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

now

identities

  • Agnostic

  • Antifascist

  • Antiracist (aspirationally)

  • Aromantic

  • Celibate

  • Cisgender (he/him)

  • Introverted

  • Mediocre

  • Single

  • Straight

  • White

impairments

  • Aphantasia

  • Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

  • 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

  • Climate crisis

  • Rising fascism

  • Increasing disability

  • Eventual poverty

  • Inevitable death

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 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

  • No nazis