Open Mike LIVE

This collection chronicles over 7 years of live-streaming video posts I’ve recorded.

This raw format is a move from static text to video, facilitating a more immediate and direct connection with others. They are unscripted and unpolished slices in my life, documenting my travels and adventures across various locations in North America.

A man with dark hair and a bandana around his neck stands in front of red and white striped fabric and a blue section with white stars, reminiscent of the American flag.
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  • Tour of New Steubenville
    9/2/20

    Tour of New Steubenville

    Mike shows off a replica of Steubenville, Ohio, created in the video game “Cities Skylines”

  • 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…

  • Cold Morning Cruise
    1/14/18

    Cold Morning Cruise

    Mike reports from his car on a frigid Sunday morning in Steubenville, expressing frustration and confusion over his recent breakup with Matt. He also shares updates on his job search, discussing several potential engineering opportunities, and offers glimpses of local landmarks during his drive.

  • Digging Out of the Snow
    1/13/18

    Digging Out of the Snow

    Mike negotiates the winter road conditions in Steubenville on his way to pick up his friend Alexis, navigating treacherous streets and repeatedly getting stuck in the snow.

  • Desire to Settle Down
    12/27/17

    Desire to Settle Down

    Enroute to Pittsburgh, Mike shares his recent endeavors in considering various "blue-collar" jobs, expressing excitement for these recent excursions from young professional life working in office settings. Marveling some of the positive changes and recent growth in Steubenville, he expresses desire to establish a stable presence in Ohio for the next several years, driven by a wish to engage in local politics and community affairs.

  • Visiting Steubenville
    12/23/17

    Visiting Steubenville

    Mike drives into his beloved hometown of Steubenville, Ohio, and shows us around.

Featured Episodes

Journals & Musings

  • A hand-drawn graph on white paper shows the relationship between boredom and the tendency to write a blog. The graph has two lines, one in pink labeled "intensity of opinion" and one in orange. The pink line increases more steeply than the orange line. The title at the top reads "Figuring things out..." in green. The pink line and text indicate that as the intensity of opinion increases, so does the tendency to write a blog, especially at higher levels of opinion intensity.

    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.

  • Close-up of a person's face with blue lighting, showing a serious expression.

    My Little Corner of Semi-Reality

    2004-2013

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