I’m tempted to write about Trump’s big white power friendly rally of insanity in Florida tonight, but, instead, I think I’ll just share this footage I shot yesterday evening of someone fishing by drone in the Huron River. Watch, and be amazed. Yesterday, for the first time, I encountered someone fishing by drone in Ypsilanti’s […]
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 20 Pound Carp, bass, decathlon, deer, deer cull, Donald Trump, drone fishing, drone hunting, drones, fishing, fishing by drone, fishing license, hunting, hunting by drone, hunting by robot, hunting season, Huron River, MAGA, Michigan Open Carry, open carry, Orlando, political rally, Riverside Park, robots, slippery slope, The Future, white nationalism |
If you weren’t at the Wurst Bar last night for the second annual Wurst Challenge, you missed a hell of a good time. Ungodly amounts of sausage were eaten, many laughs were had, and, by the end of the night, we’d raised just over $6,000 for the FLY Children’s Art Center Creativity Lab in downtown […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bratwurst, competitive eating, Cre Fuller, eating challenges, Jason Youngs, Jesse Kranyak, Jim Engman, Julian Weisenel, Kate Stroud, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, Nick Azzaro, Patrick Dunn, Quinn Phillips, sausage, Team Smoot, William Henderson, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge |
I’ve got $20 set aside to support this year’s Wurst Challenge, but I’m torn as to which competitor I should back… Should I put my money behind defending champion Jason “Knifebeard SausageHawk” Youngs, reclusive roboticist Cre Fuller, local midwife turned professional sausage eater Kate Stroud, or one of the many others who are presently locked […]
Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 20 feet of meat, competitive eating, fundraisers, Jason Youngs, Kate Stroud, Quinn Phillips, sausage, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge |
By Mark | November 18, 2013
I’m tempted to complain about yesterday’s massive storm, as it sent a few huge limbs crashing onto the fence in my backyard, and led to a considerable amount of screaming in my house, but it was awesome for the native seeds we’d just planted at Water Street, and I’m thankful for that. Here are a […]
By Mark | November 17, 2013
Thanks to the hard work of a lot of people, we now have a proper sign explaining the history and significance of the Water Street Commons native prairie. Special thanks go out especially to native plant experts Jason Tallant and Ben Connor Barrie for helping me with the text, Jeff Clark for designing the sign, […]
Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Water Street Commons, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ben Connor Barrie, Clementine, Grafaktri, Jeff Clark, native plants, native prairie, Pete Larson, signs, Water Street, Water Street Commons |