By Mark | November 6, 2018
9:00 AM I’m home with a sick kid, so thing may not go as planned, but I’m hoping to vote soon, and then head back home to do some remote phone banking through Swing Left for Amy McGrath, the Democratic candidate for Kentucky’s 6th district, which covers Frankfort, where I lived as a baby, Georgetown, […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged ACA, Adam Schiff, Amy McGrath, Andy LaBarre, Arlo, Atlanta, Bill Schuette, Black Panther Party, bowling, Brian Kemp, Clementine, Congress, Dave Trott, Debbie Stabenow, Devin Nunes, Donald Trump, Election Day, election interference, election reform, election results, elections, Elissa Slotkin, fake news, Georgia, get out the vote, Gretchen Driskell, Haley Stevens, health care, House Intelligence Committee, Jeff Irwin, Kansas, Kentucky, Kris Kobach, Landline, Lena Epstein, Michigan's 11th congressional district, Michigan's 7th Congressional District, Michigan's 8th Congressional District, midterm elections, Mike Bishop, Pennsylvania, Peter Larson, phone banking, Piss Alley Rollers, play structure, Pod Save America, political violence, racism, Riverside Park, Rust Belt, Sidetrack, Snellville, Stacey Abrams, Swing Left, Ted Cruz, Tim Walberg, voter fraud, voter suppression, voting, Wisconsin |
By Mark | November 20, 2013
Today’s interview subject, Mike Shecket, has the distinction, I believe, of being the first person to leave Ypsilanti as a direct result of Obamacare. It sounds like bullshit, I know, but it’s actually true. So, if you were looking for one more reason to either love or hate the President, now you’ve got it…. Here’s […]
Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Amanda Edmonds, Andy Mitchell, anti-tax, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Booty Don't Stop, Canada, city income tax, Columbus, crime, crime blotter, dating, dating advice, de-industrialization, Devil Elvis, Diane Rehm, Doris Day, Dreamland Theater, exit interviews, farming, flowers, food production, George Jetson, goal setting, health care reform, health insurance, housing crisis, Huge Head Test Prep, IKEA, Jen Whaley, Las Drogas, local income tax, lotion, LSAT, M.O.T.O., manufacturing, Michigan lefts, Michigan Radio, Midtown Neighborhood Association, Mike Perini, Mike Shecket, Mothers' Day, Obamacare, Ohio, Paul Caporino, Paul Schreiber, petty crime, pot, preexisting conditions, Proposition A, puppets, rejuvenating lotion, SAT, shyness, Skyline Chili, smoking, social anxiety, Stop City Income Tax, test prep, testing, The Jetsons, The Pretenders, things from Ohio that are tolerable, Tim Schreiber, UHF, walk score, walkability, weed, Windsor, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Zoning Board of Appeals |
Cities are living things. They grow older, like all of us, and they change. They evolve, or they die. I get that. I’ve grudgingly come to accept that the best things in life are transient. That realization doesn’t make it any easier, however, to accept it when good things, that genuinely make me happy, go […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, History, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized | Also tagged Blue Wolf Grill, coining new words and phrases, Discount Records, Dunkin' Donuts, Eastern Accents, franchises, Harvest Kitchen, Helen Harding, Herb David, Iggy Pop, Jean Henry, Lisa Waud, Mahek, mallification, national chains, Pete Larson, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Qiznos, retail in Ann Arbor, Sava Lelcaj, Shaman Drum, Small & Mighty, Small and Mighty, Tuptim |
By Mark | August 11, 2009
Just as the old Long John Silvers became Tuptim, and the old Dunkin’ Donuts became Pita Pita, I noticed today that the old Icescapes place on Washtenaw is undergoing a transformation. It seems to be turning into something called Mommie’s Soul Food. The name concerns me a bit, but I’m hopeful. If anyone has been […]