By Mark | October 22, 2015
Approximately three weeks ago, on national television, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a huge mistake. He gloated that the Republican led House Select Committee on Benghazi had been successful, in that it had brought former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton down in the polls, making her a less viable candidate for the office of […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, Benghazi, Carly Fiorina, Chris Stevens, Clinton Foundation, Congressional hearings, dirty political tricks, electoral politics, Elijah Cummings, Glen Doherty, Hillary Clinton, House of Representatives, House Select Committee on Benghazi, John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, Libya, Mike Huckabee, political theater, Rand Paul, Richard Hanna, Sean Smith, Sidney Blumenthal, Trey Gowdy, Tyrone Woods |
By Mark | February 12, 2014
MARK: Let’s start at the beginning… Back in the mid to late ‘90s, you had a show on Ann Arbor’s Community Television Network (CTN) where you’d talk about sex, answer viewer questions, demonstrate various toys, and the like. How’d that show come about? TANYA: The show was called Get Curious with Safety Girl, and it […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, sex | Also tagged 50 Shades of Grey, adult toys, anal lube, anal play, Ann Arbor, Arrowood, Bob Berkowitz, Bongz And Thongz, bussing, Butch Curious, butt plugs, censorship, clits, community access, Community Television Network, condoms, CTN, Dan Savage, Depot Town, female maskers, fetishes, Frenchie's, Geoffrey Fieger, Get Curious with Safety Girl, high school dropout, In Search of The Lord’s Way, independent retail, Jiffy Lube, kink level one, kink level ten, Laura Abraham, Liberty Street, Liberty Street Video, lingerie, oral sex, pegging, polyamorous, porn, prostate massage, safe sex, safer sex, Safety Girl, sex, sex therapist, sex toys, Sidetrack, single mom, Suzanne Somers, Tanya Brown, Tanya Veilleux, Valentine's Day, vulvas, weddings, welfare, Ypsi Girl |
By Mark | November 13, 2013
Hate crime perpetrating underwear model turned actor Mark Wahlberg is in the press today. It appears as though he “lost his shit” during a live Q&A when the moderator indirectly referenced a comment made by Tom Cruise, about how his job is, in some ways, like “fighting in Afghanistan.” Wahlberg, who portrays a Navy SEAL […]
By Mark | September 19, 2013
A few days ago I was introduced to a young woman by the name of Heidi Jugenitz. She, I’d been told by a mutual friend, was new in town, and, having read my blog, wanted to ask me a few questions. We talked briefly, and I asked if I could follow up with a few […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Africa, anxiety, austerity, big banks, Boxcar Children, Burkina Faso, Carthage College, Chicago, children's literature, Cote d'Ivoire, Cross Street Station, depression, Detroit Metro Airport, DTW, Eagle Scout, economic justice, Ecuador, Elijah McCoy, exercise, fear, financial crisis, financial reform, George Bush, health insurance, Heidi Jugenitz, human rights, Hurricane Katrina, hypersensitivity, income inequality, injustice, international aid, international travel, Kentucky, Linette, Masters of Public Administration, mental health, Nancy Drew, neurosis, New Orleans, Obama, Obamacare, OCD, panic disorder, pop-up retail, poverty, prejudice, public education, public health, racism, Rwanda, Sahel, segregation, Shadow Art Fair, sleep, Tanzania, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tulane University, University of Michgan, Vietnam, Vitamin D, vitamins, water, Water Street, Winsor McCay, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Freighthouse |
