Tag Archives: mischief

Aug23

misfit society coffee club.

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welcome to the misfit society coffee club

pull up a lawn chair outside

or head on in for a hot or cold drink and a treat

enjoy the warm and eclectic 

vintage and pop decor

happy music

art all around

 graffiti art by local Detroit artist Richie Blanko. he’s a Puerto Rican graffiti artist, muralist, curator and educator, raised in SW Detroit. his graffiti art spans the perimeter of the club, tagging the walls with song lyrics that inspired him. 

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loved the name 

set out on foot with friends 

to find it

quite an adventure

get around

the construction

over the cords

 through the tunnel

and back

avoid the holes

street signs down

doubled back

again

found it at last

think we qualify

 as

misfits and mischievous 

new members

of the club.

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Here’s what the club had to say about itself:

Misfit Society Coffee Club is a place for misfits, outcasts, savants, prodigies, freaks, underdogs, and pretty much everyone in-between.

We’re all-inclusive, to be sure, but we have a special place in our hearts for the rule breakers and mischief makers. In other words, we have a lot of love for anyone and everyone who dares to think differently and follows their own path. Not your average cookie cutter types (but we love them too).

We strive to be a warm, welcoming house of refuge for all. The type of place you might be drawn to on a bad day, because you know you’ll walk out feeling better; or on a good day, because, well, you’ll walk out feeling better-er.

Yes, we said better-er.

 

 

 

Dec6

a night at the circus.

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perhaps i was out a bit too long

this must have been a lot of fun though

while i’m not sure exactly what went down here

 i do feel that i know

who the ringleader of this holiday circus may be. 

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‘i was walking along and this chair came flying past me, and another, and

another, and I thought, man, is this gonna be a good night.

-liam gallagher, oasis

Jul27

mischief maker.

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perfect branding.

what could possibly go wrong?

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“the opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.”

-voltaire

 

 

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stoney cabin toyshop, elk rapids, mi, usa

Jun8

tohubohu.

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today, someone decided

to quietly dump every single puzzle out onto the floor

mix the pieces together

then head up to the loft to play.

it was left in a perfect state of tobubohu

but somehow i couldn’t think of that word

at the moment of discovery

 tomorrow we will work on it together

and with it will come a new word.

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toh-hoo-BOH-hoo

part of speech: noun

origin: hebrew, unknown

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1. a state of chaos, utter confusion

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examples in a sentence:

“The mayor’s unexpected announcement left the press in a tohubohu.”

“After recess the students were always in a tohubohu.”

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anyone else ever achieve this perfect state?

Sep16

where hobbies, hijinks, and capers go bad = my childhood #6

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(not my actual sale, this one is 70 miles long, but you get the feel of it)

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there was that time

when i decided the best way to earn some quick cash

was to have a yard sale.

so i dragged our lemonade stand table out into the front yard

threw a plastic tablecloth over it

made a sign

covered it with stuff to sell

opened for business

let the cash flow begin!

 a couple of friends and their sibs

stopped by on bikes

to check it out

i quickly made 57 cents

things were humming along at a nice pace

the venture was looking promising

i thought i’d do this each weekend

maybe hire an assistant

deciding what i’d do with all the cash

until

my sister came marching out of the house

to see what was going on

 realized that i was selling her stuff

my mom soon followed

and that business closed pretty quickly.

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“three dollars and it only transports matter?!”

(at professor frink’s yard sale – homer simpson)

fictional character from the animated tv series created by matt groening, the simpsons

 

 

 

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image credit: cbc.ca

 

 

May15

squirreled away.

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squirrels stash 50 pounds of pine cones under car hood in northern michigan

A pair of Michigan residents couldn’t believe their eyes when they opened the hood of a car to reveal more than 50 pounds of pine cones that had been stored by an unknown culprit, presumably one with four legs and a bushy tail.

Gaylord resident Kellen Moore arrived at the Iron Pig Smokehouse for work with a shocked look on his face. Noticing his odd expression, Gabe Awrey, a friend and manager at the restaurant, asked what was up.

“Being the good friends that we are, he asked me if I had received some snapchat videos that he had just sent me,” Awrey said. “They didn’t come through, so he pulled up the video on his phone. I was instantly in disbelief, saying something along the lines of ‘When was this? A few weeks ago?'”

Moore had previously found the pine cones when he checked under the hood because his air conditioning was making an odd noise when he turned it on. The phone video wasn’t enough for Awrey, though. He had to see it in person.

Together, the friends walked to the parking lot where Moore’s recently-purchased Dodge Journey was parked, opened the hood and discovered the engine bay packed with pine cones. It took them about 45 minutes to clear out the debris.

“Heat from the engine also made them expand, so some were harder than others,” Awrey said. “He bought this car used about a month and a half ago and there were none then.” They both agree that squirrels are responsible for the stockpile.

“This stuff happens a lot up here,” Awrey said. “It happens to everyone eventually. But not on this scale. At the worst you find some acorns in your air filter or what not. Everyone who has seen this can’t believe it. It’s the perfect set up for a squirrel though. Nice and insulated, lots of food with the pine cones. Pretty practical until your nest drives away.”

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“the squirrel in my yard really knows his way around the neighborhood.”

-bob saget

 

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credits: mlive.com, gabe awrey

 

 

Mar15

mischief.

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rescue joey makes mischief.

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“when a child is locked in the bathroom with water running

and he says he’s doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911. ”

― erma bombeck

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image credit: the kangaroo sanctuary alice springs, australia

Feb3

when in doubt, hope for the best.

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we went to

one of my grandie’s soccer games

his day to bring the snack

a variety pack

filled with all things crunchy and wonderful

he was really excited to share the treats

but worried

that his favorites would all be gone

i told him that it was important to offer them all

and then to eat whatever was left

but

he might be able to up the odds a little bit

by putting his favorites at the bottom of the box

that way he was more likely to have them left over

and he didn’t have to feel bad

because he had offered all of them to his team

if he was meant to have them

they would still be there

if not

it was nice of him to have shared them

i watched as he thought it over

and

carefully put his ‘puffy cheetos’ on the bottom.

after the game he shared the snacks

and was delighted to see

that amazingly

his favorites were still there.

my daughter said that this was probably

the advice he would remember most from me

not to be kind, to be fair, or to take turns

but rather,

to put your favorites in the bottom of the box,

offer them to your friends

cross your fingers

and

hope for the best.

nothing wrong with hoping for the best.

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grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief

they haven’t thought of yet.

~ gene perret

Aug26

nuts.

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recently

i’ve found myself

in an

ongoing battle of the wits

with the squirrels

who come to play in my yard

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and who

have recently

 kicked

their games of

mischief

and

merry-making

up a notch

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rearranging the candles

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messing up the table

eating buds from

the bright green gardenia plant

just as it’s about to bloom

tearing down and making off

with the tiny flags

and

leaving nothing but

 a trail of snacks behind

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i picture them holding secret meetings

inside the knothole

of the big tree out front

assigning jobs

creating new strategies

giggling

chattering

in their native squirrel language

discussing

how to

step up their game

and

i am

losing the battle

but

next

i’m

going to

 try to make friends with them

or

go undercover.

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‘right now, we’re just trying to

beat the squirrels to the pine nuts.’

– arlene ward

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image credits: squirrelpicnic.com, rabbitwhiskers.com, littlenummies.net, those darn squirrels