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 in our family archive, and which will be jettisoned into the ever-churning gyre of garbage that surrounds us. What follows is my justification for keeping […]
Tag Archives: historic artifacts
Maynard-Lao Archive: Item 0002 [Historic Ann Arbor Farmhouse Brass Doorknob]
Posted in Education, History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1995, American Studies, Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, archeology, arson, creative writing, Ed Rutsch, EMU, farmhouse, hands-on education, Hands-On History, Henry Ford Museum, historic archeology, Linette Lao, Mark's chances to change history, Mark's jobs, Sears catalog, Seva, Smithsonian Institution, Society for Industrial Archeology, summer camp, teaching, The Brown Jug, University of Michigan, work-study, Ypsilanti State Mental Hospital 9 Comments
You no longer have to take the word of the textbooks, this is what Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink was actually like
Remember how, several months ago, I told you that a 25 year old video of my Ann Arbor noise band, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, had surfaced in Oregon, and how music journalist Dustin Krcatovich had made it his mission in life to track it down? Well, he was apparently successful. After teasing me with a few […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, History, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged Blackjack Records, Charles Maynard, cultural artifact, Dan Richardson, Dustin Krcatovich, exploding lawnmowers, Fears of Practice, Matt Krizowsky, Miles Larson, Old Town, Pat Maynard, Pete Larson, Peter Larson, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, property theft, Rick Snyder, Scott Derr, Skink, The Collector, Wolf Eyes 26 Comments
My search for the Ypsi Tooth leads me to an interesting Haab’s artifact
My never-ending search for our region’s most enigmatic super villain, the Ypsi Tooth, led me a few nights ago to a long-closed-up building in downtown Ypsilanti. [You can enter said building by way of a manhole downtown.] While I don’t want to get into specifics concerning what clues I may have found, I did want […]
Posted in History, Ypsilanti Also tagged artifacts, false teeth, Haab's, teeth, Ypsi Tooth, Ypsilanti 8 Comments
Printing yourself a Dillinger artifact from the Smithsonian’s adult section
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Posted in History, Observations, Other, Uncategorized Also tagged 3D penis printing, 3D printing, artifacts, comedy, John Dillinger, penises, Smithsonian Institution, urban legends 6 Comments