Don Hall 10/5/20 Don Hall 10/5/20

When Distrust is Normalized

Like hope, trust is fragile and amazingly powerful. With it, relationships can grow, employers can instill loyalty, societies can progress in genuinely positive ways. Without it, we all become ineffective solo efforts without enough juice to move past the naval gaze or the frozen burrito wrapper that has been sitting on the coffee table since June.

Don Hall 10/3/20 Don Hall 10/3/20

Misanthropic Tendencies and My Desire for Less Noise

Wait. Everyone at some point becomes Trump online. Everyone.

David Himmel 10/2/20 David Himmel 10/2/20

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of September 27, 2020

An adherence to the Myth of American Exceptionalism is a comfort from hardships and bad day, and that which we cannot control. It is religion. It is a baby blanket. It is our emotional support animal. Its most fervent supporters and believers are our nation’s biggest babies.

Don Hall 10/2/20 Don Hall 10/2/20

Encountering the Unicorn and Being Baffled By It

My mouth, known internationally as an unfiltered spew of whatever is in my head, wants to pop off with “WHAT?! Are you fucking STUPID? Trump is a menace. A monster! How can you, a young black man, POSSIBLY BE AGAINST BLACK LIVES MATTERING?”

David Himmel 10/1/20 David Himmel 10/1/20

It’s Time to Stop Caring About Our Country and Start Caring About Ourselves

A nation is never greater than the sum of its parts. Thinking so is, and has been, our well-followed roadmap to destruction. Because we make up the nation. We, as a collective of units, are the nation. It is not us.

Joe Janes 9/30/20 Joe Janes 9/30/20

The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | QAnon Post-Debate Info Drop

President Trump wants us to know he really is smart.

Don Hall 9/29/20 Don Hall 9/29/20

The Coming Civil War Ain’t Coming

We are the righteous and the fools. We are those who dream of better and, like Ripley, cannot be fucked with because we can operate a giant robot forklift. We are the Ghostbusters, the Three Amigos, and The Expendables (minus Chuck Norris).

Don Hall 9/28/20 Don Hall 9/28/20

I Believe… [Lazy Gangsters]

I believe… that people pining on for the Old Vegas can’t be too horrified at random gun violence. Today’s gangsters are just too lazy to dig that hole in the desert.

Don Hall 9/27/20 Don Hall 9/27/20

And The End of the Democracy Will Come at the Hands of...Brett and Amy?

Don Hall 9/26/20 Don Hall 9/26/20

On Becoming Addicted to Misery and The Quest for Psychological Safety

“I’m being mugged” became “I was just mugged” which transformed into “I survived being mugged” to “Did I ever tell you about the time I was mugged?”

David Himmel 9/25/20 David Himmel 9/25/20

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of September 20, 2020

Fall is always in such a rush to get here. Spring refuses to leave. Summer is a fair-weather friend, and winter is a drunken old bastard with an axe to grind.

Jenni Thurston 9/24/20 Jenni Thurston 9/24/20

What A Ride

We are all just playing chess. On a roller coaster. In a hurricane. I don’t know what your plan is, but I want to enjoy as much of the ride as possible. Even if I lose a few pieces off the chess board, I guess it doesn’t matter as long as I can use my brain.

Joe Janes 9/23/20 Joe Janes 9/23/20

The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | The Perks of Being a Slave

The Perks of Being a Slave | A Patriotic History Lesson

Don Hall 9/22/20 Don Hall 9/22/20

Optimism When Things are Easy is a Sham

Given the larger picture, belief in democracy is only slightly more delusional than the guy playing slots so he can pay his rent. The odds are astronomically against success and yet the choice to persevere is made.

Don Hall 9/21/20 Don Hall 9/21/20

I Believe… [Gambling Away Your Unemployment Check]

I believe… that if you use your unemployment money for entertainment instead of paying your bills, you’re a human shit nugget.

David Himmel 9/18/20 David Himmel 9/18/20

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of September 13, 2020

The change of the seasons was far more enjoyable when I was younger. It meant a new school year, new clothes, new classes, new girlfriends. Now it means I have to put on more clothes to walk the dog.

Guest User 9/17/20 Guest User 9/17/20

Meet Me By The Sky | Poems

FUCK/MARRY/KILL-

For a total amount you talk

Unless violence swings on complete

Cock, we had better measure

Kiss with an element which exceeds

Morons deer games …

Joe Janes 9/16/20 Joe Janes 9/16/20

The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Batman is the Night! Or Just Batman.

Bats don’t ride horses. I have a car.

Don Hall 9/15/20 Don Hall 9/15/20

Finding What Really Matters When It All Shifts for the Worse

The Vegas mid-day sky is strangely dark and slightly orange. The sun, ordinarily a blazing hot laser that has this amazing hostility in the desert, is muted. I can stare right at it and see it’s perfect circle. It is the stuff of a Ridley Scott dystopia.

Don Hall 9/14/20 Don Hall 9/14/20

I Believe… [Using Privilege While Fighting Privilege]

I believe… that White looters and antifa wannabes fighting against White privilege not being charged with obvious crimes they committed is kind of the most ironic use of White privilege. Ah, Paradox!