Sluggish Canine Enterprises
The unsupported use case of Bix Frankonis’ disordered, surplus, mediocre midlife in St. Johns, Oregon. Send me email, iMessage me, read my statuslog.
Status
Now
Reading a lot, not blogging anymore, watching Red Sox baseball, maybe returning to the photography hobby, doing a digital spring cleaning, doing an actual spring cleaning, maintaining the resumed the daily walk.
Follow
Apple Music, Apple Podcasts (if only), Bluesky, Flickr, Giphy, Goodreads, Instapaper (RSS), Letterboxd, Mastodon, Reddit, Trakt.
Identities
Agnostic, antifascist, antiracist (aspirationally), aromantic, caucasian (per se), celibate, cisgender (he/him), heterosexual, introverted, single.
Diagnosis
“Clinical evaluation and tests indicate that aspects of his functioning are impaired by his autism spectrum disorder, and related anxiety; cognitive and behavioral rigidity; deficits in social reciprocity; poor understanding and management of his own emotional and behavioral responses; and his inability to tolerate distress, ambiguity, and to engage in goal-directed behavior when he does not clearly see and agree with the method and purpose of the tasks and general direction of the activities.” (2016)
Impairments
Aphantasia, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, autism spectrum disorder, chronic adjustment disorder, developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia), generalized anxiety disorder, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (?), obsessive-compulsive disorder, pathological demand avoidance, rejection sensitive dysphoria, sensory processing disorder, severely deficient autobiographical memory.
Companions
One gray, domestic shorthair cat with white markings, since late 2014.
Worries
Climate crisis, rising fascism, increasing disability, eventual poverty, inevitable death.
Manifesto
“There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind” (Eliot Rosewater), “we don’t have to be mean, because remember: no matter where you go, there you are” (Buckaroo Banzai), “this is an awful place to be dropped down halfway” (Helen), “I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody” (Franny Glass), “so it goes” (Kurt Vonnegut).
Fandom
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.” (Gene Roddenberry)
Sports
Born and raised resident of Red Sox nation; daily, summer viewer of the most narrative game; grateful recipient of MLB.TV from T-Mobile.
Past
Hands Off! the Net (mid-1990s), The Millennium Cafe (late-1990s), Portland Communique (early-2000s), Can’t Stop the Serenity (mid-2000s), The Evil League of Evil (late-2000s), The Belmont Goats (mid-2010s).
Testimonials
“Good company” (Children’s House of Montessori), “unsubtle and not brilliant” (Dominque Nahas), “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), “mastermind” (Willamette Week), “sissy” (Nathaniel Clevenger III), “true independent” (David D. Perlmutter), “extremely discredited” (DarkCryo), “twitchy, unreliable-looking” (Joss Whedon), “pompous shit show asshat” (Adam Mazza).
Colophon
Born in upstate New York on Saturday, October 25, 1969; of Italian, Lithuanian, and Polish descent; on the internet since the Fall of 1993; Portlander for twenty-nine years and counting; “Bix” since the late-90s, legally since early 2018; “that dog is hit again”.
Uses
This webpage is Prami-powered, with hosting by OMG.LOL, statuslog by Status.LOL, analytics by NeatStats.
Rules
If you email, message, or interact with me in any way: no fear, no hate, no thoughtless bullshit, no nazis.
