By Mark | November 8, 2016
8:00 AM… A friend asked what we should tell our children this morning. This was my response. 7:30 AM… Best case scenario. People who have been waiting on the sidelines with information on Trump, thinking that he’d likely lose, now come forward. This results in bipartisan impeachment proceedings. A weakened Pence administration is contained by […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, bullying, Canada, Christmas, community organizing, despair, Detroit Party Marching Band, Donald Trump, D’Real Graham, elections, end times, extinction, Hillary Clinton, impeachment, Jill Stein, Jim Bakker, Katrease Stafford, Make America Great Again, optimism, pessimism, post-truth, Presidential politics, protest vote, reality television, revolution, Ruth Kraut, Sidetrack, the end of the world, truth, violence, voting |
Now that we’re just about five days away from Ypsilanti’s third annual Wurst Challenge, things are really beginning to heat up. Following are a half dozen or so things that you should probably know. THE COMPETITORS… As of right now, eight heroic individuals have accepted the “20 Feet of Meat” challenge. They include returning champions […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged competitive eating, eating competitions, FLY Children's Art Center, Karen Maurer, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, Lagunitas Brewing, Undercover Investigation Shutdown, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge |
By Mark | October 3, 2015
It would seem that WEMU, as part of their 50th anniversary celebration, brought Peter Sagal’s weekly NPR quiz show Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me to Michigan. The thing is, the show ended up being all about the University of Michigan, and nary a mention was made of Eastern Michigan University or WEMU. In fact, Sagal […]
Thursday night’s philanthropic sausage eating event was incredible. Not only did we raise a hell of a lot of money for the FLY Children’s Art Center, but we had a damn good time doing it. Following are my somewhat disjointed and admittedly incomplete notes, interspersed with whatever images, audio and video I’ve been able to […]
Posted in Food, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arbor Brewing, arts education, beard face, beards, Brad Perkins, cheating, Chris Sandon, Cre Fuller, eating challenges, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, food television, FOX News, fundraisers, Jake Morgan, James Engman, Jason Youngs, Jay Zocher, Jesse Kranyak, Julian Weisensel, Justin O'Neill, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, knitted beard, Kristin Schrader, Linette Lao, Mark in the press, Meg Miramontes, Melissa Wingett, Morgan Cox, neck beard, New Holland Brewing, Paul Schreiber, people we know from television, pork, roller derby, Susan Martin, television, Terry Londy, tofu sausage, VG Kids, vomit, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge, WWJ, WXYZ |
Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team had the distinction of making it onto the front page of Deadspin last night after the popular sports website was made aware of a series of justifiably angry social media posts made by starting EMU forward Glenn Bryant following the team’s 58-54 victory over the Norfolk State Spartans at […]
