Tag Archives: Christmas

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 […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged big box retail, Black Friday, blood funnel, Buy Nothing Day, Christmas shopping, commercialism, Dearborn, Johari Uhuru, malls, Occupy Ann Arbor, Occupy Christmas, Occupy Detroit, Occupy the Hood, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Ypsilanti, OWS, protests, retails, Shop Local for the Holidays, Troy | 10 Comments

Krampus needs your ideas for naughty and nice beers

By Mark | November 18, 2011

Last year, our friend Logan, who brews all of the delicious beer at the Corner Brewery, decided to make two batches of special beer for the big Krampus constume party. As you may recall, one the beers was naughty, and one was nice. Sadly, as I was knocked unconscious by a flying disco ball at […]

Posted in Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged beer, Corner brewery, Detroit Party Marching Band, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Krampusdeep, Logan Schaedig, naughty beer, nice beer, Patrick Elkins, Woodruff's | 18 Comments

Merry Christmas, leave the plate

By Mark | December 24, 2010

update: Now that I’m done wrapping presents, nibbling on carrots and arranging cookie crumbs on a plate so as to give the impression of having been dropped by a 300-pound intruder, I’m faced with the eternal holiday question… Die Hard or A Christmas Carol.