Dear Mike

Hey Mike, Seriously, it just gets weirder and more ridiculous (I'd say scary, but I'm not really scared, just anxious for the action to start, really) yesterday the Mango Mussolini held a presser (like he does every day now - every day feels more Orwellian than the last, and our 2 Minute Hates, are 90-minute Rages from Dear Mango Leader, yikes, even typing that creeps me out) in which he started spitballing about "injecting very strong light" maybe even "ultraviolet light" into bodies to kill the virus. THEN came the real fun, the part where he could potentially kill his own constituency, given their predisposition to do whatever he suggests. He suggested "injecting (a) disinfectant or cleanser of some kind" that would kill the germs. Mike - he can't even discern that his consultants were discussing how to kill germs on surfaces. He, like a toddler, immediately says we should shoot people full of bleach. The spooky part is, he's mentioned t...

Hi Mike, So, this was a thing in the media today, and I literally have been thinking it for several weeks now, and then just when I had convinced myself that I was being paranoid...here it is: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-liberate-michigan-minnesota-virginia-lockdowns-tests.html?utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=fb&utm_medium=s1&fbclid=IwAR2OtZXWtwCpkrFPIWqZLXEXKGkGTicTUxXFvfK5d7sI8Fuwas39zlEGL-4 Because that's what's gonna happen now. I was joking with a neighbor (and I've said this to a couple people), but I honestly think only anyone with a passing understanding of anarchist theory/punk rock would appreciate it: I really did not expect anarchy to unleash itself like this. But there you go. The economy is plunging, the State/Corporate Overlord is having to pay us to stay alive because they need the labor to stay in their rich, privileged bubble. I feel like they might have misjudged the immediacy of the internet though, and to have basi...

Hi Mike. A couple of weeks ago Scott and I were having a conversation about how the current cultural norm is to wish dead people a happy birthday, y'know, online in the social media world where everything and nothing appears to take place. He was super-against it. I was less vexed, seeing so many of my *friends* online seem to use birthdays of people as a way to express their missing of that artist, friend, family member. I mean, I'm not crazy about the "happy birthday" sentiment, but the memorial aspect of it is encouraging. This morning is the day you died, calendar-wise anyway, though I suppose the argument could be made that the Mike I think of, the one I'm writing now, the one who changed my life in so many weird ways, died long before April 5, 2019. That is an esoteric differentiation (oh, look at me hauling out the big ten-dollar words for you) at best though, right? I mean we did stay in touch, and I am so glad I told you thanks, and that my world wouldn...

Hi Mike. It's about an hour before sunset, and the sky is super clear, blue and the sun is that northern late afternoon deep blue that always makes me so happy to live here. I'm watching seagulls just glide around on the updrafts - that's how you know it's getting warmer - or at least that the evening is gonna be cooler than the day, cause as the sun goes down the hot air rises (or cold settles? i forget, but it's one of those) and the birds just soar in between the buildings. Its one of my favorite parts of this tiny studio of mine, is that it's on the twelfth floor and the building across the way is only 6 stories, so there is ample room for birds to do all sorts of crazy maneuvers. I have watched a lot of seagull tv in the last eight years, and definitely in the last 4 weeks, when everything has just stopped. It looks like the federal government is actually going to go all Scandinavian for a bit, and throw out a stimulus check AND bump unemployment up (for me...