Joe Janes 12/1/21 Joe Janes 12/1/21

Happy Hanukkah from Mel Gibson!

As a way to say thank you, I am moving forward with Lethal Weapon 5: Look! Jews!

Contributing Writer 12/1/21 Contributing Writer 12/1/21

A Christmas Classic: The Day I Almost Died

The day I almost died…

The year was 2008 or something like that. We decided we wanted to be taken more seriously as performers. Our solution to this was to emulate the icon that was the ‘80s business master. We would wear suits every day and do lots of cocaine.

Don Hall 11/30/21 Don Hall 11/30/21

I Like to Watch | The Beatles Get Back (2021)

I won't likely sit through all eight hours again but I'm already dipping back in. It's like being in a room with four effortlessly talented musical legends and hoping they can get it together if only for the music's sake.

Don Hall 11/29/21 Don Hall 11/29/21

I Believe... [Enduring the Use of Masks]

...that the wave of organized groups smashing into high-end retail stores and stealing things would be just fine if they were wearing hashtag t-shirts aligning with a Utopian cause. At least they were wearing masks, though…

Guest User 11/28/21 Guest User 11/28/21

Between Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Mom finishes her kung pow chicken and finds no fortune in the cookie. Then the labor pains kick in all over her like an other worldly chain reaction of earthquakes that will not be stopped. She gives birth right there in the food court.

Don Hall 11/25/21 Don Hall 11/25/21

Finding Gratitude in a World That Only Wants Shame

"Well, Tim, I suppose that's your right to feel ashamed of yourself. It is not OK for you to decide that because you feel ashamed that everyone else has to feel it, too. Most of the class is thinking about what they are grateful for which isn't a terrible thing to do for one day a year."

Don Hall 11/24/21 Don Hall 11/24/21

I Like to Watch | Dopesick (Hulu)

Opioids are not created for recreation like quaaludes, weed, or coke. Opioids are created for destruction in exchange for massive profits.

Don Hall 11/23/21 Don Hall 11/23/21

Losing Friends Over Cultural Lines in the Sand

when you lose your temper, you lose everything else as well

Don Hall 11/22/21 Don Hall 11/22/21

I Believe... [Most Are NOT Outraged]

...that the unwritten purpose of most media today is to make you think that the views of 17 percent of the country are actually the views of 83 percent of the country. The media doesn’t want you informed, they want you outraged. You being informed doesn’t make them rich. You being outraged does.

Don Hall 11/20/21 Don Hall 11/20/21

On the Nature of Heroes and Victims

According to the vast wasteland known as the internet, the most defining characteristics of heroes included bravery, integrity, courage, conviction, honesty, willingness to protect others, and self-sacrifice.

David Himmel 11/19/21 David Himmel 11/19/21

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of November 14, 2021

In my opinion, pineapple can go on pizza. But the idea of drizzling gooey cheese on a piece of warm pineapple repulses me. I have been working through this complicated realization for a week now and the logic is not any closer to revealing itself.

Guest User 11/18/21 Guest User 11/18/21

The Destroyed Object Is Resurrected - A Prosepoem

I feel better at home, though when I go into the kitchen the staff have turned into simian creatures. Not quite human, not quite monkey. Something gleefully in between, well-dressed as ever.

Paul Teodo 11/16/21 Paul Teodo 11/16/21

Blink

He blinked again. His cheek no longer soothed by the wooden floor beneath it. A wisp of intrusive dust drifted towards him, settling on his lashes. A laborious blink, his only remedy, then another, the particle unmoving.

Don Hall 11/15/21 Don Hall 11/15/21

I Believe... [When the Self Righteous Decide to Educate]

...that the impulse of both the hard left and hard right to ‘educate’ the rest of us is seeped in the arrogance of the self righteous. Also, genuinely boring. Show, don’t yell.

Paul Teodo 11/13/21 Paul Teodo 11/13/21

Rats

His mother worked two jobs. One was good, and one was bad. The good one, she said, was good because people left her alone.

David Himmel 11/12/21 David Himmel 11/12/21

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of November 7, 2021

You’re not getting your steps in, you’re going for a walk. Just the same as I’m not flexing my sphincter, I’m taking a shit.

Don Hall 11/11/21 Don Hall 11/11/21

Retiring the Tribal Language: An Individual Choice

If the goal is to come together, maybe the name calling and labeling should shift more kindly.

Joe Janes 11/10/21 Joe Janes 11/10/21

What Critical Thinker Aaron Rodgers Believes

Aaron Rodgers believes that Big Bird isn’t real.

Don Hall 11/10/21 Don Hall 11/10/21

AI, Robot

Skynet is Meta. Skynet is also ZoomInfo. Aside from the luddites in the world, casually refusing to participate in the digital world at all, everyone is captive and tool of the coming human extinction.

Don Hall 11/9/21 Don Hall 11/9/21

I Like to Watch | Eternals (2021)

My wife asked me what my favorite moments were and I was struck dumb. I couldn't think of a single moment. "I loved the end credit scene?"