Joe Janes 6/9/21 Joe Janes 6/9/21

Chip’s Final Report from the Robot Apocalypse

A pack of Holsteins took down a polar bear in Times Square. From this, I learned what nightmares are.

Don Hall 6/7/21 Don Hall 6/7/21

I Believe... [Same Culture Wars, Different Decade]

...that the culture wars ongoing are no different than the culture wars fought in the 90s except with social media the exponential growth of extremist crackpots makes it seem so much more pressing. We didn’t know how many idiots were out there in the 90s because we weren’t subject to their crazy yet.

Don Hall 6/5/21 Don Hall 6/5/21

Centrism: Not an Embrace of the Status Quo But of Pragmatic Solutions That Reject Rhetoric

Today's centrist is, according to the billions of fucking surveys done in an attempt to explain how a failed real estate trust fund baby and has-been reality TV star managed to be elected president, more Left than Right and more inclined to disagree with tactics than goals.

David Himmel 6/4/21 David Himmel 6/4/21

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 30, 2021

Sometimes holding your liquor is just as bad as holding a feral honey badger in heat and on cocaine.

Paul Teodo 6/3/21 Paul Teodo 6/3/21

The Cittadino

“My father, he’s from the old country. He can be a pain in the ass, but he’s harmless. He doesn’t know…” Roberto shook his head. “He doesn’t know what…” he choked on his words. “My mother, she died, and now he’s alone. He tries, but,” Roberto glanced back at his father, now sitting stoically on the seat, puffing his cigar. “I’m sorry Officer.”

Joe Janes 6/2/21 Joe Janes 6/2/21

But I’m A Genius! Film Director Mitchell O. Durnstein Responds To Being Cancelled

All the black characters in my next movie are played by Tyler Perry which proves I’m not racist!

Jenni Thurston 6/1/21 Jenni Thurston 6/1/21

Five Days With Kiddos

Got a summer job working with children. I have stories for days.

Don Hall 5/31/21 Don Hall 5/31/21

I Believe... [Time>Money]

...that volunteering your time and energy is more helpful than your money or your social media approval.

Don Hall 5/30/21 Don Hall 5/30/21

Cancellation is Now an Equal Opportunity Equation

When Disney gets hit with people completely apoplectic about one of their Star Wars actors comparing her existence with Holocaust survivors? "Thanks for your concerns. While a completely stupid thing to tweet as Holocaust survivors rarely got million-dollar contracts to play a space ranger, we think we'll just yell at her some for being a public dipshit and leave it at that."

Elizabeth Harper 5/29/21 Elizabeth Harper 5/29/21

Fuck Your Resume

Fuck your resume
Fuck what's gone
before

David Himmel 5/28/21 David Himmel 5/28/21

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 23, 2021

Milli Vanilli had more influence over hip-hop than you want to admit. It’s okay. Accept it. Admit it.

Don Hall 5/27/21 Don Hall 5/27/21

I Like to Watch | Promising Young Woman (2020)

Travis Bickle was a young man traumatized by war and the abandonment he felt as society realized he was fucked up by a system designed to fuck him up. Cassie Thomas is a young woman traumatized by a system in place designed to fuck her and discard her like a piece of trash.

Joe Janes 5/26/21 Joe Janes 5/26/21

Say NO-lio to the Polio Vaccine!

Who is funding this vaccine? J. Paul Getty, that’s who!

David Himmel 5/26/21 David Himmel 5/26/21

Birthday Reflections of a Year in Lockdown

I need to pause and be proud of myself every now and again
I’ve never been one to rest on their laurels. And I’ve never been one for daily affirmations or being really proud of making little steps toward a big goal. I’m not that shallow or weak. But being asked to write for The Atlantic and the President of the United States is pretty cool—and kind of a big deal.

Don Hall 5/25/21 Don Hall 5/25/21

Coping with Stress and Anxiety is a Life Skill Worth Learning

In 2021, the dangers are far less likely because dinosaurs only exist in movies and we are the über-predators on the planet. Our biggest danger is ourselves and our over-active imaginations.

Don Hall 5/24/21 Don Hall 5/24/21

I Believe... [The Venn Diagram is Just a Circle]

I believe... that, ironically, the Venn diagram between calling for the destruction of the world's only Jewish state and calling other citizens "Nazis" is simply a solid circle.

David Himmel 5/21/21 David Himmel 5/21/21

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 16, 2021

The idea that all Jews must support whatever Israel does doesn’t quite play out logically. Let’s follow that logic. Looking at it through the lens of religion, if all Jews must support Israel then all Catholics must support pedophilia. And that’s fucking insane.

Don Hall 5/20/21 Don Hall 5/20/21

Refusing to See the Grey is the Achilles Heel of Modern Americans

So what prevents us from recognizing that the cat is gradually becoming a dog? Anti-intellectualism that goes back to pre-Enlightenment times. The battle between religiosity and scientific inquiry has been raging since the atheists and agnostics determined that living in a closed off, black and white binary is the road to authoritarianism. Allow the 'truth' to be dictated by a few and those few will gain and wield enormous power.