I was contacted a few days ago by a recent immigrant to Ypsilanti by the name of Rob Noonan. Rob and his wife, Rose, just moved here from Australia to open a traditional Chinese medicine clinic… Here’s Rob’s official immigration interview. MARK: Why Ypsi of all places? We don’t get a lot of immigrants from […]
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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Rob Noonan
Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged acupuncture, alternative health, alternative medicine, Australia, Chinese food, Chinese medicine, Colin Hay, Crocodile Dundee II, Doug Skinner, drinking songs, flip flops, immigration interview, INXS, Ireland, Irish, Jackson, knives, local business, making friends on the internet, Mel Gibson, Men at Work, metaphysics, Michael Hutchence, Neighbours, Nick Cave, prawns, prison colonies, Rose Noonan, sausages, Shabooh Shoobah, Shadow Art Fair, shrimp, snags, taxes, the outback, thongs, vegemite, Victoria University, visas, Ypsi immigration interview | 11 Comments
America is Doomed… and not for the reason these people think
I had occasion to watch television for extended periods of time this weekend, and it certainly didn’t do much to dissuade me from my belief that ours is a paranoid and fearful culture in decline. Here are two examples. The first is a promo for a show called Doomsday Preppers on the National Geographic Channel. […]
Posted in Ideas, Pop Culture, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged alcohol as currency, alternative currency, America is Doomed, Barbara Walters, Clementine, Discovery Channel, doomsday, Doomsday Bunkers, Doomsday Preppers, end times, fear, Guy McPherson, Joan Rivers, magic beans, National Geographic, National Geographic Channel, paranoia, reality television, Survival Seed Bank, survivalist, vaginal rejuvenation, vaginas | 22 Comments
Dr. Guy McPherson, making the case for living off-grid in Ypsilanti
Later today, at 6:00 PM, University of Arizona emeritus professor of Natural Resources and the Environment Guy McPherson will be speaking at the Gilbert Residence in Ypsilanti (203 South Huron Street) about his new book, Walking Away from Empire, and the steps that he’s taken to extract himself from what he sees as an American […]
Posted in Education, Environment, Politics, Sustainability | Also tagged American Empire, anarchy, barter, big-government savior state, building with straw bales, community building, conservation, decent human community, defining community, dystopia, economic collapse, gas tax, gift economy, global climate change, Global Warming, Guy McPherson, health care, intentional community, Jevons' paradox, Jim Kunstler, Khazzoom-Brookes postulate, maintaining body temperature, mass transit, New Mexico, off-grid, organic gardening, peak oil, personal responsibility, straw bales, University of Arizona, Walking Away from Empire, water, when the shit hits the fan | 37 Comments