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On once making eye contact with Sherman Hemsley, or some other short, balding, black man drinking wine

By Mark | July 26, 2012

When I heard yesterday that Sherman Hemsley had died at the age of 74, I was reminded of an afternoon several years ago in Ann Arbor spent staring over a beer at a man I believed to the iconic character actor. He was sitting a few seats away, drinking by himself. I think I was […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Monkey Power Trio, Uncategorized | Also tagged another famous person has died, dinner theater, drugs, famous people, Flying Teapots, George Jefferson, Isabel Sanford, Love Letters, LSD, Old Town, psychedelic rock, Sherman Hemsley, sitcom stars, sitcoms, Soft Machine, Soul Train | 7 Comments

Non-Democrats in the Ypsilanti Democratic Primary… is there anything wrong with that?

By Mark | July 2, 2012

As the deadline for registering to vote in the August 7 primary is one week from today, I thought that now might be a good time to publicly commend a certain local landlord for defecting from the ultra right wing America First Party and professing his allegiance to the party of Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AIDS, America First Party, anti-immigrant, Chinese, Civil Rights Act, conspiracy theories, date rape, David Duke, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, fear of Communism, foreign aid, Great Lakes, homophobia, John Birch Society, local income tax, Mike Eller, paranoia, seat belts, separation of church and state, Stop City Income Tax, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti Ward 3 | 51 Comments

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