David Himmel 12/19/20 David Himmel 12/19/20

A Missed Opportunity

Hunting rats and my desire to kill them was the first topic of conversation my wife and I had when we met. She said I should not have been walking the alley behind my apartment with a small bb gun shooting at them because they had a right to be there. She wasn’t wrong. But neither was I. Fuck rats. Kill them all.

David Himmel 12/18/20 David Himmel 12/18/20

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Favorite 2020 Conspiracies Edition

Kamala Harris is only a Black woman so Biden could get the white liberal woman vote.

Don Hall 12/17/20 Don Hall 12/17/20

The Highest of All Arts and the Path Away from Trump

The highest of all arts, indeed.

Compromise is about building something rather than destroying something. It is about looking past the obvious differences and finding the more substantial similarities. It is humanist rather than racist or sexist. It is a stretch of the perspective to encompass all of us rather than some of us. Compromise and the commitment to do so is a rebuke to othering, aversion, and moralizing.

Joe Janes 12/16/20 Joe Janes 12/16/20

A Letter from Santa’s Lawyers to Donald Trump

Mr. Giuliani gets lumps of coal from the North Pole every year which he uses as hair dye.

David Himmel 12/16/20 David Himmel 12/16/20

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" 2020 Edition

He: Beautiful watch you're wearing

She: My father will be pacing the floor—Wait, what about my watch?

He: Listen to the fireplace roar

She: No. This isn’t about the fireplace. Look, really, I'd better scurry

He: Okay. That’s fair. Text me tomorrow. I’ll get you a Lyft.

Don Hall 12/14/20 Don Hall 12/14/20

I Believe… [Why Parler Failed]

...that it turns out people who troll on social media are not addicted to sharing ideas but to calling each other names. Hence, the rapid rise and rapid fall of Parler.

Contributing Writer 12/13/20 Contributing Writer 12/13/20

The Social Worker

I got a call. I needed to go to a home. A redneck case. Trailer trash in an apartment. Truancy issue with a 6th grader, as if showing up to school was going to change his future.

Don Hall 12/12/20 Don Hall 12/12/20

The Pandemic Was Foretold by the Wachowskis

This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.

David Himmel 12/11/20 David Himmel 12/11/20

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of December 6, 2020

The only people who care about Hanukkah are bored Jews and gentiles trying to be nice.

Joe Janes 12/9/20 Joe Janes 12/9/20

“Cat Misses Jump” Misses the Mark — A Film Review

That’s :18 seconds of my life that I will never get back.

Don Hall 12/8/20 Don Hall 12/8/20

I Like to Watch | I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” is the most Charlie Kaufman film in his canon.

Don Hall 12/7/20 Don Hall 12/7/20

I Believe... [Who’s Fragile Again?]

I believe... that it’s interesting how people who are enraged, offended, and describe everything they dislike as ‘violence & harm’ believe that it is everyone else who is showing ‘fragility.’

Jenni Thurston 12/7/20 Jenni Thurston 12/7/20

Thirty-One Years

An old bear, kept in a chest, waiting to see his person once again.

Don Hall 12/6/20 Don Hall 12/6/20

Silence Most Definitely Does NOT Equal Violence

What ‘silence = violence’ really means is “...you’re free to agree, but disagreement or neutrality are expressly violent acts. And since I have every right to defend myself then maybe I’ll just break some windows and burn up some stuff.”

Paul Teodo 12/5/20 Paul Teodo 12/5/20

The Sax

David Himmel 12/4/20 David Himmel 12/4/20

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of November 29, 2020

Watching The Crown, I saw the pretext that read: “The following episode includes scenes of an eating disorder which some viewers may find troubling. Viewer discretion is advised. Information and resources for those struggling with eating disorders are available at www.wannatalkaboutit.com” I thought, Oh, yay! Diana is back in this episode!

Guest User 12/4/20 Guest User 12/4/20

Call Thru The Metal

And the tendril is the spark is the stem creeping a creep ominous and slow from the poisonous spotted orchid named malice. The tendril of disease sprawled to clutch at the softest tissue of the closest one.

Joe Janes 12/2/20 Joe Janes 12/2/20

The Official White House Moving Sale – Everything Must Go!!!

Make an offer - Every sale over $5,000 gets a free presidential pardon

David Himmel 12/2/20 David Himmel 12/2/20

The End of These Unprecedented Times

In these unprecedented times… Unprecedented means never done or known before. So, every moment that comes is unprecedented. If we’re to believe that moments matter in the grand scheme of this exhausting, debilitating, and all too short life we live, which is governed entirely by time. Tick. Tock.

Contributing Writer 12/1/20 Contributing Writer 12/1/20

Tani's Solution to America's Mass Shooting Problem

Finally, no American citizen will be forced to own a government issued weapon and can opt out and refuse, or return their weapon at any point in their life. Children will have the same choice at age 18.