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Happy Thanksgiving again

By Mark | November 22, 2012

Last November, I made the decision not to write anything new for Thanksgiving, but, instead, to recycle something that I’d written years ago. Well, here it is again. I was tempted to remove some of the old references, and replace them with new ones, but it occurred to me that altering this post, which is [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Other | Also tagged Addams Family, AT&T, Charles Maynard, crooked politicians, Dan Richardson, holiday, human sacrifice, Infantazine, kids setting fire to stuff, Linette, Matt Krizowsky, money laundering, OCD, Pat Maynard, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Ward Tomich, Yeti Load | 8 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving again

By Mark | November 24, 2011

I was going to write something new for Thanksgiving this year, but then it occurred to me that I could just reuse what I posted last year, and spend my morning cleaning the house and getting ready for the new baby that’s scheduled to join us any day now instead. (My hope is that, after [...]

Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged Addams Family, AT&T, Charles Maynard, crooked politicians, Dan Richardson, holiday, human sacrifice, Infantazine, kids setting fire to stuff, Linette, Matt Krizowsky, money laundering, OCD, Pat Maynard, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Ward Tomich, Yeti Load | 13 Comments

The future of Cross Street

By Mark | January 27, 2011

AnnArbor.com has a story today about O’Neal Construction buying up the block of Cross Street that used to house Ted’s Campus Drugs and our local art supply store, Art Attack. Judging from the comments following the article, I’d say that people are happy to see the project in the hands of O’Neal, which was the [...]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 7-Eleven, Andrew O’Neal, Art Attack, business ideas, buy local, Cafe Ollie, Eastern Michigan University, economic development, food service in Ypsilanti, franchises, Kerrytown, local economy, microfiche cafe, O'Neal Construction, Patrick Elkins, press pass, Quizno's, retail in Ypsilanti, Starbucks, Ted Tangalakis, Ted's Campus Drugs, the future of Ypsilanti, typewriters, Ugly Mug, Ypsilanti water tower | 26 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving

By Mark | November 25, 2010

This Thanksgiving morning I’m tempted to get political and say that I’m thankful above all else for things like the fact that a majority of Americans still think of Sarah Palin as being unfit to serve as President, and that former U.S. House majority leader Tom DeLay was found guilty yesterday of money laundering. But, [...]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Other | Also tagged Addams Family, AT&T, Charles Maynard, crooked politicians, Dan Richardson, holiday, human sacrifice, Infantazine, kids setting fire to stuff, Linette, Matt Krizowsky, money laundering, OCD, Pat Maynard, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Ward Tomich, Yeti Load | 16 Comments

The collapse of Cross Street Station

By Mark | April 19, 2010

A reader of the site just sent this photo to me. I’d heard a while ago, from the former manager of the bar, that the roof had fallen in, but it’s amazing to actually see it. I think I’ve mentioned it here before, but this is where, about 17 years ago, I met Linette. I’d [...]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti | Also tagged analogies, condemned buildings, Cross Street, historic places, Linette Lao, metaphors, Oliva, palces that need to be marked by a plaque, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, roof collapse, Ward Tomich, Yeti Load | 14 Comments

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