By Mark | September 11, 2016
There’s important stuff that I should be writing about tonight, stuff that I know would earn a lot of “likes” on social media and give rise to some good, meaningful conversation, but, since re-watching the first few episodes of Start Trek the other night with the kids, I’ve gone down a bit of a rabbit […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged acting, alcoholism, another famous person has died, b-movies, Christopher Pike, crazy people, creative negotiations, curses, Gene Roddenberry, Grace Lee Whitney, James T. Kirk, Jeffrey Hunter, Jesus, Joan 'Dusty' Bartlett, King of Kings, Laurel Goodwin, models, Spain, Start Trek, television, The Cage, The Longest Day, what if, Yeoman Janice Rand |
I somehow got cited as being one of the Detroit area’s “most influential independent journalists” in Metormode today, alongside Curt Guyette, of the ACLU, and Steve Neavling, of Motor City Muckraker, both of whom do fantastic, serious work. I’m not sure why I was selected for this honor. Maybe I was meant to represent all […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Media, OCD, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACLU, ACLU Michigan, Curt Guyette, Doug Coombe, future of journalism, independent journalism, journalism, Metromode, Motor City Muckraker, Patrick Dunn, photos of Mark, Steve Neavling, the sad state of journalism, underwear |
By Mark | August 16, 2015
What would you do if, in the early morning hours, before anyone was out and about, you found a bowling ball in the middle of a Depot Town sidewalk while walking your dog? Would you A) seize the opportunity, do your best Fred Flintstone impersonation, and hurl it down the sidewalk with giddy abandon? Or […]
By Mark | November 13, 2014
In the immediately aftermath of Robin Williams’ death, there was a great deal of talk in the press about suicide, depression, and the fact that the two, all too often, go hand in hand. As someone who not only suffers from OCD and depression, but who has also lost several members of his family to […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, OCD, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bipolar Disorder, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Comprehensive Depression Center, Dead Poets Society, depression, Joe Himle, John F. Greden, meditation, mental illness, mood disorders, National Network of Depression Centers, presenteeism, productivity, Prozac, Robin Williams, sigma, suicide |
By Mark | September 19, 2013
A few days ago I was introduced to a young woman by the name of Heidi Jugenitz. She, I’d been told by a mutual friend, was new in town, and, having read my blog, wanted to ask me a few questions. We talked briefly, and I asked if I could follow up with a few […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 9/11, Affordable Care Act, Africa, anxiety, austerity, big banks, Boxcar Children, Burkina Faso, Carthage College, Chicago, children's literature, Cote d'Ivoire, Cross Street Station, depression, Detroit Metro Airport, DTW, Eagle Scout, economic justice, Ecuador, Elijah McCoy, exercise, fear, financial crisis, financial reform, George Bush, health insurance, Heidi Jugenitz, human rights, Hurricane Katrina, hypersensitivity, income inequality, injustice, international aid, international travel, Kentucky, Linette, Masters of Public Administration, mental health, Nancy Drew, neurosis, New Orleans, Obama, Obamacare, panic disorder, pop-up retail, poverty, prejudice, public education, public health, racism, Rwanda, Sahel, segregation, Shadow Art Fair, sleep, Tanzania, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tulane University, University of Michgan, Vietnam, Vitamin D, vitamins, water, Water Street, Winsor McCay, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Freighthouse |
