By Mark | February 2, 2014
Earlier today the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awarded $1,000 in cash to representatives of Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center to help fund the launch of a community-wide event called Fabulous Contraptions. After our meeting, I took the opportunity to ask FLY board members Christine Bruxvoort, Linette Lao and Morgan Cox (seen above after receiving their […]
Posted in A2Awesome, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A2Awesome, Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation, art, Caine's Arcade, cardboard, Cardboard Contraptions, Education, engineering, FLY Children's Art Center, hands-on education, hristine Bruxvoort, Jesse Kranyak, Linette Lao, makers, micro-philanthropy, Morgan Cox, public education, Rube Goldberg, Ruth Marks, Science, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge |
I don’t know how to break this to you, so I’ll just come right out and say it… It looks as though beloved local pop idol Charlie Slick will soon be joining the ranks of those leaving our community. Following is his official exit interview. MARK: I’m thinking of requiring everyone who wants to leave […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged alcohol, Axel Rose, balding, big women, black licorice, Brian Eno, bubbles, Canton, Charles Slick, Charlie Slick, childhood, childhood memories, circuit boards, comedy, Detroit, Downtown Home and Garden, drugs, Drum Buddy, Dustin Diamond, electrical engineering, exit interviews, flipping coins, glitter, Global Warming, Green Acres, hair, hair and tooth loss, Hotel California, I Dream of Genie, infomercials, inventing, inventing our way out of disaster, Justin Timberlake, Kentucky, Krampus, lesbians, Monticello, Mr. Ed, music, music scenes, Nick at Nite, Oakland, pop music, Portland, Puget Sound, Quintron, reinventing, Rock and Roll, Sagittronics, Sherwood Bar, Sigourney Weaver, stand-up, strong women, Totally Awesome Fest, visionary musicians, Washington State, Washtenaw Community College, Water Hill Music Festival, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews |
The negotiations are complete. 25 Suaves… who now wish to be referred to simply as 25… will be coming out of retirement to play the MarkMaynard.com 10th anniversary party on Saturday, September 8. When, earlier this evening, I asked Mr. Velocity Hopkins if he and DJ Party Girl would be in any condition to perform […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Site Admin, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 16, 25, 25 Suaves, DJ Party Girl, Fumie, MarkMaynard.com, Minus9, Pete Larson, Velocity Hopkins |
By Mark | September 19, 2011
As promised, Barack Obama unveiled his administration’s new deficit reduction plan this afternoon, in the White House rose garden. [Those who want the facts can find an outline of the plan on the White House website. A PDF of the entire proposal can be found there as well.] From what I can tell, it marks […]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged budget cuts, Buffett Rule, Bush tax cuts, Chuck Schumer, class warfare, deficit, deficit reduction, Deficit Reduction Super Committee, grand bargain, job creation, John Boehner, John Fleming, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, Obama, Paul Ryan, political hardball, tax loopholes, tax the rich, theology of tax cuts, veto |
