Category Archives: Mark’s Life

Seeing in the Boston bombing though the filter of preexisting prejudice

By Mark | April 16, 2013

I wasn’t going to comment on yesterday’s deadly Boston Marathon bombing until more of the facts were known, but, as I’m sitting here tonight, reading the analysis of folks like Alex Jones, who thinks that it was an inside job perpetrated by the government, and Fox News contributor Erik Rush, who thinks that it’s clearly [...]

Also posted in Mark's Life, Other, Uncategorized | Tagged Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Atlanta, bombers, bombs, Boston, Boston Marathon, conspiracy theories, Erik Rush, false flag, FOX News, Islamophobia, mass murder, Oklahoma City, Olympic bombing, patriot movement, Patriots' Day, Richard Jewell, Taliban, terrorism, Time Square, Timothy McVeigh | 72 Comments

Old man with bad back requests help rioting: Ann Arbor

By Mark | April 8, 2013

At some point in 1991, I had the occasion to witness a basketball-related riot in Ann Arbor, as I stood wedged between an open 450-degree pizza oven and a large plate glass window facing the intersection of Church and State. I can’t recall, but I don’t think my friend Roger and I, who were busy [...]

Also posted in Ann Arbor, History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Tagged Backroom Pizza, Church Street, frats, life's not fair, misremembering, NCAA, pizza, riots, South University, student riots, tear gas, The Brown Jug, University of Michigan, vandalism | 24 Comments

Fondly remembering Roger Ebert… nerdy kid in search of friends, childhood zine editor

By Mark | April 4, 2013

I have very few regrets in life. One of the biggest is not pursuing an interview with writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Sun Times film critic Roger Ebert more aggressively. (He finds himself in the distinguished company on Don Knotts and Joey Ramone in that regard.) If you haven’t heard, Ebert passed away today at [...]

Also posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Other, Uncategorized | Tagged 1950s, 1983, another famous person has died, atheism, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Bob and Ray, Buck Coulson, cancer, Death, Don Knotts, famous people who published zines, fandom, Gene Siskel, Harlan Ellison, Harvey Kurtzman, Humanism, Joey Ramone, Juanita Coulson, Kate Moss, Kurt Vonnegut, legacies, Lenny Bruce, life after death, memes, MidWestCon, Mort Sahl, on facing death, people who we know from television, religion, Richard Dawkins, Roger Ebert, Russ Meyer, science fiction, self-publishing, Sex Pistols, so it goes, Stan Freberg, Star Wars, Stymie, Xero, Yandro, zine pioneers, zines | 15 Comments

Sagging old breasts or young freak ass?

By Mark | April 4, 2013

It’s like the “Young Lady, Old Woman” illusion for a new generation.

Also posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Other | Tagged anatomical anomaly, ass, boobs, Clementine, illusions, ski mask | 6 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Charlie Slick

By Mark | March 30, 2013

I don’t know how to break this to you, so I’ll just come right out and say it… It looks as though beloved local pop idol Charlie Slick will soon be joining the ranks of those leaving our community. Following is his official exit interview. MARK: I’m thinking of requiring everyone who wants to leave [...]