Don Hall 8/22/20 Don Hall 8/22/20

Why Vegas Will Survive COVID-19

Las Vegas is an entire city located in an entire state founded on hope. Hope for a better life, hope for a lucky day, hope for a taste of glamour.

David Himmel 8/21/20 David Himmel 8/21/20

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 16, 2020

There is rarely a situation I won’t put myself in. You get a better experience at the zoo by being in the cage.

Don Hall 8/20/20 Don Hall 8/20/20

The New Catch-22

The new Catch-22 is that with social media, I am trained to hate my fellow humans. Without it, I feel like the world is passing me by. Keep the accounts, hate people. Lose the accounts, miss them.

Joe Janes 8/19/20 Joe Janes 8/19/20

The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | MyRNCSpeech

You don’t have to hold your head up high, let MyNeckBrace do all the work for you.

Guest User 8/18/20 Guest User 8/18/20

The Storytellers

It was a long signal and we were silent for a beat. Just enough time for my gaze to drift for no reason at all, over the door down to the blacktop where a female praying mantis lay crushed and paved over.

Don Hall 8/17/20 Don Hall 8/17/20

I Believe… [If You’re Gonna Loot… Er… Secure Reparations…]

I believe… that, had I been in Chicago during the Reparation Looting, I’d have looted the shit out of Garrett’s Popcorn and Whole Foods. I mean, a Nike High-Top ain’t feeding my kids, right?

Guest User 8/16/20 Guest User 8/16/20

Valedictorians of the Anti- A Love Letter from Gen Y to Gen Z

Nineteen hundred and ninety-eight. The year, not the cash.

Ok. Weren’t we just two years from the world ending anyhow?

It gave me a secret thrill to hear of our empty coffers. The artist in me already knew besides that failure was the only way out. Proudly Generation “Why?”

Don Hall 8/15/20 Don Hall 8/15/20

The Quandary of the Left — Is Looting Without Protest Justifiable?

If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s gonna want a glass of milk.

There’s gotta be a better way.

David Himmel 8/14/20 David Himmel 8/14/20

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 9, 2020

Comparing tragedies and grievances often expose your passive racism. Be careful. More importantly, please be aware.

Don Hall 8/13/20 Don Hall 8/13/20

I Didn’t Like Tipper Gore, Either

I know—calling any strident bunch of moralists “Puritans” is a bit like comparing any authoritarian politician to Adolf Hitler but if the shoe fits...

Joe Janes 8/12/20 Joe Janes 8/12/20

The Minutes of Our Last Meeting – Brand Dating with Poopie-DEW!

When Poopie-DEW says something racist, he can say, “I’m not racist. My girlfriend is…whatever you are.”

Jenni Thurston 8/11/20 Jenni Thurston 8/11/20

In-The-Dark-Cloud Town Where People Wear Mud

When the people of Gruntings get up in the morning, they roll out of bed and fall right into a mud pile they have on floor. It’s standard in the Gruntings culture to be covered in mud all day long. To be seen without mud all over your body would be like any of us stepping outside to see our neighbor mowing the grass naked.

Don Hall 8/10/20 Don Hall 8/10/20

I Believe… [Vapid Pursuits Leave Us With No Heroes]

…that in a period when our heroes are labeled heroic because they are wealthy, famous, or both it’s no wonder we live in a perpetual state of despair.

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

I Built You, And You Served Me Well

I was looking for you—exactly you.
Dark wood, plenty of drawers, old-timey, affordable.
My smile nearly broke my face when I found you on display in that Las Vegas Office Depot.
Three hundred bucks was the top of my budget.
You were well worth it.

David Himmel 8/7/20 David Himmel 8/7/20

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 2, 2020

I believe we should take every step to accommodate those who have hindering disabilities. That is not to say we should carry the paraplegic up every flight of stairs because they don’t like wheelchairs.

Chris Churchill 8/7/20 Chris Churchill 8/7/20

Goodnight Jimmy: Requiem For A Feathered Family Member

We lost our little Jimmy.

Our little cockatiel.
She was the best little bird anybody could have ever had a deep and abiding friendship with.
Thirteen-and-a-half years with this little baby. She was our “Tiny Chicken.” We spoiled her like no bird has ever been spoiled.

Elizabeth Harper 8/6/20 Elizabeth Harper 8/6/20

The Sadness and the Quietness

the sadness
that is people

the sadness of wanting to die
but being compelled to live

Joe Janes 8/5/20 Joe Janes 8/5/20

The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Questions to Ask Yourself to Have a Great Day!

Are these the same clothes I slept in?

Guest User 8/4/20 Guest User 8/4/20

In The Young Century

There was a lot of noise and shouting by this time, but my grandmother knew just what came next. She reached for the matches for her cigarettes in her apron pocket and began to light the massive bobbins. Moving down the row, crawling fast and watching from the floor as the flames climbed the yarn and smoke began to billow at the ceiling. The workers went fast for the exits when she was pulled from under the spooler and tied to a sewing table chair by a floor manager.

Don Hall 8/3/20 Don Hall 8/3/20

I Believe… [The Difference Between a Classy or Trashy Neck Tattoo]

I believe… that instead of banning neck and face tattoos from their casino and hotel, The D Las Vegas should instead ban trashy neck and face tattoos. You know, encourage Suicide Girls to come gamble but discourage White Power Cletus from swinging by.