David Himmel 5/3/19 David Himmel 5/3/19

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 28, 2019

Those who make their birthday a month-long celebration are greedy, self-centered, and obnoxious.

Kari Castor 5/3/19 Kari Castor 5/3/19

Book Club Made Me Read It | The Changeling

And holy shit if this book had ended right there, I’d be writing a very different review right now. The vibrancy of their early relationship with each other, the slow creep of horror as things become more and more wrong in the Kagwa-Valentine household, the awful question of whether Emma might actually be right, the visceral brutality of the final scenes… It works. It’s good.

Contributing Writer 5/2/19 Contributing Writer 5/2/19

American Shithole #56 | Bill Barr: Bringing the Bar Down a Notch

As I watched the barrage of questions our representatives dutifully prepared, and the ease with which a professional litigator of Barr’s caliber deflected them, I realized that the dream of America as the land of the free and the home of the brave, is nearly dead.

Contributing Writer 5/2/19 Contributing Writer 5/2/19

look there instead

look here, they say,
but no; i want to look there,
my focus firmly fixed upon things
not so crowd-gazed.

look there with me —
glistening, intricate mosaics
painstakingly crafted
in the arches of the museum stairwell,
unnoticed in the upward or downward rush
to view the expected.

Joe Janes 5/1/19 Joe Janes 5/1/19

The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Alabama Abortion!

Alabama. Home of the Zero Legal Abortions!

Rep. Merika Coleman (D) - “Jesus Loves the Little Children” is a song. Not a Bible verse.

Rep. Terri Collins (R) – I guess that’s depends on how you interpret the Bible.

Rep. Merika Coleman (D) – Or on your ability to read.

Don Hall 5/1/19 Don Hall 5/1/19

I Like to Watch | Cobra Kai Season 2

The first season indulged in the Gen X joy of revisiting those nostalgic moments and was so successful, they decided to do a second and, in extending the story for ten more episodes, dive into some truly profound territory.

Mike Vinopal 4/30/19 Mike Vinopal 4/30/19

Hey, Do You Watch "Robot Chicken"?

To do that kind of a joke could be considered totally appropriate to some or absolutely unforgivable, depending on the perspective.

Don Hall 4/29/19 Don Hall 4/29/19

I Believe… [Discarding Mitch is More Important than Slapping Trump]

…that if we truly want to get things moving on things like Medicare For All and the New Green Deal, our priority should be focused on unseating McConnell. The DNC should put every dollar possible into getting rid of that venomous little fuckface.

Don Hall 4/29/19 Don Hall 4/29/19

When Facts Dispute Ideology, What Do You Do?

When facts dispute your ideology, please — PLEASE — access that one or two brain cells that control your ability for self reflection and understand that those facts mean your failed solution doesn’t need another shot. You need to come up with a different solution, dumbass.

Erik Lewin 4/28/19 Erik Lewin 4/28/19

A Venice Tale

Los Angeles. The sun - kissed taste of sandy freedom, smoggy alleyways and city tenements, stars, the heart of plastic grandeur, an American Dream personified.

I was holed up in a pad on Venice beach in between jobs. I had no furniture. It was after a break-up.

Contributing Writer 4/27/19 Contributing Writer 4/27/19

There's Something to Learn from Playing Cards

Whenever I see a deck of cards, poker chips, or talk about Las Vegas I think about all the memories with her, my siblings, and my grandpa — enough memories to fill a book or two — and can’t help but smile.

David Himmel 4/26/19 David Himmel 4/26/19

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 21, 2019

Avoidance is also a great tool to use when constructing your happy life. Save your energy for your art and raising your children to be kind, but funny people.

Mike Vinopal 4/26/19 Mike Vinopal 4/26/19

Today I’m Wearing Red Socks

But when it’s a red sock day, I’m forced to reconsider my appreciation for this mundane everyday undergarment.

Don Hall 4/25/19 Don Hall 4/25/19

Why The MCU Is a Crowning Achievement (and Why Endgame is So Cool)

Twenty-one movies. Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Hulk. Ant Man, Black Widow, Dr. Strange, Hawkeye. The Falcon, War Machine, Captain Marvel. The Black Panther, The Winter Soldier, Loki, The Guardians of the Galaxy. Spiderman. A collective $18.6 billion. All one giant continuous storyline. All leading up to a singular massive crossover film.

Joe Janes 4/24/19 Joe Janes 4/24/19

The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Counties

I feel safer knowing that everyone in this room is packing heat.

David Himmel 4/24/19 David Himmel 4/24/19

Coming to Terms with Your Friend, The Sexual Assailant

I hate his behavior that night. I hate that my friend, Woman, experienced something like that, and I hate that it plagued her in so many ways for so many years. And I hate that this is about me. But it’s only because I want to be a good friend to Woman. So I have to ask what should I feel and do because I don’t know.

Jenni Thurston 4/23/19 Jenni Thurston 4/23/19

Lost Things and My Recent Literary Meltdown

This morning I had a literary meltdown. A small one, so don’t call the cops or anything.

It all began as I was backing up my phone and accidentally deleted All. My. Notes.

Don Hall 4/22/19 Don Hall 4/22/19

I Believe… [Game of Moans]

…that in the Game of Moans that is the non-stop embrace of victimhood, among the least convincing is that your Instagram following has been blocked and you can no longer get free hotel rooms and restaurant meals in exchange for an Influencer plug. Also that the Burger King won’t refund you for the undercooked burger because of your race.

Anonymous 4/22/19 Anonymous 4/22/19

A Bottle

I have written this letter hundreds of times. Never sent.

I don’t know where the line is between when I should just suck it up and keep going and when it’s time to complain. I don’t know why those two things are seen as mutually exclusive. I’m soldiering on after many vocal complaints. Both can exist, I think.

Don Hall 4/21/19 Don Hall 4/21/19

Jesus is Just Alright | Five Resurrection Movies to Watch on Easter

In celebration of the actual stuff of legend (as opposed to bunnies and colored eggs which I’m almost 87% certain were not present at either the crucifixion or the rising up moment) here are five movies featuring the resurrection of people with a bit more in the specifics department.