HELLO JON: Pandora's Box seems to be getting smaller by the day; faced with a reality that surpasses even the most far-fetched, sensationalist fiction, I just saw a news report featuring a clip from a 2017 film in which a "Pope Leo" suffers from lung problems. Another report mentions that floodgates at hydroelectric dams in Brazil have been opened while torrential rains and deluges batter various regions; water levels are expected to exceed 14 or 16 meters, and in many riverside areas, the water is within fifty meters of homes—while in others, a meter of water has already flooded the interiors. We may well see deluges surpassing the record levels set by the Mississippi River in 1993 or 2013. As if that weren't enough, recent earthquakes—registering 7.6 or 8.3—have struck Panama, raising alarms for Los Angeles, San Francisco, or elsewhere regarding potential tsunamis with waves 30 to 60 meters high. Neither the Ghost of Canterbury nor the Salem Witches can compare to the idiocy—or the offensive insinuations regarding Anne Frank—seen today; this delirium, fueled by addictive substances (whether alcohol, recreational drugs, or psychotropics), also triggers a resurgence of mythomania and drives individuals with delusions of grandeur to seek notoriety amidst the post-manic phase of neurotic pathologies—deplorable conditions that are becoming increasingly prevalent... Thank you for being here.