By Mark | December 1, 2020
My son Arlo turns 9 years old today. This (above) is what he looks like these days. This was taken a few days ago on one of our long, late morning walks around Ypsilanti between his two online class periods. I suspect, at some point, he’ll tire of hanging around with me, but, as of […]
By Mark | October 28, 2019
I’ve just been informed that the mass delusion known as QAnon turned two today. It was apparently on this day back in 2017 that the following was posted to 4Chan, marking the beginning of what is probably the most ridiculous chapter to date in American history. Spoiler alert… Hillary Clinton, fearful of prosecution, did not […]
Posted in History, Uncategorized | Also tagged 4Chan, 8chan, Ben Collins, conspiracy theories, deep state, Donald Trump, fan fiction, gullible, Hillary Clinton, JFK Jr., mass delusion, mental illness, pizzagate, Qanon, rat king, Robert Mueller, Tom Hanks |
The family and I have spent the last four days in the Maine woods, where my aunt and her husband had rented a cabin so that our extended family could celebrate my father’s 75th birthday together. Aside from falling in Maine’s largest lake while completely clothed, having to scrub vomit from the upholstery of a […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1870, 1918 flu, Arlo, birthday presents, Cairo, Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, catsup, Charles Maynard, Civil War, clocks, Curtis Florian, dogs playing poker, Doug Skinner, drinking, falling in water, family history, family values, farming, fire, Frankfort, gambling, Georgetown, guns, hidden guns, horses, Illinois, John W. Cannon, Kentucky, legends, Little Mister Frankfort, lobster, lobster rolls, Louisville, Maine, Mark's ancestors, Mark's aunt Betsy, Mark's lips, Mark's relatives, Maynard-Lao Archive, Minnie Florian, Mississippi River, Natchez, New Hampshire, Ohio River, paddle boats, pandemic, Piggy Wiggly, poker, Pony Express, Rabbit Hash, Robert E. Lee, Sebago Lake, speed, statues, steamships, sunburn, The Robert E. Lee, theft, Thomas P. Leathers, tobacco, tuberculosis, vacations, vomit, White Sulfur, Wild Bill Cody, William Zanzinger, Woodlake |
My daughter, Clementine, completed her 15th trip around the sun this morning at 8:23 AM. I’d like to say how proud I am of her, how much my heart swells whenever I think about her, and how confident I am that she’ll grow up to do great things, but, as I know that she’d absolutely […]
By Mark | December 2, 2018
If the Jesuit motto, “Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man,” as popularized in Michael Apted’s Up Series, has any merit, the time we have left to influence our son Arlo, who turned 7 this morning, is fast running out. As of right now, we have just […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 7 Up, Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein, Air Time, Arlo, Clementine, farts, feet shaving, Fuddah Fuddah, Greenfield Village, humor, icee, Jesuit, Michael Apted, migraines, refrigeration, shaving, The Three Investigators, Totally Quotable Arlo, Up Series, Whoodie Boodie |