By Mark | December 6, 2018
If you’re planning to attend the DIYpsi art fair this weekend, be sure to swing by the table of illustrator Caleb Zweifler, who, early next week, intends to hitchhike his way out of Ypsilanti, the town that he’s called home for the past decade. Following is his official Ypsilanti exit interview. MARK: What’s your full […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amy Sacksteder, Andrew Zweifler, Andy Claydon, archery, Becoming Myth, Bee Roll, Beezy's, BFA, bitch", Brazil, Brian Little, Brian Nelson, Bruce Lee’s Fighting Method, bug-out bag, Caleb Zweifler, Capoeira, comic books, corn cob pipe, Davey Jones, death metal, depression, Dishwasher Pete, dishwashing, DIYpsi, Do Make Say Think, Elbow Room, EMU, EMU Art Department, exit interviews, garden hermit, graphic novels, Guillermo Lopez, hermit, hitchhiking, Iggy Pop, illustration, Jamaica, Jim Cherewick, John DeHoog, Julian Weisensel, Kris Coley, Lansing Community College, log cabin, mania, Marisa Dluge, Michael Reedy, Michigan, Munith, Nate Hockman, Nazis, Nightman Cometh, off-grid, Pete Jordan, Peter Pan, Physicians for the Prevention of Gun Violence, political correctness, Portuguese, Richard Rubenfeld, Richard Washington, Rita Jane Riggs, Riverside Park, Ruth Zweifler, Sherzer Hall, Stockbridge, Student Advocacy Center, survivalist, Taru Sterling, Tetris, Visit Ypsilanti, wonderlust, Ypsi Real, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau, Ypsilantian of the Year |
By Mark | November 13, 2014
In the immediately aftermath of Robin Williams’ death, there was a great deal of talk in the press about suicide, depression, and the fact that the two, all too often, go hand in hand. As someone who not only suffers from OCD and depression, but who has also lost several members of his family to […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, OCD, Uncategorized | Also tagged Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Comprehensive Depression Center, Dead Poets Society, depression, Joe Himle, John F. Greden, meditation, mental illness, mood disorders, National Network of Depression Centers, OCD, presenteeism, productivity, Prozac, Robin Williams, sigma, suicide |
By Mark | January 6, 2012
[While I’m busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we’re calling Blogbaby. Today’s contribution comes from my author friend Chelsea Lowe, who lives in Boston.] The difference between high school and life, of course, is that one […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged Blogbaby, Chelsea Lowe, Education, Fabulized, friends with books, growing up, iPhone apps, Monk, OCD, TV Guide |