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The Adventures of Aborted Andy | Episode I: Meeting Your Maker
July 30, 2026
David Himmel
The Adventures of Aborted Andy | Episode I: Meeting Your Maker
July 30, 2026
David Himmel

Andy disassembled his weapon with lighting speed. He packed it away in the black backpack made specifically for a weapon of this sort. He bolted to the roof access door as fast as his little, chubby legs would carry him. He made his way through the condo/office building stairwell without being noticed just as he had done on his way up. Andy was good at his job. And for a nine-month-old baby, he was really good at it.

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July 30, 2026
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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 12, 2024
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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 12, 2024

Going through two consecutive green lights without having to even take your foot off the gas during morning rush hour (and while slightly speeding) is evidence that the gods sometimes love you.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 14, 2022
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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 14, 2022

The older kid is heading off to pre-k in Chicago Public Schools next week. So here we are… I’m handing off my child to one of the most dysfunctional government organizations in our dumb nation. I can’t help but feel like a terrible parent.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of January 30, 2022
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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of January 30, 2022

It’d be funny if Biden appointed Anita Hill to the Supreme Court. Of course, it won’t happen. She’d never accept. But it’d be funny in the most tone deaf, hateful way imaginable.

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Love Story for Sale: Wordle and the New York Times
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Love Story for Sale: Wordle and the New York Times

Part of the charm was that it was one word for all of us. You get one shot at it a day giving us all something to look forward to in moderation. Anyone with access to the internet could play. Wordle was connective tissue in an otherwise disconnected world.

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