Remember how, a few months ago, I jokingly told you that I was worried that I might have contracted tuberculosis? Well, I’m still coughing. And I’m coughing harder than ever. By my count, I’ve been coughing consistently for ten weeks straight, trying desperately to get something out of my lungs that apparently just won’t budge. […]
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The persistent cough that is killing me
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged bad police work, coughing, gun violence, New York City, Ohio, RNC, shootout with police, virus, vote rigging 14 Comments
Sarah Vowell may read this post, so please don’t leave stupid comments
I’m sick. I have a cold. I slept for about 15 hours last night. And I probably should have stayed in this evening, buried under mountain of blankets, but, thanks to a friend of a friend of a friend, I happened into some tickets for a reading by writer, historian and public radio personality Sarah […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, History, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti Also tagged Bee Mayhew, celebrity sighting, Eastern Michigan University, hemming and hawing, if you have to tell someone that you're not crazy you probably are, John Winthrop, Massachusetts Bay Colony, puppet Mark, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Vowell, sick, sick day, soup, The Wordy Shipmates, This American Life, turkey noodle soup, Ypsilanti District Library 31 Comments