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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 3, 2026
May 8, 2026
David Himmel
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 3, 2026
May 8, 2026
David Himmel

It’s easy to misconstrue something you hear or read. Do better by doing the harder work. Pay attention, take your time. And trust that the hard work really isn’t that hard.

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May 8, 2026
David Himmel

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I Believe... [Public Education, My Ass]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/14/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/14/22

I Believe... [Public Education, My Ass]

I believe... that you either give teachers appropriate compensation or authority in the classroom. One or the other. Take away both and you get completely unqualified babysitters searching on their phones while your kids become a modern version of the boys in Lord of the Flies but with TikTok.

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I Believe... [Rushin' Cancellations]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/7/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 3/7/22

I Believe... [Rushin' Cancellations]

...that cancelling Russian food, Russian television show, Russian dressing, rushin’ around in traffic is a sign that Americans are a bit too dense to enter any European wars anytime soon.

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I Believe... [Taiwanese Anxiety Disorder]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/28/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/28/22

I Believe... [Taiwanese Anxiety Disorder]

I believe... that the most nervous government on the globe right now is Taiwan.

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I Believe... [Nevada—Dumb But Fun]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/21/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/21/22

I Believe... [Nevada—Dumb But Fun]

...that Nevada has a worse record in education than Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi which supports the conclusion that only the dumbest people gamble on the regular. We do have lots of booze and exposed boobs, so there’s a plus side, right?

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I Believe... [Legitimate Political Discourse, My Ass]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/14/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/14/22

I Believe... [Legitimate Political Discourse, My Ass]

...that justifying disruptive protests, riots, and looting as ‘legitimate political discourse’ cuts both ways and is horseshit regardless of which side claims it.

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I Believe... [Not Nihilism. Clarity]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/7/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/7/22

I Believe... [Not Nihilism. Clarity]

I believe... that, at half a century plus, one starts to see how much of the world’s issues are bullshit. This is not nihilism. It’s clarity.

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I Believe... [1619 + 1776 = A Fuller Picture]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/24/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/24/22

I Believe... [1619 + 1776 = A Fuller Picture]

...that the 1619 Project is some solid reading and, while not a definitive history of the country’s founding, a brilliant parallel view to understanding the brilliance of the Founding Fathers creating the republic. Both are true and together provide a more complete comprehension.

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I Believe... [A Mouthful of Shit]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/17/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/17/22

I Believe... [A Mouthful of Shit]

...that an opinion without some factual backup is like a cake without sugar. It's heavy, flat and tastes like a mouthful of shit.

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I Believe... [Bag of Weasels]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/10/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/10/22

I Believe... [Bag of Weasels]

I believe... that every relationship comes with its bag of weasels.

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I Believe... [Bristling Elites]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/3/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 1/3/22

I Believe... [Bristling Elites]

...that when Pulitzer prize winners and people with advanced degrees bristle at being called “elites” the Emperor’s codpiece just slipped off his huge, highly educated, monied cock.

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I Believe… [Simple Resolve]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 12/27/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 12/27/21

I Believe… [Simple Resolve]

...that if anyone still does New Year’s resolutions, they should include the goals to mind their own business, place their anxiety into perspective, and maybe take a few walks a week. Keep it simple for 2022.

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I Believe... [Get Her the Combs Already]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 12/20/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 12/20/21

I Believe... [Get Her the Combs Already]

...that you should read O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi before Christmas Eve.

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I Believe... [Variant Snap]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 12/13/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 12/13/21

I Believe... [Variant Snap]

...that the next strain of COVID will be known as the Thanos Variant.

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I Believe... [No Body Positivity for Fat Dudes]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 12/6/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 12/6/21

I Believe... [No Body Positivity for Fat Dudes]

...that body positivity as a concept is exclusively for women because no one wants to claim big fat dudes are owning their best selves when they decide to become burlesque dancers as a therapeutic measure.

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I Believe... [Enduring the Use of Masks]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/29/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/29/21

I Believe... [Enduring the Use of Masks]

...that the wave of organized groups smashing into high-end retail stores and stealing things would be just fine if they were wearing hashtag t-shirts aligning with a Utopian cause. At least they were wearing masks, though…

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I Believe... [Most Are NOT Outraged]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/22/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/22/21

I Believe... [Most Are NOT Outraged]

...that the unwritten purpose of most media today is to make you think that the views of 17 percent of the country are actually the views of 83 percent of the country. The media doesn’t want you informed, they want you outraged. You being informed doesn’t make them rich. You being outraged does.

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I Believe... [When the Self Righteous Decide to Educate]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/15/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/15/21

I Believe... [When the Self Righteous Decide to Educate]

...that the impulse of both the hard left and hard right to ‘educate’ the rest of us is seeped in the arrogance of the self righteous. Also, genuinely boring. Show, don’t yell.

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I Believe... [Dems Need a Press Agent]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/8/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/8/21

I Believe... [Dems Need a Press Agent]

...that Democrats have, in a year, cut child poverty in half, added 5.3 million jobs, managed the most ambitious vaccine rollout in the nation’s history, and passed a $1.2 trillion investment in the water, roads, bridges and broadband. Lead with that, piss ants.

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I Believe... [Can a Black Man 'Punch Down?']
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/1/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/1/21

I Believe... [Can a Black Man 'Punch Down?']

...that when an African American man is accused of punching down, the true source of inequality is revealed. It’s about class, not race or gender....that when an African American man is accused of punching down, the true source of inequality is revealed. It’s about class, not race or gender.

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I Believe... [Plenty of Workers, Not Enough Decent Gigs]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 10/25/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 10/25/21

I Believe... [Plenty of Workers, Not Enough Decent Gigs]

I believe... that there isn’t a labor shortage, there’s a shitty job surplus.

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