Don Hall 4/25/21 Don Hall 4/25/21

Half Pant Final

He was 7 feet tall, wearing yellow flowered shorts that stopped an inch above his deeply scarred right knee. Muscular calves supported long legs that ended in crooked toes sprouting from lime green sandals. The image of a blues man wailing on his Stratocaster was silk-screened in silver on his black tee shirt. “Buddy Guy” in script identified the artist.

Elizabeth Harper 4/24/21 Elizabeth Harper 4/24/21

Nice Things Are Getting Ruined All The Time

Changed my password to ILLFUXYRMTHR69

And walked over to no jukebox but the one behind my

Eyes touched my head full of dye, bleating

Nice things are getting ruined all the time.

David Himmel 4/23/21 David Himmel 4/23/21

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 18, 2021

All those kids who identified as hippies in high school in the ’90s likely never had a revolutionary thought of their own. The most dangerous thing they did was listen to a Dave Matthews tape while speeding in their Jeep Cherokees.

Don Hall 4/22/21 Don Hall 4/22/21

Mascots for Systemic Sin

We aren't looking at individuals and their behavior todays as much as we are why the system's in place allow (or at least refuse to stem) the behavior of the worst among us. Each individual anecdote about someone's lived experience becomes a puzzle piece to reduce whole institutions and practices as evil. As it is the opposite of scapegoating, I'll call it mascoting.

Joe Janes 4/21/21 Joe Janes 4/21/21

Patrick “Stumpy” McGoohan - The Oldest Living American

“Nobody told me I couldn’t live this long.”

David Himmel 4/20/21 David Himmel 4/20/21

Revisiting the Notes on the Columbine Shooting

When Eric and Dylan murdered twelve students and one teacher, we were shocked—just like the two angry killers wanted. They also wanted the day to be remembered forever. And it will be. Because the Columbine High School Massacre is like Elvis Presley. Nothing like it came before and every mass shooting since can’t help but draw inspiration from it.

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

I Believe... [COPS]

...that a policeman who can’t tell the difference between a taser and a pistol should not have a pistol ever.

David Himmel 4/16/21 David Himmel 4/16/21

Notes from the Post-it Wall | The Dumb Blue Line Edition

Of course Derek Chauvin didn’t take the stand. Derek Chauvin doesn’t stand for anything. He kneels.

Don Hall 4/15/21 Don Hall 4/15/21

A Quarter Flipped for Your Rational Thoughts

The old man was faced with a dilemma. He needed to decide between two options and he was torn. He understood that most decisions in his life often boiled down to two choices: do the thing or not. Sometimes it was a choice of doing one thing or another. A crossroads. This was not that.

Joe Janes 4/14/21 Joe Janes 4/14/21

When Life Gives You Lemons, Eat Them!!

Ask me about my cryptocurrency — Craig Coins! Theoretically, I’m a millionaire!

Brett Dworski 4/13/21 Brett Dworski 4/13/21

A Look at Today’s Approach to Mental Health through the Mind of Hollywood’s Most Convoluted Antihero

Travis opened up and wasn’t taken seriously. In 2021, an era where mental health is more discussed and normalized than ever before, Travis is an extreme and somber expression of what can happen to people who need help but never receive it.

Don Hall 4/12/21 Don Hall 4/12/21

I Believe... [Valid Feelings/Invalid Response]

...that your feelings are always valid but your reaction may not be an appropriate response. Your anger is valid; your follow-up tantrum combined with destroying property is not. Your desire for attention is valid; your follow-up shit-tweeting to get it is not.

Guest User 4/11/21 Guest User 4/11/21

Flowers from the Faucet at Midnight - A Poem

I’m nobody and you’re the anybody you’ve always

wanted to be. As long as we’re warm silhouettes in this

picture we have a piece of everything all to ourselves.

Don Hall 4/10/21 Don Hall 4/10/21

The Subjectivity of Historical Revisionism

The issue at hand with much of the faddish push to classify certain artists and historical figures as unassailably evil and worthy of complete erasure is that the most strident either have nothing with which to substitute for the thing they deem canceled or they have replacement art that is not up to the challenge.

David Himmel 4/9/21 David Himmel 4/9/21

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 4, 2021

Former pig police officer turned murder defendant Derek Chauvin has been taking a lot of notes throughout the murder trial of George Floyd. I bet it’s just the N-word over and over and over again.

Joe Janes 4/7/21 Joe Janes 4/7/21

RNC Guidelines for Choosing Your Republican Bride

If she’s attractive enough, your constituents will respect her.

Don Hall 4/6/21 Don Hall 4/6/21

The Art of Having a Job and Making a Life at the Same Time

The idea of the side hustle is not part of the new normal we've been predicting at the tail of this bizarre yet completely expected pandemic. The side hustle has always been with us. For all the hand-wringing about the evils of capitalism and greed and discriminating practices in the workplace, none of it is new.

Don Hall 4/5/21 Don Hall 4/5/21

I Believe... [The Bacon of Journalism]

...that the internet is the bacon of journalism if journalism was vegan and temptation to cut corners and justify bullshit got them a taste of that delicious pig.

Wayne Lerner 4/4/21 Wayne Lerner 4/4/21

The Partnership

9:30 am. It was already 95 degrees with a 1000% humidity. And it was only mid-June.

When I moved to St. Louis from Chicago in 1990 to take my first CEO job at The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, I traded a lousy winter for an unbearable summer. 3 dress shirts a day to go with my suit. One more when I had an evening function to attend.

David Himmel 4/2/21 David Himmel 4/2/21

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 28, 2021

Easter has been cancelled. They found the body.