An International Journal of Exploratory Meta-Living

An Open Source Journal
published through the Auspices of the Poison Pie Publishing House
Knoxville, Tennessee

Issue 15 (2026)

Notes on A Tetralogy: How I Survived the Presidency of Douchebag J. Troglodyte, A Daily Account
by David Keffer
Abstract: The Poison Pie Publishing House revisits a set of brief notes originally published online in January, 2021. These comments follow the tetralogy, “How I Survived the Presidency of Douchebag J. Troglodyte, A Daily Account”, which was serially published on a daily basis from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2020, with an epilogue that concluded January 20, 2021. The purpose of these notes is to provide a context for the writing. The timeliness in reissuing the notes is brought about by the degradation of our democratic principles and more broadly social civility, resulting from the second term of the titular president. We seek to remind ourselves of the role of the arts in contributing to the preservation of a culture that openly resists the on-going efforts to destroy the long-standing but increasingly tenuous virtues that define an admittedly imperfect American society.