The unsupported use case of Bix Frankonis’ disordered, surplus, mediocre midlife in St. Johns, Oregon.

Now: Reading (gift me ebooks), blogging, fatiguing, supporting revived use of the term “social murder”.

Identities: Agnostic, antifascist, antiracist (aspirationally), aromantic, celibate, cisgender (he/him), introverted, mediocre, single, straight, white.

Impairments: Aphantasia, autism spectrum disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis), developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia), generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, pathological demand avoidance, persistent adjustment disorder, rejection sensitive dysphoria, sensory processing disorder, severely deficient autobiographical memory.

Worries: Multiple pandemics, climate crisis, descending fascism, increasing disability, eventual poverty, inevitable death.

Sites: The Finger Publishing Co., Oznot’s Monster, The War Prayer by Mark Twain, Inside Joss Whedon’s Unfilmed Goners.

Past: Hands Off! the Net (mid-1990s), The Millennium Cafe (late-1990s), Portland Communique (early-2000s), Can’t Stop the Serenity (mid-2000s), The Belmont Goats (mid-2010s).

Testimonials: “Quick wit" (Rolling Stone), “punk” (Bruce Sterling), “no one” (Dave Winer), “internet pioneer” (Jonah Seiger), “punctuation-enhanced” (David Weinberger), “must-read” (The Oregonian), “cottage-industry” (Christian Crumlish), “sissy” (Anonymous PR flack), “true independent” (David Perlmutter), “twitchy, unreliable-looking” (Joss Whedon).

Colophon: Born on Saturday, October 25, 1969, in the Capital District of upstate New York, of Italian, Lithuanian, and Polish descent. On the internet since the Fall of 1993. Portlander for twenty-eight years and counting. “Bix” since the late-90s, legally since early 2018. That dog is hit again.

Rules: No fear, no hate, no thoughtless bullshit, and no nazis.