Tag Archives: problems in the basement

Don’t ask me how my weekend was…

By Mark | January 13, 2013

note: He deserves better than to be commemorated in the footnote of a post about my petty plumbing problems, but I did want to note the fact that, if not for the this little emergency of mine, I’d surely be posting something thoughtful tonight about the death of internet activist and political organizer Aaron Swartz. […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life | Also tagged Aaron Swartz, academic journals, access to information, basement, Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, information access, JSTOR, Michigan Power Rodding, plumbing, poop, privacy, Reddit, Science, sewage, shit, suicide | 27 Comments

Shit ‘n Shadows

By Mark | December 4, 2009

I’d taken today off from work, in hopes of making stuff for tomorrow’s Shadow Art Fair. As luck would have it, though, I woke up this morning to find raw sewage floating in the basement. So, my day thus far has been spent cleaning up watery poop, gagging, and dealing with plumbers. There is some […]