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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 3, 2026
May 8, 2026
David Himmel
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 3, 2026
May 8, 2026
David Himmel

It’s easy to misconstrue something you hear or read. Do better by doing the harder work. Pay attention, take your time. And trust that the hard work really isn’t that hard.

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May 8, 2026
David Himmel

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The Kids Are (Maybe) Not Alright
Don Hall Don Hall 5/11/23 Don Hall Don Hall 5/11/23

The Kids Are (Maybe) Not Alright

How does society help a group largely defined as "impulsive, emotional, risk taking, anxious, unstable, and depressed"?

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Predictions About Trump’s CNN Town Hall
Joe Janes, Minutes of Our Last Mtg Joe Janes 5/10/23 Joe Janes, Minutes of Our Last Mtg Joe Janes 5/10/23

Predictions About Trump’s CNN Town Hall

The only sponsors will be MyPillow, Reverse Mortgages, and Bud Light.

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I Believe... [Good Guardians]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/8/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/8/23

I Believe... [Good Guardians]

...that Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 reminds us how good the MCU can be.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 30, 2023
David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 5/5/23 David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 5/5/23

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 30, 2023

“AI expert” is a 2023 phrase that gives me the same feeling as “Social media expert” in 2009. As new as it is and as fast as it’s changing, how can you consider yourself or anyone else an expert? We should be mindful of the foreboding foreshadowing in front of us.

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Another Strike at the Arts in America
Don Hall Don Hall 5/4/23 Don Hall Don Hall 5/4/23

Another Strike at the Arts in America

I’m defiantly in the camp of the writers on this one (as I would be in any fight between those doing the work versus those raking in billions of dollars) but the fight against new technology is a losing one historically.

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Before The Eulogies, A Word From The Deceased
Wayne Lerner Wayne Lerner 5/2/23 Wayne Lerner Wayne Lerner 5/2/23

Before The Eulogies, A Word From The Deceased

Good morning and welcome to my funeral. Or should I say good afternoon?

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I Believe... [Beware the Pretty Mugshot]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/1/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/1/23

I Believe... [Beware the Pretty Mugshot]

...that anyone who manages to take a decent looking driver’s license photo is to be closely watched for mayhem as they are likely supernatural or alien.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 23, 2023
David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 4/28/23 David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 4/28/23

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 23, 2023

“I just have so many acid stories,” is my favorite thing I heard this week.

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I Like to Watch | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Don Hall, I Like to Watch Don Hall 4/27/23 Don Hall, I Like to Watch Don Hall 4/27/23

I Like to Watch | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

It is rare to sit down to watch a beloved film that has sat upon the shelf out of sheer, numbing dread to view it again.

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Tucker Carlson Testicle Tanning Salons
Joe Janes, Minutes of Our Last Mtg Joe Janes 4/26/23 Joe Janes, Minutes of Our Last Mtg Joe Janes 4/26/23

Tucker Carlson Testicle Tanning Salons

There’s a masculinity crisis in this country and I’m going balls-to-the-toasty-wall for men everywhere.

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A Case to be Made for a Pause
Don Hall Don Hall 4/25/23 Don Hall Don Hall 4/25/23

A Case to be Made for a Pause

Here's the thing: the bill will always come due.

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I Believe... [PodBlogger]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/24/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/24/23

I Believe... [PodBlogger]

...that ‘podcaster’ is the ‘blogger’ of two decades ago. I’m happy to have been at the forefront of both oversaturated genres.

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Adventures from the Orlando International Airport
David Himmel David Himmel 4/24/23 David Himmel David Himmel 4/24/23

Adventures from the Orlando International Airport

If what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas (it doesn’t) then what happens in Orlando haunts you for months.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 16, 2023
David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 4/21/23 David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 4/21/23

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 16, 2023

My happy place is a funeral. Puts things in perspective. At least I don’t have to dig a big hole in the rain.

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Give THAT Guy a Gun!
Don Hall Don Hall 4/20/23 Don Hall Don Hall 4/20/23

Give THAT Guy a Gun!

Let’s give that guy a weapon designed to kill another human being. Great fucking idea.

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The Quiet Part Out Loud
Joe Janes, Minutes of Our Last Mtg Joe Janes 4/19/23 Joe Janes, Minutes of Our Last Mtg Joe Janes 4/19/23

The Quiet Part Out Loud

Writers? I could write that.

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I Believe... [Elon Kaufman]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/17/23 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/17/23

I Believe... [Elon Kaufman]

...that Elon Musk is the bastard son of Andy Kaufman and wreaks havoc as a continuation of his father’s legacy.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 9, 2023
David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 4/14/23 David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 4/14/23

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 9, 2023

Justice Clarence Thomas is exactly the guy today he was in 1991. An angry, entitled, hateful prick with little regard for rules that impact him.

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An Open Letter About Ethics                             from Brett Kavanaugh
Joe Janes, Minutes of Our Last Mtg Joe Janes 4/12/23 Joe Janes, Minutes of Our Last Mtg Joe Janes 4/12/23

An Open Letter About Ethics from Brett Kavanaugh

We sat in his jacuzzi and drank PBR out of Hitler’s boot.

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Delicious Ambiguity
Don Hall Don Hall 4/11/23 Don Hall Don Hall 4/11/23

Delicious Ambiguity

Eventually, I rub everyone the wrong way.

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