Mike Janssen

@mjanssen.bsky.social

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Editor @current.org, banjo noodler, on guitar at the dad jams. I like to make cocktails, coffee, pizza and other foods. W-A-S-H-I-N-G, T-O-N, baby, D-C Music: boundarystones.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/thatmikejanssen

Norman Rockwell meme of man standing up to speak at a meeting
Screenshot of Wikipedia text reading: “Recurring guest performer Phil Hartman had wished to make a live-action film based on his character Troy McClure; several of the show’s staff expressed a desire to help create it, and Josh Weinstein proposed to use the plot of the seventh-season episode ‘A Fish Called Selma’ for the film, but the project was canceled following Hartman’s death in 1998.”
Photo of a sticker with text in a typewriter-style typeface titled “Rules for Lovers,” pasted to the back of a scratched metal street sign beside a rusted signpost. The sticker reads: “Rules for Lovers Nothing has to last! Nothing has to last a long time to be worthwhile! There is no possibility of getting everything you want, but To get it you have let go of it, and You only get to keep what you give away. There is no particular reason why things didn’t work out, since The world is not particularly just. Trying to be good does not make anyone owe you anything. You don’t really control anything, let alone anyone, therefore, You can’t make anyone love you. Everyone is, in his/her own way, vulnerable and imperfect, therefore There is no perfect mate. If you have a conception of what a perfect mate is, you are probably full of shit. All conflict is potential vitality, in need of honest attention. There is no such thing as potential in a relationship. It is very hard to be an-on-your-own, take-care-of-yourself-cause-there-is-no-one-else-to-do-it-for-you grown-up, but If you aren’t, marriage is a nightmare, for either you, your spouse, or both. Each of us is ultimately alone, therefore Love is not enough, but it sure helps. Most communication between lovers is inherently misunderstood, i.e., lovers must accept the fact that the person they know best in the world is full of secrets and that secrets are not dangerous unless the partners attempt to control each other. Excuses can easily become trite. Lovers are always free to do what they like, including not loving. Learn to forgive yourself, again and again and again. Learn to forgive your lover, again and again and again. J.C. Marcell (after Sheldon Kopp’s ‘Eschatological Laundry List’) (9/28/75)”
A small bottle of Amaro Dell’Etna
Cover of Stereolab's "Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements"
Screenshot reads: “For example, saying ‘wudpequero’ for ‘woodpecker,’ when it’s actually ‘pájaro carpintero’ (literally translating as ‘carpenter bird’). This can be explained by influences from the English-speaking community which he lives in.”
the cover of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' album "Jazz Messengers '70," featuring a typeface that appears to be Data 70 or something similar
A sticker on a school bus that says “THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT” in black text on a white background, then has “FART!!” written under that in what appears to be faded black marker
Screencap of Homer Simpson saying "But I'm using my whole ass"
A plate of beignets dusted with powdered sugar
Cover of the LP “Black-Eyed Susan” by Robert Sykes and the Surry County Boys
The cover of the LP “The Appalachian Minstrel” by Bascom Lamar Lunsford, sitting on top of a turntable
A white, modern church building labeled “Bethesda Baptist Church” sits behind a metal fence along a city street. The structure has a simple, boxy design with curved entry arches and a narrow tower featuring crosses. A leafless tree stands in the foreground, partially obscuring the facade, while overhead utility wires stretch across a clear blue sky. A green church sign and a small paved parking area are visible in front of the building.
The very white team of people joining the NOTUS expansion
Meme showing a clear plastic grocery-store cake container with a black base. Text above reads: “Number one, why these shits so hard to open? Number two, they loud as hell. Whole fuckin country know you tryna get a piece of cake,” joking about how noisy and difficult the containers are to open.
Chopped fennel stalks in a jar of gin with a few fennel fronds and a piece of lemon peel
A margherita pizza with a browned crust and large basil leaves
An iPhone case with an image of Dr. Steve Brule on it
“McCann ascribed the magic to two additional details. He’d lost over 120 pounds in the eighteen months preceding Montreux, and he’d “smoked some hash…for the first time in my life…When I got on the bandstand, there I was, the new slimmed-down McCann, trying to look cool, and I didn’t know where the hell I was. I was totally disoriented. The other guys said, ‘OK, play man!’ Somehow I got myself together and everything just took off.”
Blue screen displaying two columns of white, pixelated, all-caps names resembling video game credits. Left column includes names such as Steve McDichael, Onson Sweemey, Darryl Archideld, Anatoli Smorin, Rey McSriff, Glenallen Mixon, Mario McRlwain, Raul Chamgerlain, Kevin Nogilny, Tony Smehik, and Bobson Dugnutt. Right column includes Willie Dustice, Jeromy Gride, Scott Dourque, Shawn Furcotte, Dean Wesrey, Mike Truk, Dwight Rortugal, Tim Sandele, Karl Dandleton, Mike Sernandez, and Todd Bonzalez.
Tobias Fünke in his denim shorts standing in a doctor's office
Alt text: “Rear view of a dark pickup truck stopped in traffic, with hand-painted messages on the tailgate reading ‘Do somethin nice for yourself,’ ‘Stop smokin,’ and ‘Do you like drink and drive? Uhh think again.’ The truck’s brake lights are on, and a license plate is visible.”
An iPhone case with an image of Dr. Steve Brule, his face stained with sweet berry wine
A juvenile Cooper's Hawk sitting in a tree
a margherita pizza on a cutting board, with a browned crust and six bright green basil leaves arranged geometrically
The cover of the book "The Big Orange Splot" by Daniel Pinkwater
Screenshot of a letter starting with “Dear Barry,” stating that PepsiCo is seeking a Head of Digital Marketing to lead digital initiatives, develop innovative strategies, and expand the company’s digital presence and audience engagement across online channels.
Screenshot of a formal letter beginning with “Dear Barry,” announcing a career opportunity at PepsiCo for the position of Senior Director of Digital Marketing and describing the role’s focus on innovative digital strategies and business growth.
A round king cake with a slice cut out, topped with swirled green, purple and gold icing and glittery sugar, sits on a blue plate on a granite countertop
A can of Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh Hop IPA
A margherita pizza with six basil leaves and a crust that is overly charred in some locations
Tim Robinson saying "I can't know how to hear any more about tables"
An Instagram post about The Harp, a new restaurant in Brookland
Reddish liquid in a rocks glass over a large ice cube, sitting on a wooden table
white fluffy clouds striated across a blue sky with rays of light crossing them perpendicularly, and the crown of a tree poking up below them
Black-and-white patent illustration showing a food item on a stick, resembling a burrito or wrap. Figure 1 depicts the finished product, a cylindrical wrap on a stick. Figure 2 is a cross-section view, labeling layers of tortilla, filling, and outer covering. Figures 3 through 9 show step-by-step preparation: placing a tortilla on a flat surface with a stick, folding and rolling the tortilla around the stick, adding filling, and wrapping it closed.
The three Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared characters in stuffed animal form
a slice of chicken pot pie on a green plate with salad
A tantalizing carrot cake frosted with white cream cheese frosting on a white cake stand on a wooden table
A bowl of sesame chicken noodles garnished with sriracha, julienned cucumber and crushed peanuts
A bottle of “Sake Gin Wasabi” with a green label
Cover of a paperback copy of Zadie Smith’s “Feel Free: Essays”
Don DeLillo appearing to speak the skeet below, which is "The man who married a hologram in Japan can no longer communicate with his virtual wife"
A plate of browned cheese puffs
Button with a sign that says “PUSH BUTTON TO HEAR HOBO CAMPFIRE SONGS”
Pork short end ribs shiny with sauce and a small bowl of cole slaw on a red tray
A plate of burnt ends, brisket, beans and pickles with a side of slaw
Three LPs: Captain Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica," The White Stripes' "De Stijl" and Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams: The Complete Decca Studio Masters 1960 - 1963"
A Desert Falcon, cocktail in a rocks glass over a large cube of ice with rum, pineapple, Campari, date, “desert citrus” and “Arabian flavors”
A black T-shirt featuring a humorous white graphic with mixed fonts and a trumpet icon. The text reads: “I was telling my son about Louis Armstrong and he said ‘What’s his website?’ Kids these day will never understand that Louis Armstrong does not have a website.”
Me, a bearded guy in a cap and sunglasses
A homemade margherita pizza
A Washington DC license plate that says WE DEMAND STATEHOOD
A green cocktail in a Nick and Nora glass with dots of sesame oil on top and Moon Rabbit’s cocktail menu on the table
What won’t Turnstones eat? The Turnstone Arenaria interpres probably has one of the most varied diets of any wader species. Besides the ‘normal’ foods taken (see, e.g., Prater 1972, Nettleship 1973, Jones 1975), a considerable variety of ‘unusual’ foods and feeding behaviours has also been reported. Items taken include soap, gull excrement, dog food, potato peels, cheese, oatmeal, and the flesh of dead animals, including birds, a sheep Ovis, a wolf Lupus, a cat Felis, and a human corpse (Bell 1961; Campbell 1966; King 1961, 1964, 1982; King 1982; MacDonald & Parmelee 1962; Mercer 1966; Selway & Kendall 1965; Spencer 1966).
The cover of Don DeLillo's "White Noise"
An ant climbing up a white painted brick wall next to a door frame, holding the shed exoskeleton of a spider.
the cover of Yo La Tengo's "I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass"
Dr. Doofenshmirtz from "Phineas and Ferb" holds a magnifying glass showing a U.S. map labeled ‘Tri-State’ while pointing at it
Pee-wee Herman as the bellhop in “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”