I skipped last night’s Ypsi City Council meeting. I should have gone, but other things got in the way. From what I hear, it was dominated by talk of urban chickens, with significant numbers of both proponents and opponents coming out to let their opinions be known. In the end, it looks like the pro-chicken […]
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Urban chickens, local trains, and young people on the DDA
Posted in entrepreneurism, Observations, Other, Rail, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Mayhew, bird flu, Brian Robb, catch 22, chicken slaughter capital of Washtenaw County, city chickens, City Council, Darryl Daniels, Dave Wheeler, DDA, James Marks, Jim Karnopp, John Coleman, John Donegan, Karen Maurer, Linda French, Lois Richardson, Michael Bodary, Move to Ypsi and Have that Extra Chicken that You Deserve, Peter Rinehart, Rene Greff, Robert M. Barnes, Sandee French, Scotty James, slaughter, Trudy Swanson, urban chickens | 21 Comments
It’s like a jelly donut full of crab meat, only without the crab meat
[This conversation with the spine surgeon took place a few weeks ago, as we looked at images from my MRI. Basically she told me that I’d never get my old disk back, but that, by watching what I did, and building up my core strength, I could avoid future flair ups. I forget the exact […]
Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged back pain, cartoon, it sucks getting old, jelly donut full of crab meat, looking for someone to blame, metaphors, mixed metaphors, My Life in Ypsi | 13 Comments