By Mark | October 30, 2020
I’m sorry that I haven’t been around much lately. Between working to get Biden elected, taking care of the kids, and helping to get an award-winning, five-star restaurant off the ground here in Ypsi, I just haven’t had time to engage in the debate over the rapidly imploding right wing conspiracy theory about Hunter Biden’s […]
By Mark | October 21, 2020
We are seeing a serious increase in COVID-19 cases here in Washtenaw County. As MLive reported on Monday, we went from “200 cases the week of October 4-10 to 433 new cases the week of October 11-17, making our county one of the worst in the state when it comes to transmission of the deadly […]
Also posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged American Federation of Teachers, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, GEO, Graduate Employees Organization, Jimena Loveluck, pandemic, public health, Randi Weingarten, stay in place, strike, University of Michigan, Washtenaw County |
As you can see in the above graph from Bridge Magazine, we’re seeing an uptick in new COVID-19 cases here in Michigan since Governor’s Whitmer’s stay-home order was lifted on June 2. On June 11, just three days after our bars and restaurants reopened, we saw a low of just 74 new cases across the […]
Also posted in Health, Michigan, Uncategorized | Tagged Costco, COVID-19, dining out, East Lansing, food safety, Harper's Restaurant & Brew Pub, local business, lockdown, pandemic, Powell's, public health, responsibility, restaurants |
A few years ago, I posted something here about the shady work of a private Israeli intelligence agency to discredit those in the Obama administration who had helped secure the nuclear deal with Iran. The organization’s name was Black Cube. And, in my post, I noted the fact that, decades before, I was the member […]
Also posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Tagged 1992, Aaron Dilloway, acoustic noise, Andy Claydon, Black Cube, Bulb Records, Clean White Surface, Couch, dystopia, Fears of Practice, Gingham Girls, Glass Needle, Hanson Record, Hanson Records, Harvey Drouillard, Jim Magas, King Strang, Leonard Cohen, Linette, Marquee Moon, Monarchs, music video, Nickels Arcade, noise music, performance art, Pete Larson, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, Roger Corman, sister wives, Ski Troop Attack, Songs of Love and Hate, television, terrorism, time travel, trees, Warren Jeffs, water, wax, Wolf Eyes |
By Mark | September 8, 2019
Yesterday evening, I had the pleasure of attending a housewarming party here in Ypsilanti for Washtenaw Community College graphic design instructor Ingrid Ankerson. Here, for those of you who haven’t already had the pleasure of meeting Ingrid, who just moved to Ypsi from Wisconsin — by way of Baltimore and Ann Arbor — is her […]
Also posted in Ypsilanti | Tagged 1824, 2020, Annarbour, Baltimore, Ben Wikler, Brooklyn, cheese, cheese curds, crabs, dairy, dark money, Donald Trump, Elijah Cummings, Elisha Walker Rumsey, enamel, farming, gay marriage, gerrymandering, hot tub, immigration interview, infested, Ingrid Ankerson, jacuzzi, John Allen, Kettle Moraine, Kewaskum, Kohls, letterpress, Linette, Madison, Milwaukee, PJ Harvey, Pod Save America, racism, Ryan Molloy, Scott Walker, sheep, Sidetrack, Signal Return, teeth, typography, unions, Vandercook, Washtenaw Community College, West Bend, Wisconsin, Ypsi immigration interview |
