Back when I started this blog, about eight years ago now, I had this thing I called Project Whitney Lover. It was a pretty simple concept, as far as performance art goes. I just, during the course of my average day, would drop little references to Whitney Houston, leading people, over time, to the conclusion […]
Tag Archives: Mickey Rourke
The Shirtless Guttenberg Project
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Pop Culture Also tagged bad plastic surgery, chests, performance art, Project Whitney Lover, shirtless, Steve Guttenberg, the long con, Whitney Houston 11 Comments
Ypsilanti’s prestigious Full Nelson University
Maybe it’s just that I loved Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, but I’m intrigued by these flyers that have been floating around town as of late, advertising one-on-one professional wrestling classes for what could be either $5 or $5,000 per session. With my spine problems, sadly, it’s a profession that I’ll never have the opportunity […]
Silicon Valley vs. Detroit
I’m not a huge fan of Thomas Friedman’s, but I think that his op-ed piece in today’s New York Times raises an interesting question… If our objective is to create new jobs, are our billions better invested with General Motors, a company that is already asking for more money after being bailed out last month, […]
Posted in Economics, Observations Also tagged Detroit, General Motors, Jerry Lewis, Silicon Valley, venture capital 16 Comments