Clementine’s second grade teacher reads this site. Yesterday, she wrote to request that I post another installment of Totally Quotable Clementine. Unfortunately, as I explained to her last night, there haven’t been a lot of charming moments these past few weeks. I mean, there are, of course, moments where Clementine says interesting things, but I […]
Tag Archives: life and death
The darker side of Clementine
Posted in Mark's Life, Photographs, Uncategorized Also tagged Clementine, Death, fortune telling, magic 8 ball, mortality, on facing death, totally quotable Clementine 10 Comments
On death, bikes, cancer and the practice of aggressive moderation
Continuing our conversation on local news sites and their policies concerning the removal of people’s comments, it’s been brought to my attention that the recently launched AnnArbor.com site is already making good on their promise to “aggressively moderate” the contributions of their readers. Apparently, yesterday, reader comments following a short article on the tragic death […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Media, Michigan, Other Also tagged aggressive moderation, AnnArbor.com, art, bicycles, bike racks, cancer, childhood memories, Cindy Heflin, eye-witness accounts, fatal accidents, Jim Knight, lungs, Tim Furstnau, Tony Dearing, Two Fell Swoops 53 Comments