By Mark | December 4, 2012 A year ago yesterday, Linette and I we welcomed our son Arlo into the world. Like his sister, once he made up his mind that he wanted to join us, he came shooting down the birth canal like a rocket. I think I must have mentioned it here before, but, eight years ago, when Linette [...]
Posted in Mark's Life, Photographs, Uncategorized | Also tagged Arlo, Arlo Gutherie, baby names, birthdays, Charles Maynard, circumcision, Clementine, Curtis Florian, Friday Night Lights, home birth, Linette, Mark's penis, midwifery, miscarriage, natural childbirth, Photobooth, tintype, water birth | By Mark | January 28, 2012 A few days ago, at lunch, I received a strange call. Ypsi’s new City Manager had somehow gotten his hands on my cell phone number. He was calling to apologize. I can’t remember his exact words, but he said something like, “Uhhhh… The City just launched a new website, and, somehow, it was hacked. You [...]
Posted in Mark's Life, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AnnArbor.com, City Manager, hacking, John Hansen, Karen Maurer, Mark's penis, Mitt Romney, Neutral Zone, penis discoloration, Queer Zone, sabotage, trough urinals, urinal, Wurst Bar | By Mark | January 25, 2012 Last night, in a post about a new bar in Ypsi, I noted my dislike of trough urinals. This admission attracted the following comment from an Ypsilantian by the name of Karen. If you’re ashamed of your penis that much, you should get a catheter for when you go out to eat. In a later [...]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Birthers, catheter, Freaks and Geeks, Karen Maurer, Mark's penis, penis discoloration, testicles, The Worst Bar, trough urinals, Truthers | By Mark | December 30, 2011 Our friend Kristin came over tonight with her daughter, Fern. They brought us some tiny gloves and socks for Arlo. It was super nice of them, and, given that it’s getting a lot colder out, we can certainly use them. I know I should leave it at that… and I apologize for looking a gift [...]
By Mark | September 19, 2010 I had been pulling for Rahm Emanuel to become Mayor of Chicago, as it would get him out of the White House, and make room for someone like Michael Moore, but now I’m not so sure. I just discovered, through Facebook, that one of my friends is in the race. While it’s true that she [...]
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture | Also tagged cheese sticks, Chicago, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Gregg Turkington, Michael Moore, Neil Hamburger, Newt Gingrich, plaster casts of penises, political endorsements, Rahm Emanuel, wart-laden tentacles | 
