David Himmel 11/4/22 David Himmel 11/4/22

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

Childhood goes by fast. When you’re a parent, it goes by even faster.

David Himmel 10/30/22 David Himmel 10/30/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 17, 2022

Parenthood is, by far, the trippiest, mind bending, and just straight up weirdest thing I’ve ever experienced.

David Himmel 10/28/22 David Himmel 10/28/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 23, 2022

In matters of family planning—that is, choosing a mate—keep in mind that the money will come; the love doesn’t always show up. Don’t let money buy your heart.

David Himmel 10/14/22 David Himmel 10/14/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 9, 2022

It’s not surprising that no one from Marjorie Taylor Greene’s high school has come forward to say, “You know, she was really cool and mellow, and smart back then.” That’s because we are who we’ve always been.

David Himmel 10/7/22 David Himmel 10/7/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 2, 2022

While it’s not fun to see Tom Brady’s marriage deflate like one of his footballs, it does feel like some kind of justice.

David Himmel 9/30/22 David Himmel 9/30/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of September 25, 2022

Serious question for women: When you put your Birkenstocks on, can you hear every straight man’s penis shriveling up, dying, and falling off?

David Himmel 9/23/22 David Himmel 9/23/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of September 18, 2022

It’s not a cheers, it’s a toast. You say “Cheers!” during a toast.

David Himmel 9/16/22 David Himmel 9/16/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of September 11, 2022

How many Amazon delivery trucks are repurposed UPS delivery trucks? Any number is enough to make me laugh at the irony of good business.

David Himmel 9/9/22 David Himmel 9/9/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of September 4, 2022

Imagine being Queen Elizabeth II… having the same job for seventy years and never really having to lift a finger to get any work done. And being rich as fuck the whole time. What a weird life.

David Himmel 9/2/22 David Himmel 9/2/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 28, 2022

Has five years of successful therapy taken away the burning need to write?

David Himmel 8/26/22 David Himmel 8/26/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 21, 2022

Pre-schoolers are a lot like chimps. They’re extra adorable when you dress them up like grown adults.

David Himmel 8/20/22 David Himmel 8/20/22

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.

David Himmel 8/12/22 David Himmel 8/12/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 7, 2022

My backyard is home to very depressed worms. I keep finding sun-dried worm corpses on my walkway. And not even after a hard rain—as they might be flooded to the topsoil. It’s like they just have had enough of being a worm living underground and wriggle to the surface for that long-elusive moment of warmth before being cooked to death.

David Himmel 8/5/22 David Himmel 8/5/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 31, 2022

Letting your feelings guide you is a wonderful way to parent and a terrible way to influence other adults.

David Himmel 7/15/22 David Himmel 7/15/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 10, 2022

Poor Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric Trump. The wrong parent died.

David Himmel 7/8/22 David Himmel 7/8/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 3, 2022

The thing is… mass gun violence just pissed off a lot of bored, rich Jewish moms… maybe this is what we’ve needed to get change made.

David Himmel 7/1/22 David Himmel 7/1/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of June 26, 2022

Look on the bright side of things. The pandemic was a boon for hand sanitizer manufacturers and with Roe v. Wade overturned, the makers of Plan B are going to make a killing!