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Ypsi’s third annual Wurst Challenge raises over $6,000 for FLY Children’s Art Center, sends me running to the hospital, and propels Team Smoot to legendary status

By Mark | June 6, 2016

The third annual Wurst Challenge, by all accounts, was a huge success. Records were broken. Over $6,000 was raised for FLY Children’s Art Center. And, perhaps most importantly, all ten of our competitors were still ambulatory by the end of it. No stomaches had burst open. No ambulances had to be called. I’d like to […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome, Caleb Zweifler, Chin Azzaro, Cre Fuller, DaQuann Harrison, Duo Security, eating competitions, gut bacteria, HookLogic, Jason Youngs, Jim Cherewick, Karen Maurer, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, Kyte Metalwerks, Lagunitas Brewing, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mark's health, Nick Azzara, Russ Olwell, sausage, sickness, Team Smoot, The Rocket, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 12 Comments

You only have until midnight to influence the course of global sausage eating history

By Mark | May 21, 2016

Two adorable little boys in jumpsuits were seen parading a giant stuffed sausage through the streets of Ypsilanti yesterday in anticipation of Sunday’s third annual Wurst Challenge benefiting the work of FLY Children’s Art Center. As of right now, eleven individuals have entered this year’s Wurst Challenge. We won’t, however, know which ten will be […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arlo, Caleb Zweifler, competitive eating, Cre Fuller, Duo Security, Jim Cherewick, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, sausage, Team Smoot, The Big Gulp, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 8 Comments

Challengers take on 200 feet of meat and raise $6,000 for Fly Children’s Art Center at Ypsilanti’s second annual Wurst Challenge

By Mark | March 30, 2015

If you weren’t at the Wurst Bar last night for the second annual Wurst Challenge, you missed a hell of a good time. Ungodly amounts of sausage were eaten, many laughs were had, and, by the end of the night, we’d raised just over $6,000 for the FLY Children’s Art Center Creativity Lab in downtown […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bratwurst, competitive eating, Cre Fuller, eating challenges, Jason Tallant, Jason Youngs, Jesse Kranyak, Jim Engman, Julian Weisenel, Kate Stroud, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, Nick Azzaro, Patrick Dunn, sausage, Team Smoot, William Henderson, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 10 Comments

Who should I back in this year’s Wurst Challenge?

By Mark | March 24, 2015

I’ve got $20 set aside to support this year’s Wurst Challenge, but I’m torn as to which competitor I should back… Should I put my money behind defending champion Jason “Knifebeard SausageHawk” Youngs, reclusive roboticist Cre Fuller, local midwife turned professional sausage eater Kate Stroud, or one of the many others who are presently locked […]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 20 feet of meat, competitive eating, fundraisers, Jason Tallant, Jason Youngs, Kate Stroud, sausage, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 9 Comments

Back in Black…. the apparent resurgence of blackface

By Mark | November 3, 2013

I wasn’t going to comment on the University of Michigan frat thing that’s been all over the news these past few days, as I don’t think I have anything terribly insightful to contribute toward our collective understanding of “ratchet pussy,” but I did have a somewhat related question that I wanted to pose to all […]