By Mark | October 31, 2016
This is where I’ve been sitting for the past hour or so, since it first started getting dark, just waiting for a trick-or-treater to climb the three steps in front of our old house and ring the bell. So far, though, no one’s even come close. I keep going to the window to check, but […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Almond Joy, cocaine, dad humor, Goodfellas, Halloween, Halloween candy, John Belushi, overdose, potatoes, Ray Liotta, sociological study, sociology, Whoppers, wired |
By Mark | October 31, 2015
I’m not sure what it means, but, at some point between 1:00 AM and 4:00 AM this morning, someone left a demonic frog, a bunch of creepy barbie dolls, and a sickly yellow poop covered in what looks like orangutan hair on our front porch. Is this the kind of thing that we’re supposed to […]
By Mark | November 1, 2013
Having done the Halloween thing with the kids, and listened to both The Shaggs and Screamin Jay Hawkins, I’m now settling down in front of the computer to watch my annual allotment of scary movies. Sadly, John Carpenter’s Halloween doesn’t seem to be available on Netflix, so it looks like I’ll be watching either The […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life, Pop Culture | Also tagged 16 and Pregnant, Affordable Care Act, Arlo, Bernie Sanders, Captain Kirk, childhood obesity, Clementine, costumes, Duck Dynasty, health care, health care reform, Honey Boo Boo, Kim Kardashian, North Dakota, Obamacare, reality television, single-payer system, trick-or-treating, William Shatner |
After attending the Netroots Nation conference in Providence, I spent $23, and took the Megabus to New York. (I’d wanted to take the train, but I couldn’t justify spending the additional $90.) I met up with Linette and the kids there, and we took over the Brooklyn apartment of Linette’s brother, Neal, forcing him to […]
Posted in Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11, anti-consumerism, Barbie, Brad Hodgins, Centrak Park, Church of Stop Shopping, Cindy Sherman, Clementine, consumerism, ear buds, Hannah Montana, John's Pizzeria, M&M, M&M World, Megabus, MoMA, Neal Lao, Netroots Nation, New York, New York City, Princess School, prostitot, rectal prolapse, Reverend Billy, Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Toys R Us, WWII |
In early January of this year, a Detroit rock icon passed away in Ypsilanti at the age of 62. He was born Stanley Zillifro, but, in the mid-1960s, as the Detroit rock scene took off, was reborn as Stanley T. Mad Hatter. And, it was under that monicker that he became famous, emceeing countless historic […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1967, 2 Live Crew, 217 South Adams, altruism, animal-grade bread, another famous person has died, Aunt Millie's, birds, candy throwing, Cinderella, Detroit Party Marching Band, Detroit Riot, emcees, First Church of Rock 'n' Roll, floats, Found Object Orchestra, generosity, Get Back, gorilla gardening, Grande Ballroom, grilled cheese, hats, hugs, J. Geils Band, Keelan, Ludacris, memorials, men in hats, Michigan Avenue, Nectarine, Necto, New Dodge Lounge, parades, Patrick Elkins, pot, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll, Second Chance, squirrels, Stanley T. Mad Hatter, Stanley Zillifro, Totally Awesome Fest, wrestling |
