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The gay agenda, the Huron River, and the Dirty Mooney… on episode 21 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | July 12, 2015

I knew going in that this show could be a mess. In addition to the requisite six pack, I’d asked our friend Brigid Mooney to come in and show us how to make her signature cocktail, the Dirty Mooney, which, as it turns out, is pretty much just straight gin with a hint of Sprite. […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Aimee Adams, Beth Bashert, Brian Robb, Brigid Mooney, Champaign, Christians under attack, Dirty Mooney, drunkenness, Eric Wozniak, gay marriage, gin, Hedger Breed, Huron River Watershed Council, Kate de Fuccio, Laura Rubin, marriage equality, Patrick Elkins, radio drama, Sprite | 9 Comments

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Misty Lyn Bergeron communing among the redwoods

By Mark | December 3, 2013

A few weeks ago, kind of on a whim, I reached out to a local musician and asked if he’d be willing to talk about a recent vacation he’d taken to Gettysburg. It went well. I enjoyed hearing about something that he was insanely passionate about, and I think he enjoyed, for a change, talking […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arlo, Avenue of the Giants, bartending, Big Love, Big Sur, Bill Hicks, birth stories, blue green algae, burgers, buruli ulcer, Carmel, Carnival Cruise, community service, consumption, cruise, East of Eden, Eli Eisman, epiphanies, fast food, Garden City, gardening, gated communities, Glen Campbell, Grey Goose, Halliburton, Hee Haw, Hee Haw Honeys, hippies, how to be a better human being, Iggy Pop, interviews, John Steinbeck, Joseph Campbell, Lake Michigan, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Lust for Life, malaria, martinis, Matt Jones, Michigan Musicians on Vacation, Misty Lyn, Misty Lyn Bergeron, musicians, musicians breaking the law, nature, polygamy, private property, private roads, Rawlins, redwoods, Rhinestone Cowboy, Salt Flats, San Francisco, Seva, Siddhartha, solitude, spiritual quests, spirituality, sun poisoning, Timothy Monger, travel, travel tips, trees, Utah, vacations, vans, vegetarianism, vertigo, Zen, Zion National Park. | 6 Comments

On finding Mox, and being proclaimed the best dad in the world

By Mark | November 6, 2011

Here’s a tip for all the fathers in the audience. If you really want your kid to love you, all that you have to do is head out into the night, in your pajamas, drive to Ann Arbor, and backtrack your steps through the dark, with a flashlight in your hand. Assuming you eventually find […]

Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged best dad, Clementine, Mox, parenting advice, parenting tips, squirrels, stuffed animals, totally quotable Clementine | 14 Comments

Watching movies with my daughter

By Mark | October 11, 2009

I showed Clementine The Wizard of Oz a couple of months ago, soon after she turned five. I thought that she was old enough. We’d already read the book. And I’d already warned her about the flying monkeys. And I’d shown her the scene where the Wicked Witch of the West melts on YouTube. So, […]