Bugsy Sailor
Bio…
some random stuff….
Ten Years of Yooper Singles
Yes, ten years ago today we launched yoopersingles.com as our second annual April Fools’ Day joke. It was far more ambitious than its predecessor, the Lake Superior Sharks. A decade later the site is still live and continues to hold up pretty well. I had one goal in creating it, to make it ver... Read more
The Shortest Day in the Most Upper of Peninsulas
Ah, winter in the Upper Peninsula, I love it. Twenty-one days into December and it has been the winteriest December I recall in recent memory. It’s almost on par with this past February, where places like Twin Lakes has already had nearly ten feet of snowfall. Last year we chased the latest su... Read more
Upper Peninsula Women Every Michigander Should Know
Today is International Women’s Day, which is always a good opportunity to thank your mom (love you, Mom!), but, as she and many others have taught me, women do more than mother – and we should all be grateful to the scientists, athletes, writers, and all around-game changers who haven’t been given t... Read more
How Long Would it Take to Resurface a Frozen Lake Superior Using a Single Zamboni Machine?
We know this is the sort of thing that has kept you up at night. But first, let’s talk about the current and historical context of a frozen Lake Superior. Lake Superior is currently 76.8% frozen with a few days remaining in February. The average Lake Superior ice cover for the last week of Feb... Read more
Twice a Year the Sun Rises Through the Center of the Historic Marquette Ore Dock
Twice a year brings the opportunty to watch the sunrise directly through the center of the historic Lower Harbor Ore Dock in Marquette. Of course, for the spectacular colors we hope to see, we’ll need to cross our fingers for a day free of overcast. At minimum, just a sliver of open sky betwee... Read more
An Interview with Joe Pera
There is a new show on Adult Swim titled, Joe Pera Talks With You. It came to my attention that the show is set in the Upper Peninsula. In the first episode, Joe Pera Shows Your Iron, Joe dutifully talks the viewers through the history of iron mining in the Upper Peninsula and shows the impact it ha... Read more
The Longest Day in the Most Upper of Peninsulas
Ah, summer in the Upper Peninsula, I love it. Visitors from all over the country people the downtown, the food trucks are a lot easier to find (thanks, Dia De Los Tacos), and the days seem to last forever. Neighborhood kids come home during the summer when the street lights start to glow and that co... Read more
March 16 is Saint Urho's Day
What do grasshoppers, grapes, and Finns have to do with one another? Many decades ago a Finnish-American in Minnesota, named Richard Mattson, was working at Ketola’s Department Store in Virginia, Minnesota. It was here that a piece of Finnish-American folklore found its beginnings. Richard&rsq... Read more
Complete History of the MTU/NMU Hockey Rivalry
Since 1979, there have been 174 hockey games played between Michigan Tech University and Northern Michigan University, making it one of the most storied rivalries in college hockey. For much of their history, Tech and Northern were in different conferences. Tech has long been in the Western Collegia... Read more
Highlights from the 2018 Trenary Outhouse Classic
For the last two weeks, people across the world have tuned into the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. We have marveled at their incredible accomplishments, cried together over their adversity and comebacks, and screamed in joy as we share their excitement. On Saturday, while the world was infatuated... Read more