Tag Archives: fish

Milwaukee part two… fish fries, public art and swooning tweens

By Mark | August 17, 2013

A week or so ago, when I told you about my recent trip to Milwaukee, I promised that there would be a follow-up post, in which I’d talk about fish fries, public art, and the like. Well, I’m afraid that I’ve put it off so long now that I can’t quite remember what it was […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged alewife, Calvin Black, door-to-door eel salesman, Dorothy Avery, eels, experimental film, fish fry, folk art, folk art environments, Frank Sinatra, fried fish, Galesburg, Howard Finster, Illinois, invasive species, kids today, Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, Mimi Dorothy, native species, perch, pollution, Possum Trot, public art, salmon, sculpture, street lights, Sweden, Water Street, Water Street Commons, wheatpasting, Wisconsin, zebra mussels | 10 Comments

Chubby Mary, and other drinks involving animal flesh

By Mark | September 11, 2011

Yesterday morning, the family and I drove up to Leland, Michigan, where, among other things, we sat around watching otters frolicking in the crystal clear water as we sipped big, cold drinks. The photo above is of one such drink. It’s called a Chubby Mary, and it’s the specialty of the house at a place […]

Posted in Food, Michigan | Also tagged Bloody Mary, Canada, chicken feet, Chubby Mary, Dawson City, Downtown Hotel, drink ideas, food and drink, Jive Turkey, Leland, my bar, otter, prohibition, signature drinks, smoked fish, Sour Toe Cocktail, Sourdough Saloon, Sourtoe, The Cove, turkey leg, Yukon | 34 Comments

BP illustrates the need for a corporate death penalty

By Mark | May 30, 2010

It’s now coming out that, when Obama was visiting the Louisiana coast a few days ago, surveying the extent of the damage wrought by the BP oil leak, many of the individuals that he, and the rest of us watching at home, thought were BP workers, were in fact temps hired by Tony Haward and […]

Posted in Alternative Energy, Corporate Crime, energy | Also tagged America Speaking Out, angry Republicans and their ideas, Any Rand, BP, chemical dispersants, child labor, corporate death penalty, Deepwater Horizon, deregulation, dolphins, Lake Michigan, Louisiana, mammals, reptilian humanoids, Republican platform, tea party, Tea Partyfication, Tony Hayward, top kill, toxic waste, Wall Street, whales | 25 Comments

Stuffing the electronic ballot box

By Mark | May 3, 2010

Tonight, when you’re sitting around, looking for something to do after getting drunk on moonshine, instead of doing something naughty, like killing a friend by forcing an Asian swamp eel into his rectum, get online and cast your ballot in the new AnnArbor.com Community Choice Awards. As it would be unethical for me to do […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Food, Other, Shadow Art Fair | Also tagged Asian swamp eels, bad friends, Best Place for Seafood, Community Choice Awards, drunken pranks, eels, Huffington Post journalism, Monahan's Seafood Market, moonshine, Shadow Art Fair, swamp eels, vote rigging, weird ways to kill people | 10 Comments

AnnArbor.com implements crackdown on excessive capitalization

By Mark | February 17, 2010

It’s been a while since we here in this wretched hive of scum and villainy have discussed the form of “aggressive moderation” being practiced by our friends at AnnArbor.com. As I’m sympathetic to their situation, and want for them to be successful, I try not to be unnecessarily critical of the choices they make. But, […]