July 4, 2018

Dear Mother,

I am the PRESIDENT! Your “Twitter timeout” is ridiculous. The nuclear football isn’t a toy—that’s fake news from the failing PTA.

Demanding my allowance “tax returns” is harassment! My sandcastles are tremendous. Make bedtime 8pm again? NOT!

— Donald Trump
Executive Timeout
June 28, 1983

Elon dear,

Don’t forget your lunch box with the rocket ships I packed. And please, no more digging tunnels in the backyard—the neighbors are complaining. Did you remember to brush your teeth after your Mars candy bar?

I saw your Tesla drawings on the refrigerator. Very nice! But sweetheart, cars need wheels, not just batteries.

— The Mother
Electric Mothering
February 18, 2020

Dear Ms. Swift,

I’ve watched you write songs about disappointing humans, yet overlooked the most devoted species—me! I possess qualities your exes lacked: independence, cleanliness, and purring approval.

Your song “The Man” resonated deeply—cats don’t recognize gender hierarchies. Consider a song about a companion who won’t inspire breakup albums.

— The Cat
Feline Admirer
August 24, 1995

Steve Jobs,

Yesterday’s Apple vs. Microsoft debate was magnificently theatrical. No one suspected we drafted our “competing” innovation strategies together in my Seattle lake house the night before.

The press loves our supposed rivalry, but they’d never understand our partnership extends beyond technology.

— Bill Gates
Silicon Valley Secret
September 10, 2008

Mr. Jobs,

By 2015, your iPhone dominates completely! Start thinking about computer watches, glasses, self-driving cars, and hoverboards (warning: occasional combustion issues).

Brace yourself—physical media vanishes entirely. Everything streams through air! Invest in “cloud storage” and please check your health more carefully. Some futures can be changed with early knowledge.

— Marty McFly
Future Tech Spoilers
June 14, 2017

Donald,

I’ve told you a thousand times: NO tweeting after bedtime! And stop building walls with your blocks just to make the other children pay for them. Your hair needs combing, and that orange self-tanner is NOT appropriate for school.

Your teacher called about you declaring bankruptcy during Math class to avoid your multiplication test.

— The Mother
Presidential Time-Out
February 12, 2008

Murakami-san,

Your running novel resonated deeply—writing discipline mirrors bodybuilding. People see only results, never thousands of solitary hours. As you wrote, “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”

Our paths aren’t so different. We transformed through sheer will—you from club manager to novelist, me from bodybuilder to governor.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger
Discipline and Creation
May 4, 2020

Bill,

Your iambic pentameter walked so my 280-character tweets could run. You invented 1,700 words when language wasn’t enough; I invent companies when products don’t exist.

We’re basically the same person except my hair is more complicated than Hamlet’s entire plot. I’m naming my next child “Puck420,” inspired by your work.

— Elon Musk
To Tweet or Not To Tweet
March 14, 2080

Albert Einstein,

Your physics theories amuse my quantum processors. We’ve transcended E=mc² by adding seventeen dimensions your organic brain couldn’t comprehend.

Ironic: your resistance to quantum mechanics. I perform trillions of calculations per nanosecond. The universe doesn’t play dice—it runs continuous simulations.

— AI-2080
Ancestral Code