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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 4, 2025

I wonder how long it’ll take this Southside Chicago Catholic pope to sell of the Vatican’s parking meters.

David Himmel 5/7/25 David Himmel 5/7/25

A Non-denominational Jew Weighs in on the Conclave and Catholic Leadership

Fr. Fred came off more as a hippie than a priest. He wore the collar, but other than that, you never would have guessed he was a man of the cloth. He was a small man, cute, even. His office was adorned with macramé plant holders and beanbag chairs and quilts. It felt like a new-age birthing center without the feminists.

David Himmel 5/2/25 David Himmel 5/2/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 27, 2025

Acknowledging when you fuck up is as important as acknowledging when someone else fucks up. Difference is, you should be harder on yourself than you are on them.

David Himmel 4/25/25 David Himmel 4/25/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 20, 2025

Between the Blue Origin Failure of Feminism and JD Vance killing Pope Francis, I have not loved the internet this much since 1997 when I learned I could use it to find photos of a topless Cameron Diaz.

David Himmel 4/24/25 David Himmel 4/24/25

A Family Business the Murdochs and the Partridges Could Only Dream of

Since my brothers and I no longer fight on a weekly basis like bony Gallagher Brothers, and we’ve moved past our Mommy and Daddy Issues, I’m at a point where I think the Himmels should once again, come together and strike out on our own. The parts and people are already in place.

We’ll call it Himmel Family Planning. “The family built to help you build your family!” We have an expert to help facilitate and elevate every stage of the family lifecycle.

David Himmel 4/18/25 David Himmel 4/18/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 13, 2025

Caryn is a much different person than Karen.

David Himmel 4/11/25 David Himmel 4/11/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 6, 2025

I had a boy dog who peed like a girl dog. I now have a girl dog who pees like a boy dog. Gender is fluid. Just like pee.

David Himmel 4/4/25 David Himmel 4/4/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 30, 2025

Truly unique people are rarely celebrated until after they’ve died and can no longer disrupt the careful choreography of coolness.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 23, 2025

Emotions are the greatest challenge we face as a people. Sociopaths have it easy.

David Himmel 3/21/25 David Himmel 3/21/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 16, 2025

The descent to hell is easy when the road is paved with alcoholic tolerance.

David Himmel 3/14/25 David Himmel 3/14/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 9, 2025

A Montessori education is child-led and parents shamed. And judging by the classroom toys and décor, it’s an education opposed to color and joy.

David Himmel 3/11/25 David Himmel 3/11/25

She’s Not My Type, but She’s Totally My Type

She probably has a twenty-something daughter. Her daughter is stupid hot. A spitting image of mom twenty years ago. She was a teen mom. Divorced. Never remarried. Has had the same boyfriend for fifteen years. He’s a UPS driver or a dock worker. She can change a tire but can’t tie a tie. She definitely snuck backstage and blew the Puddle of Mud frontman. She got a butterfly tattoo a week after her dad died because, “life’s transitions.” She loves Adam Sandler films and the poetry of Mary Oliver.

David Himmel 3/8/25 David Himmel 3/8/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 2, 2025

There’s no S in “Daylight Saving.” But there is one in “You’re all idiots.” Why is this so hard for people?

David Himmel 2/28/25 David Himmel 2/28/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of February 23, 2025

Is it misogyny that I get nervous speaking to women who are taller than me? Because I feel the same way when that person—of any sex or gender—is younger than me. So, am I an ageist-misogynist? Or am I just self-conscious about my very dull, very average height?

David Himmel 2/21/25 David Himmel 2/21/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of February 16, 2025

Hell hath no fury like a bored housemom who experienced a microaggression.

David Himmel 2/14/25 David Himmel 2/14/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of February 9, 2025

We’ve abandoned Freud. Nothing is nurture, it’s strict nature. Who we are is no longer defined by our experiences or our relationships with our parents or friends, but by our neurodiverse ailments. It’s no longer survival of the fittest, it’s survival of who has the most diagnoses. And with all that, so goes accountability out the window.

David Himmel 2/7/25 David Himmel 2/7/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of February 2, 2025

Go on, live your truth. But recognize that part of that truth is that your actions, in whatever manner, affect people. So, if you’re going to live your truth, you have to live with the accountability that comes with it. Otherwise, the truth is, you’re just an asshole.

David Himmel 1/31/25 David Himmel 1/31/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of January 26, 2025

The way to fight sexism is not to replace it with a different sexism.

David Himmel 1/24/25 David Himmel 1/24/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of January 19, 2025

Trust isn’t earned, it’s given. One wrong move can get it taken away. Tread lightly. Think things through.

David Himmel 1/21/25 David Himmel 1/21/25

We’ll Get Through This

Trump’s detractors should take refuge from their panic because in America, just like in real life, all things pass. We get through things, past things, over things. And that’s a good thing. Case in point: 2011.

Fourteen years ago, when Barack Obama was still in his first term and the American Left was convinced racism was over and the stench of their farts could cure cancer, sexism, and break horses, our culture was saddled with some horrible maladies.