By Mark | August 21, 2013
As it’s been a while since we’ve discussed America’s rapidly consolidating and progressively evil funeral industry, I thought that I’d share this comment, which was left a few days ago on Reddit, in a thread about industry secrets, by an unnamed individual claiming to be a funeral director. [I’ve added several links, but otherwise the […]
Posted in Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged A Family Undertaking, All Saints, anus, big death, biohazard, casket, chemicals, coined phrases, Corporate Crime, cremation, cremation societies, Death, deathcare, Dignity Memorials, embalming fluid, Erika Nelson, eye caps, FTC Funeral Rule, Funeral Consumers Alliance, funeral homes, funeral supplies, funerals, Generations Funeral Service, green burial, Josh Slocum, leakage, monopoly, Muehlig Funeral Home, napping in caskets, natural burial, pollution, purge, pyramid schemes, sales, SCI, Secrets, Service Corporation International, STEI, Stewart Enterprises, toxic waste, trocar, vagina, water quality |
Cities are living things. They grow older, like all of us, and they change. They evolve, or they die. I get that. I’ve grudgingly come to accept that the best things in life are transient. That realization doesn’t make it any easier, however, to accept it when good things, that genuinely make me happy, go […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, History, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized | Also tagged Blue Wolf Grill, Discount Records, Dunkin' Donuts, Eastern Accents, franchises, Harvest Kitchen, Helen Harding, Herb David, Iggy Pop, Jean Henry, Lisa Waud, Mahek, mallification, national chains, Pete Larson, Pita Pita, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Qiznos, retail in Ann Arbor, Sava Lelcaj, Shaman Drum, Small & Mighty, Small and Mighty, Tuptim |
By Mark | January 7, 2012
It’s been a while since I last coined a new phrase here. I like doing it, but, as they never really seem to catch on, I’ve become less inclined to put in the effort. (I’m still angry that my phrase “face taint”, for that area between one’s nose and upper lip, never caught on like […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Photographs, sex, Uncategorized | Also tagged crucifixion, face taint, feet, Jesus, Jesus Christ, nails, rapetainment, roof repair, rug burn, sexmata, stigmate, wounds |
