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Proud that I was asked to join Jocelyn Benson’s Small Business Coalition.
Always happy to share my experiences and thoughts, and hopefully help others in the process. 👏 Congrats to Maria Popova on twenty years of The Marginalian, “marginalia on our search for meaning” and “learning to live.” Always inspiring. 🎨 11 things learned in art school. Among them: “You don’t have to like an important work…
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Robby Hoffman in Royal Oak
Went to Robby Hoffman as an early birthday celebration for Will and Lydia and now I am tired and hungover, but if that’s the excuse to eat pizza all day and watch Weapons and It Follows and A Nightmare on Elm Street, then pour me another drink. 👻 ‘Tis the season. 🌭 Metro Times picks…
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Today was my last day on East Lansing’s Downtown Development Authority.
It has been a privilege to serve on the Downtown Development Authority for the past eight years. Looking back, it feels like the culmination of a long chapter of civic service that began with the advisory board for (SCENE) MetroSpace in 2010, followed by the Arts Commission, and later serving as the Chair for the…
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The Body
Wil Wheaton’s reading of Stephen King’s The Body made for the perfect companion while I did yard work and walked my dog along nearby trails. Having played Gordie in Stand by Me, he brings a deeply personal resonance to the narration. It feels like a full-circle moment, Wheaton returning to the story with an insider’s…
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Record Store Day, 2026
Kind of strange (probably not that strange) but this week basically echoed this same stretch last year. I didn’t end up seeing Marc Maron again, but I did pick up an autographed copy of his so-called “party record” Panicked, which, by the way, is almost word-for-word the show I went to last year. That was…
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Procured Art (Last Year)
Currently in the process of rearranging the house, art included, and forgot that I never mentioned some screen prints purchased at last year’s East Lansing Art Festival. As Vice Chair of the Downtown Development Authority, I had the honor—alongside the Chair of the East Lansing Arts Commission—of purchasing four pieces from that year’s People’s Choice…
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“How and when did you choose to be who and how you are?”
Dear Marvin, In response to your letter… Wow, OK, first off: whoa. That’s a hell of a way to ask someone, “How did you end up like this?” Feels like I’m being lovingly cornered by a very philosophical customs agent, or a very drunk friend. I do not believe I have consciously “chosen” most of…
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Greetings from Detroit
So nice, I went and turned 21 twice. Spent the birthday with Adri in Detroit, getting prayer beads from Dabls, strolling thru Heidelberg, having drinks with DJ Ladylike at Spot Lite, and stopping by my favorite tiki spot Mutiny before getting grooves on at Boogie Fever. Pretty close to a perfect day.
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I believe RetroDuck truly made it once we could be found in an annotation on Genius.
I like the song, but might be biased.
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Walking, Productivity and Creativity
I have walked and jogged and ran quite a bit since the pandemic began some 87 years ago, but this summer I decided to step it up (unfortunate pun intended). 100,000 steps per week, every week, for twenty weeks. Two million steps. Sounded like a reasonable goal. I didn’t think about my Fitbit dying, being…