Paul Teodo 10/13/22 Paul Teodo 10/13/22

Jingle Bell

The bell jingled over the door. Frankie looked up. His apron stained with dried blood. A cleaver in his right hand and the limp leg of a of a recently slaughtered lamb in his other.

Joe Janes 10/12/22 Joe Janes 10/12/22

GOP Halloween Candy Warnings!

Good & Plenty promotes a socialist agenda.

Don Hall 10/11/22 Don Hall 10/11/22

A Tale of Two Malls: At Least We'll Still Have Dildos and Plastic Vomit

When I was in high school in the 80’s, it was Spencer’s Gifts that provided the Whoopee Cushions, the palm-sized squirt guns, and anything you could imagine covered in glitter. It was like a Nirvana for Morons.

Don Hall 10/10/22 Don Hall 10/10/22

I Believe... [Free Shasta Grape!]

...that the Chicago Sun-Times announcing that they’re giviong away their articles for free and sans paywall is sort of like Shasta Cola announcing free soda for anyone interested in C-level drinks.

Don Hall 10/8/22 Don Hall 10/8/22

Negative Gender Stereotypes?

There are negative stereotypes out there we should want to avoid but a giving and thoughtful partner is not one of them.

David Himmel 10/7/22 David Himmel 10/7/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 2, 2022

While it’s not fun to see Tom Brady’s marriage deflate like one of his footballs, it does feel like some kind of justice.

Don Hall 10/6/22 Don Hall 10/6/22

I Like to Watch | Blonde (2022)

I mean, Jesus Christ, we can't appreciate the horrors of existence if they all blend together like a banal and mundane black parade.

Wayne Lerner 10/4/22 Wayne Lerner 10/4/22

Reflections After The Game

Can sports be a source for teaching acceptance, patience, understanding?

Don Hall 10/3/22 Don Hall 10/3/22

I Believe... [Asteroid Dreams]

...that if we can redirect the course of an asteroid by hitting it with a spaceship the size of a Volkswagen—7 million miles away—it doesn’t seem a stretch to put Donald in the clink or surgically sew up Marjorie Taylor Greene’s gaping hole. I don’t dream big but I dream.

Don Hall 10/2/22 Don Hall 10/2/22

"Here, Take a Pill," said the Pushers of Pills

I believed Fauci, knew that vaccines were coming from Big Pharma, but was also watching Michael Keaton deal with the pernicious greed of that corporate monster in Hulu’s Dopesick and I had a hard time squaring the fact that the villains in the opioid crisis would come to our collective rescue with a vaccine.

Don Hall 10/1/22 Don Hall 10/1/22

I Like to Watch | The Streaming Stories That Prop Me Up Through Chaos

I couldn't find a single documentary or program or book that deals explicitly with a husband finding out his wife of a few years embarking on a nearly three-year campaign of infidelity with a lover plus a new vocation selling herself for sex to strangers so I do my best.

David Himmel 9/30/22 David Himmel 9/30/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of September 25, 2022

Serious question for women: When you put your Birkenstocks on, can you hear every straight man’s penis shriveling up, dying, and falling off?

Joe Janes 9/28/22 Joe Janes 9/28/22

NASA Blows Up Asteroid Asks “Who Else Wants Some?”

Nice rings you got there, Saturn. It would be a shame if something happened to them.

Don Hall 9/26/22 Don Hall 9/26/22

I Believe... [COVID Hangover]

...that, while I finally got COVID, it was far less awful than the amazing “Hey! Kansas has pollen and rain” head cold I endured after. I attribute these to the vaccine and the midwest.

David Himmel 9/23/22 David Himmel 9/23/22

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of September 18, 2022

It’s not a cheers, it’s a toast. You say “Cheers!” during a toast.

Don Hall 9/22/22 Don Hall 9/22/22

Dear Literate Ape—My Kid Wants a Tattoo

I have a sinking feeling that he's going to get some huge tribal symbol on his back and by the time he's ten regret it awfully. Isn't that more damaging to his mental health than taking the word of a seven-year-old and running with it?

Joe Janes 9/21/22 Joe Janes 9/21/22

Busload of Trumpsters Dumped at Mar-a-Lago

Now I’m stuck in Florida trying to get my grandmother to send me money for a cheap motel and some meth. A hooker would be nice.

Don Hall 9/20/22 Don Hall 9/20/22

You Don’t Have to Watch Anything You Don’t Want to Watch

There is a lot of censorious shit going down in America these days.

Don Hall 9/19/22 Don Hall 9/19/22

I Believe... [Historical Self Righteousness]

...that the probability is overwhelming that if we had belonged to the generations we despise on moral grounds, we too would have behaved like moral troglodytes. The next generation will see this one through the same historically self righteous lens as well and it will not fare well.

Don Hall 9/17/22 Don Hall 9/17/22

You Wouldn't Have Owned Slaves But You Probably Wouldn't Have Done Anything About It, Either

The probability is overwhelming that if we had belonged to the generations we deplore, we too would have behaved deplorably. The probability is overwhelming that we belong to a generation that will be found by its successors to have behaved deplorably. — ‌Wendell Berry