Open Mike LIVE

This archive chronicles over 7 years of video posts made by Mike George on the Facebook Live platform, highlighting various locations around the United States and Canada:

- Columbus, Ohio

- Portland, Oregon

- Montreal, Quebec

- Alexandria, Louisiana

- Steubenville, Ohio

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  • Silence Means BE QUIET
    4/15/22

    Silence Means BE QUIET

    Silence is an unnatural state that induces discomfort. But it also reveals the extent to which we are accustomed to a noisy world.

  • Package Reveal
    2/19/22

    Package Reveal

    Mike shares the excitement of opening a package he'd forgotten that he ordered.

  • Recycle!
    1/10/23

    Recycle!

    In the absence of any sort of city recycling service, Mike demonstrates his routine of walking his discarded recyclables to Target - one of the few places that offers any semblance of recycling disposal.

  • Final Soiree
    12/22/22

    Final Soiree

    Mike kicks back with his new friend Robert and throws an impromptu soiree to commemorate the final days of Crimson House Alexandria, as his eviction date of 1 January 2023 draws ominously near…

  • The Portland She-bacle
    9/7/22

    The Portland She-bacle

    Two years after the 2020 West Coast wildfires, Mike opens up and shares the series of traumatic events he faced mere months after moving to Portland, Oregon.

  • Wrong Way
    4/6/22

    Wrong Way

    Lamenting on his unsatisfaction in his present work in Louisiana, Mike ponders on the next steps in his career and where that will prompt him to move next.

    Mike emphasizes his admiration towards his fellow transit warriors who elect to walk in places hostile to pedestrians, that do not provide sidewalks, crosswalks, and basic pedestrian safety features.

    proposes a thesis on the correlation between a community's walkability and the preponderance of nice butts among its residents.

  • The Great American Circle Jerk
    1/11/23

    The Great American Circle Jerk

    Mike marvels at the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) corporation for its unmatched ability to profit from drumming up conflict and division among young Americans. As US politics devolves into some combination of entertainment and rivalry, at what point should we expect the chambers of Congress to be littered with folding chairs for C-SPAN’s exclusive pay-per-view fights?

  • Stroll in Alexandria
    1/19/23

    Stroll in Alexandria

    In this first-person POV of downtown Alexandria, Louisiana, Mike marvels at some of the small towns and unexpected places that have made efforts at better connecting their communities with transit and other pedestrian-oriented measures.

  • Humility, Listening, & Understanding
    12/4/22

    Humility, Listening, & Understanding

    Mike reflects on how social media and the internet has fundamentally changed the way we talk to each other in real life - listening to respond vs. listening to understand.

    Perhaps a dose of humility would enrich this form of conversation. Divided we fall - to some of the worst people imaginable…

  • The Circle
    1/22/23

    The Circle

    Walking around one of America’s largest traffic circles.

  • WANDA & GLADYS Rehearsal/Demo
    12/16/22

    WANDA & GLADYS Rehearsal/Demo

    GLADYS is the wireless audio network powering all bluetooth speakers in Crimson House. WANDA is a musical baton comprising 2 of those speakers.

  • The Walk
    4/21/23

    The Walk

    Despite the stigmas of not owning a car, walking affords a much more intimate relationship with the places I live.

  • 3/16/23

    Park After Dark...

    Today’s children enjoy far nicer playgrounds than were around when I was a child.

  • Stroll down Masonic Drive
    1/6/23

    Stroll down Masonic Drive

    During his first week living the streets of Alexandria, Mike bemoans the lack of consideration for pedestrians and non-motorists in the design and construction of roadways throughout American cities.

  • Reflections on Home and Family
    12/23/22

    Reflections on Home and Family

    This holiday season, Mike reflects fondly on his hometown Steubenville, praising in particular the way its people treated his mother throughout his childhood.

Journals & Musings

  • Figuring Things Out

    2013-2020

    Graphics are colorful, they invite a myriad of differing interpretations, they portray trends, etc.  Plus, they're less prone to language barriers.

    Figures make complicated concepts easier to understand, simplify, and organize. Plus, I was too lazy to write longwinded essays anymore.

  • My Little Corner of Semi-Reality

    2004-2013

    My life is an open book. Please don't burn it.