet of Meat” fundraiser is now just two weeks away.

By Mark | March 6, 2014

For those of you who missed the debut of the ad for the Wurst Challenge that debuted during last Sunday’s Oscar broadcast, here it is again. We’re less than two days into the campaign, and already we’ve raised almost $500 for Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center. Sadly, though, several of our participants have yet to […]

Posted in Food, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged Brad Perkins, bratwurst, eating challenges, FLY Children's Art Center, fundraisers, Jason Youngs, Paul Schreiber, sausage, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 5 Comments

Totally Quotable Clementine: big butt edition

By Mark | March 6, 2014

The way she approached me, and said that she had a question, I was thinking that the time had finally come for the big talk about where babies how babies are made. I’d known it was just a matter of time, as we’d had the Santa talk about three months ago, and I’d been kind […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Pop Culture | Tagged butts, difficult questions, I Like Big Butts, parenting, Sir Mix-a-Lot, totally quotable Clementine | 15 Comments

Mothman lives on, scares ten people per mile

By Mark | March 5, 2014

While it’s been almost five years now since the world lost John Keel, his legacy apparently lives on. I just received the following from my friend Jeff. This is the work of his 8 year old son Sam. [If you've never read Keel's The Mothman Prophecies, there's no time like the present.]