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National Depression Screening Day

National Depression Screening Day Today is National Depression Screening Day. I know. And you thought it was just Leif Erikson Day. Oh hvor feil du er, min venn. National Depression Screening Day was started in 1991 to help people learn more about depression and provide screening and treatment referrals for anyone concerned about it. It's a terrible disease fraught with stigma and shame but hopefully that is changing. Depression is more widespread than people know. It is more common than AIDS, cancer, and diabetes [...]

National Depression Screening DayMark2017-02-11T05:49:21+00:00

Museum Day

Saturday is Museum Day! On Saturday, Sept. 27, more than 1,400 museums across the country will waive admission for the 10th annual Museum Day Live!, hosted by Smithsonian Magazine. Tickets are free. One per household. Good for two people. Some museums that caught my are: New York: Museum of American Illustration and the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art at the Society of Illustrators. New York: Museum of Chinese in America. Chicago: International Museum of Surgical Sciences. Who knew there was a museum for this? [...]

Museum DayMark2020-02-20T06:07:04+00:00

Facebook Friday Sept 12, 2014

It's another Facebook Friday. Today it's the Classic Edition. Who's on First My friend Sheffield posted this classic video of Abbot and Costello's Who's on First Routine. When I was a kid I held a tape recorder up to the TV to record it. I listened to that recording over and over again until the tape wore out. This routine is complete genius. [embedplusvideo height="360" width="640" editlink="http://bit.ly/WUoIUz" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/kTcRRaXV-fg?fs=1" vars="ytid=kTcRRaXV-fg&width=640&height=360&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=" id="ep5634" /] Elephant Man My friend Larry Hirschhorn, producer extraordinaire, is producing [...]

Facebook Friday Sept 12, 2014Mark2020-02-27T06:11:28+00:00

China the Whole Enchilada on the IHSA Circuit

China the Whole Enchilada on the IHSA Circuit A few weeks ago I received an email from Natalie Bozzetti. My first reaction was, "Good God, another restraining order?" Happily, it turns out Natalie is a high school senior outside of Chicago and a member of her school's speech team. She and her speech team partner, Nisha Riley, want to use China the Whole Enchilada in the IHSA Speech competition. What!? How do two high school girls outside of Chicago know about China [...]

China the Whole Enchilada on the IHSA CircuitMark2022-01-18T05:52:14+00:00

Dementors Depression

Dementors Depression Depression. The name describes it. Sort of like "what's the color of an orange?" But I've had a lot of friends tell me they can't imagine what having depression is like. That's why I think we should rename the disease Dementors Depression. Foulest Creatures That Walk This Earth Dementors are those those crazy ass creatures in Harry Potter. You know, the ones who suck the happiness out of you. "Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this [...]

Dementors DepressionMark2017-02-11T05:49:23+00:00

Robin Williams’ Depression

Robin Williams' Depression Like a lot of people, I was both shocked and saddened by the death of Robin Williams. His death is a great tragedy but there may be some good to come from it. Robin Williams' depression may finally help bring depressive illness out of the shadows. There's a stigma about depression. From both sides. I know a lot of people, including myself, who suffer from depression and are afraid to say anything because we're afraid people will [...]

Robin Williams’ DepressionMark2017-02-11T05:49:23+00:00

National Cheesecake Day 2014

Who Knew There Was a National Cheesecake Day? I'm back from vacation and what better way to kick off my return to the internet than to announce National Cheesecake Day. I had no idea there was a National Cheesecake Day but it doesn't surprise me. This year we celebrate all that is good about cheesecakes on July 30, 2014. I have no idea how this day started or how long people have been celebrating it. But if they want to [...]

National Cheesecake Day 2014Mark2017-02-11T05:49:23+00:00

Watch the World Cup Final with Playwright Mark Brown

You can watch the World Cup Final with playwright Mark Brown The World Cup only comes around every four years so the opportunities to watch the World Cup final with playwright Mark Brown are very rare. Before he was an award winning playwright, Mark was a star soccer player. In fact, he was recruited to play soccer by a nationally ranked University (Appalachian State, 10th in the nation). Mark is also a lifelong fan of the German National Team. He [...]

Watch the World Cup Final with Playwright Mark BrownMark2020-02-27T06:11:24+00:00

I’m in a Living Museum

Today I received a lovely email from a woman in Alabama. Her son's 2nd grade class is doing a "Living Museum" project. The students pick a famous American, researches this person and then dresses up like the person and reads aloud biographical information to parents, grandparents, and visitors that come that morning to listen to all the "biographers" at the school! The kid chose me. WHAT!? I thought it had to be a mistake. Surely he meant Marc Brown, the author [...]

I’m in a Living MuseumMark2017-02-11T05:49:24+00:00

Starbucks Disney – Dreams Do Come True

The other day I wrote about how you can get a free coffee at Starbucks by purchasing one of the new breakfast sandwiches. I said "if there's one thing I like more than Starbucks it's free stuff from Starbucks." Well, the one thing I like more than free stuff from Starbucks is a Starbucks Disney location. A Starbucks Disney Store That's right. Starbucks announced the opening of a store in Downtown Disneyland. It's two of my favorite things coming together for a [...]

Starbucks Disney – Dreams Do Come TrueMark2017-02-11T05:49:25+00:00