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**Hi.** My name is Mike and this is my newsletter. Every week I answer one of your questions. The question can be about anything you want, but I'll only answer it if I think I can give a good answer. To ask a question, just subscribe and reply to one of the newsletters. **Why the hell should I subscribe to this?** Well, you shouldn’t. You should go outside and plant a garden. You should start a band! You should go explore every part of the world you’ve ever wanted to see. You should learn Italian, French, or Tagalog. You should volunteer your time to an organization that works with disadvantaged youth. You should go teach an ESL class for immigrants at the local community college. You should spend your time tracking down abusive priests, like some sacred Avenger. Those are the things you should do. And I encourage you to do them. Feel free to subscribe to my newsletter because you want to. In addition to doing some of those things above. **How often will this shit hit my inbox?** Weekly. **Are you going to eventually charge us for this newsletter?** Nope. I can’t imagine asking you to pay for this. I might promote some stuff at the bottom of the newsletter. Don’t get me wrong, I very much want your money. But not for a newsletter. **Who did that drawing in your newsletter header, and is it supposed to be you?** My friend, the wonderful Kate Bingaman-Burt. And yes. **Is there any hope for the world?** No, but there's a lot of work to do.
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How to get out of gym class
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-get-out-of-gym-class/
Published: December 20, 2024 21:04
This week’s painting is a reminder that police unions are not unions, cops are not workers, and they don’t protect or serve you. They protect and serve power. They break picket lines. They steal our children’s education budgets. They perp walk us. They’re…
How to make a grilled cheese
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-make-a-grilled-cheese/
Published: December 13, 2024 01:05
This is Political Painting for a Centrist to Hang. (It’s the finished version of last week’s painting. I did NOT fuck it up! Today’s question comes to us from Cheesed Off in Albuquerque: Some friends and I were discussing the best way to make a grilled…
How to maintain hope and optimism
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-maintain-hope-and-optimism/
Published: December 5, 2024 21:52
Here’s a painting I’m in the middle of. Posting it because I really enjoyed painting it and I’m probably about to fuck it up. This week’s question comes to us from John O: How do I maintain hope and optimism in a world that old men seem hell bent on…
How to fight
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-fight/
Published: November 22, 2024 01:12
This is for something bigger in progress. This week’s question comes to us from Alan McCoy: Do you feel it's better to fight with all of your being for a single cause or spread your energy to support several causes? Yes. I mean, yes, we will fight with all…
How to enjoy Thanksgiving
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-enjoy-thanksgiving/
Published: November 14, 2024 21:22
This is a union painting in progress in my studio. This week’s question comes to us from Jared Spool: What do you think we should do about Thanksgiving? TL;DR: We should spend it with people we love and who love us back. My family didn’t celebrate…
How to apologize for broken links
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-apologize-for-broken-links/
Published: November 11, 2024 18:38
Beloved friends. Last week’s newsletter contained a broken link to my book, for which I’d created a discount. For you. This bothers me. And I’d like to make amends: TL;DR: It is fixed. Slightly longer explanation: right after I sent out the newsletter, I…
How to ride a rollercoaster
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-ride-a-rollercoaster/
Published: November 8, 2024 20:18
This is Union Season. I think I painted it in late 2022? This week’s question is from myself: What now? I have opened and closed this newsletter a dozen times since Wednesday. I have written it angry, I have written it sad, I have written it powerfully,…
How to eat Halloween candy in the correct order
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-eat-halloween-candy-in-the-correct-order/
Published: October 31, 2024 22:30
This is what my paintings look like before razor blades. This week’s question comes to us from Ashley Chapokas: What’s the right order for eating your Halloween Candy? Great question. I’m going to attempt to answer this as my 12-year-old self who just got…
How to get past the utter dissapointment in everyone and everything
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-get-past-the-utter-dissapointment-in/
Published: October 24, 2024 21:18
Glow-in-the-dark skulls, 2022, wax and razor blades This week’s question comes to us from Maria Arango-Kure: How do you get past the utter disappointment in everyone and everything, and the feeling that you can’t make a difference, to pick yourself up and…
How to handle news, good and bad
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-handle-news-good-and-bad/
Published: October 17, 2024 22:53
3 Dead Kids, 2024. These will find their way into something bigger. This week’s question comes to us from Andrew Norcross: How do you handle a situation knowing that good news for you is inevitably bad news for someone else? First off, take the time to…