Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 24, 2021
Being offended is a choice. Just like it’s a choice to live your unrealistic truth. It’s okay to live in a fantasy world of discomfort but why would you want to? And don’t be surprised if no one fun wants to join you there.
The Breakfast Club of Social Media
Social media isn't wildly different than high school in the 80's—it's just faster with a ridiculously large student body to navigate.
Six Cult Horror Films You Forgot About That Will Blow Your Mind
Tired of the rehash of old franchises to chill your bones this October? Try a couple of these and be creeped out for good.
Prepping for the Great Resignation
The choice is yours. Either learn to work remotely efficiently and prioritize your finite willpower or go back to dealing with angry, stupid, entitled people looking for you to placate their rage at someone else. For peanuts.
I Believe... [Plenty of Workers, Not Enough Decent Gigs]
I believe... that there isn’t a labor shortage, there’s a shitty job surplus.
Four Movies That Made Me Ask for a Refund
Eddie Murphy owes me $12.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 17, 2021
An unfinished manuscript can haunt you like a ghost. An unpublished book can devour your brain like a hungry zombie.
I Was a Teenage Space Billionaire
I built a city in the desert.
Lithium and plastic and dry cellulose.
Autonomous flying cars.
Drone-delivered impossible everything,
Nourishing our body-positive bodies.
Streaming, bingeable Obama-produced documentaries
In every remote classroom.
There was even a monorail.
Bog Bodies
In ancient times, people were sacrificed to the bog. Now, the souls trapped within bog demand more sacrifices. And if they don’t get them, they will rise, and they will find souls themselves.
Bringing a Smartphone to a Gunfight
The most prolific of the Twitter Warriors comprise less than 3% of the population who, in turn, drive the most noise about issues.
I Believe... [Channeling The West Wing]
...that WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki is West Wing good....that WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki is West Wing good.
Finding the 'Bad Apples' Just Got Easier
The question in this suggestion is, if it is a number of 'bad apples' spoiling the barrel, how do we identify them before they cause homicidal harm?
Looks like the pandemic has exposed them.
Commitment
The next part I'm not really sure of. I don't know if she was trying to drug me...or if one of the local neck beards was trying to drug her.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 10, 2021
Has there ever been a king named Simon? Because that seems like a good name for a king since everyone must do what Simon says.
Swimming in Bullshit Without a Floatie
Brandolini’s Law (a.k.a. the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle) which states that: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.”
The Chappelle Watershed Moment
How Netflix handles the backlash to The Closer will determine the continued power of the shrieking micro-minority.
The Good Days - A Diary of Two Octobers
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Light inscense and start a book. When he came home it was time for lip gloss and the first in a string of a thousand “I love yous.”
I Believe... [Sadism is Not a Virtue]
…that our pleasure in the pain of others—even those we deem deserve the pain—while common and instinctual, is really not a quality of which we should be proud. Sadism makes us all a bit less.
How ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Revolutionized Horror Films
But why was The Silence of the Lambs so good? And how did it push the envelope for horror films?
I Like to Watch | 15 Minutes of Shame (HBOMax)
This is a genuine documentary, absent much of the one-sided propaganda so joyously celebrated in our culturally divided pre-Civil War stance.
Jake and Caroline’s first date was at The Whistler. They talked about Ronnie, how much they loved The Diplomat, and debated the better ride-share service, Uber or Lyft. She was Uber, he was Lyft. They got wasted on Sazeracs and had sex at her apartment. It was incredible for both of them. Caroline stopped taking sex advice from Ronnie.