Tag Archives: activities for kids

Ypsilanti’s young people pack the AM 1700 studio to speak truth to power, and the music of Soft Milk… on episode 24 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | August 24, 2015

This past weekend’s episode of The Saturday Six Pack, as I suspect most of you already know, started coming together earlier this summer, after the gang-related murder of 20 year old Keandre Duff, who had been shot in the head and killed just after midnight on the morning of July 12 at an Ypsilanti block […]

Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AM 1700, Amanda Edmonds, Andres Stockdill, Ask-A-Teen, Benjamin Edmondson, Berlin, carpenter ants, Dylan Beckwith, eating bugs, Eli Stevick, gangs, GG Allin, ghosts, Heritage Fest, Iggy Pop, internships, Jerry Clayton, Kate de Fuccio, Keandre Duff, Nick Azzaro, nudity, Ozone House, Ozone House Drop-In Center, Soft Milk, teens, Tony DeGiusti, WICIR teen group, WIHI, WIMI, Youth Commission, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 17 Comments

The Oakwood Seed

By Mark | January 27, 2015

Earlier this month, in a post about the first annual MarkMaynard.com Ypsilantian of the Year award, I mentioned several people who had been nominated for the distinction. One of those was a 9 year old girl named Juna, who publishes a small newspaper called the Oakwood Seed. She was nominated by Rob Hess, the man […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cool kids and the cool shit that they do, cool local initiatives, independent press, Juna, kids today, Oakwood Street, The Oakwood Seed, zines | 11 Comments

Tea Party summer camp

By Mark | June 14, 2011

The St. Petersburg Times is reporting today that a Tampa area Tea Party group calling itself the Tampa 912 Project is offering a summer camp for kids in July. Here’s a clip from the article: …The organization, which falls under the tea party umbrella, hopes to introduce kids ages 8 to 12 to principles that […]

Posted in Education | Also tagged 9/12, America is good, anti-government, Bill Murray, birther, blind patriotism, charter school, Education, gold, guerilla drive-in, Jeff Lukens, jingoism, Karen Jaroch, kid, Meatballs, separation of church and state, summer camp, Tampa Liberty School, tea party, the threat of Socialism | 10 Comments

My First Tat Gun

By Mark | October 24, 2010

So, am I just a being an old man, or is this a really bad idea? I wonder if it comes with a little, My First Case of Hep-C prescription bottle full of candy. On the bright side, it could be worse. At least they don’t show little girls getting “tramp stamps” above their butt […]

Posted in Other | Also tagged face tattoos, hepatitas, kids grow up too fast, kids today, Mike Tyson, people who will one day regret getting a tattoo designed by Mark, pole dancing, strippers, tattoos, tramp stamps | 16 Comments

Richard Dawkins talks with kids about science, the universe and evolution

By Mark | January 25, 2010

Here’s something nice to watch with your kids this morning, as you’re eating your cereal, sipping your coffee and filling your flasks. And, for what it’s worth, it might also be useful for those adult readers of this site, who seem to have some difficulty understanding what exactly evolution is. [Via TED, which describes it […]