Tag Archives: Christmas

Here’s wishing you and yours a very YouTube Christmas

By Mark | December 24, 2012

Posted in Pop Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1939, 1955, Church of Stop Shopping, Jack Benny, Jingle Jangle, K Gordon Murray, Penguins, Reverend Billy, Santa Claus, Scrooge, Star Wars Holiday Special | 12 Comments

Giving girls the gift of science… whether they like it or not

By Mark | December 26, 2011

Today’s post, courtesy of Facebook, because I have time for little else, is brought to you by the Lego corporation.

Posted in Education, Other | Also tagged anti-science, Christmas shopping, Clementine, girls, girls and science, opera | 21 Comments

I think Clementine is starting to understand how Mad Libs are done

By Mark | December 24, 2011

Here’s wishing you all a very merry Christmas, and a happy new year. May all of your occupations be joyous, and none of your trees rain butts on your boogers.

Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged boogers, butts, Christmas Eve, Christmas traditions, Clementine, Mad Libs | 8 Comments

My pilot light is out

By Mark | December 15, 2011

Every once in a while, I get the urge to stop blogging. I sat and stared at the screen last night for a few hours, and just couldn’t seem to muster the energy or enthusiasm for it. I feel like blaming the baby, as he’s been keeping us up for the past two weeks, but [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life, OCD, Uncategorized | Also tagged Arlo, charter schools, Christmas gifts, Clementine, collective bargaining, comics, defunding public schools, due process, home birth, indefinite military detention, Linette, Mark, Mark Maynard's heart, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, NDAA, public education, public employee unions, temporary depression, things that make Mark happy, threats to stop blogging, union busting | 37 Comments

Occupy Black Friday actions planned in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Detroit

By Mark | November 24, 2011

I’m torn on the concept of Buy Nothing Day. I love the idea of taking a day to remind ourselves that there’s more to life than blind consumption, but, at the same time, I sympathize with our small, locally owned retailers, who could really use the business. At any rate, I thought that I should [...]