As I explained in an earlier post, I’m in the process of making my way through the house and separating the wheat from the chaff, determining which items will remain here in our 180 year old home, and which will be jettisoned into the ever-churning gyre of filth and garbage that surrounds us. Well, what […]
Tag Archives: Eagle Scout
Maynard-Lao Archive: Item 0003 [Violent Femmes at Carnegie Hall t-shirt]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged anarchy, Brian Ritchie, Brian Sferra, Carnegie Hall, commemorative t-shirt, fandom, Gun Club, Leo Kottke, Milwaukee, New York City, Slash Records, spoiled brats, Steppenwolf, stolen merchandise, suicide bomber, t-shirts, The Blind Leading the Naked, The Germs, Violent Femmes, X, youth gone wild 10 Comments
Ypsi Immigration Interview: Heidi Jugenitz
A few days ago I was introduced to a young woman by the name of Heidi Jugenitz. She, I’d been told by a mutual friend, was new in town, and, having read my blog, wanted to ask me a few questions. We talked briefly, and I asked if I could follow up with a few […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 9/11, Affordable Care Act, Africa, anxiety, austerity, big banks, Boxcar Children, Burkina Faso, Carthage College, Chicago, children's literature, Cote d'Ivoire, Cross Street Station, depression, Detroit Metro Airport, DTW, economic justice, Ecuador, Elijah McCoy, exercise, fear, financial crisis, financial reform, George Bush, health insurance, Heidi Jugenitz, human rights, Hurricane Katrina, hypersensitivity, income inequality, injustice, international aid, international travel, Kentucky, Linette, Masters of Public Administration, mental health, Nancy Drew, neurosis, New Orleans, Obama, Obamacare, OCD, panic disorder, pop-up retail, poverty, prejudice, public education, public health, racism, Rwanda, Sahel, segregation, Shadow Art Fair, sleep, Tanzania, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tulane University, University of Michgan, Vietnam, Vitamin D, vitamins, water, Water Street, Winsor McCay, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Freighthouse 8 Comments
Boy Scouts of America traverse the slippery slope of godlessness that will inevitably bring about the end of mankind
[This post, for those of you who don’t get the reference, was inspired by the likes of the great Rick Santorum, who has been known to equate homosexuality to bestiality, and political commentator Michael Reagan, who so eloquently warned of the “slippery slope” between homosexuality and man-dog love, murder, etc. Personally, I’m very happy to […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Other Also tagged bestiality, Boy Scouts of America, Facebook, gay demonization, gay rights, Michael Reagan, RIck Santorum 12 Comments