There's Nothing Better Than An Espresso On A Saturday Morning

Only because I'm an unrepentant glutton for punishment I often find myself actually perusing the local news, which is always a regrettable use of my time. No, seriously—in all seriousness the local news in Rhode Island has been on a steady decline of becoming increasingly atrocious and putrid for years now, and whoever is left writing the local news in this state should really consider stopping altogether, because we've arrived at a level of quality in these articles where no news would actually be preferable to continuing to write the news in this manner. This isn't even news anymore—it's just a flagrant degradation of the English language itself. Of course, to be fair, it's entirely my fault for continuing to habitually check the news, for gifting these ad-riddled websites my oh so precious clicks—no, I can't skirt the blame at all!

Oh, and the "national news desk(s)"? They're at least holding up, right?

No, they're actually even worse—they're more atrocious than even the "locally written" articles! The fact that they manage to write more than two broken sentences for their "scoops" is actually, somehow, a net-negative. Is it still legal to quote a person's public statements? Is referencing the publicly stated assertions of so-called public figures still something allowed in our Constitution? Or is that now considered heresy? No, please allow me to compliment our Vice President's epic neck beard while skirting any inquiry into whether due process is still something we adhere to in this country. 

Actually, now that I think about it, is it possible neck beards have been judged too harshly in our society—is it possible neck beards are actually the true symbols of sexual virulence, that neck beards have been the unwitting victims of a communist insurgency that yearns for nothing more than naked necks on every red-blooded American?

I actually think neck beards are sexy as hell. Karoline Leavitt is smart. 

Koreatown Bok Choy on Default Tumblr Theme

"Koreatown Bok Choy", which, along with "The Madness of Cloud", comprise the American Epic Poem Σύννεφα και Πρίαπος is currently in the process of being published on my Substack, Default Tumblr Theme.

Section 1 was published this Wednesday, 9/17, and the subsequent four sections will be published on 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, and 10/15, respectively.

Σύννεφα και Πρίαπος is an epic poem that—in my interpretation of it at least—deals primarily with ideas surrounding virtual ontologies and their inherent absurdity (yet reality?), which isn't an inherently political theme.

Yet I can't help but think this theme still has some overlap to recent current events, where public figures seem to be able to, inexplicably, make statements that can only logically be associated with turgid ideas like white nationalism and neo-fascism—yet these figures somehow don't become white nationalists in the eyes of other established political figures.

Public figures engage with white nationalism via public statements that can only logically be deduced as endorsing white nationalism yet somehow aren't identified as white nationalists.

It's almost like the residual irony that overlays everything on the internet has now allowed people—to a greater extent than ever before—to indiscriminately make seemingly serious statements that are still somehow not taken seriously as abhorrent and insipid, despite these figures, in most cases, having absolutely no aesthetic ability or artistic credibility whatsoever?

Thank you for your attention to this matter.