David Himmel 7/12/24 David Himmel 7/12/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 7, 2024

Everyone has a favorite pore. The one they love to pick. The one that when you leave it alone for a week or so, it fills up and gives you a solid string of blackhead squiggle to squeeze out. And you are as excited about it as if it were pay day. Every two weeks, you’re flush again. Time to blow it all… all over your mirror.

David Himmel 7/10/24 David Himmel 7/10/24

A Series of Questions to the Tune of “Talking to Yourself”

Is this a typewriter?

Is this a way out?

Is this something I can stand to swallow?

Is that a blowjob reference?

Don Hall 7/8/24 Don Hall 7/8/24

I Believe… [Achilles Heel]

...that recognizing one’s Achilles heel is more about finding a compilation of weaknesses that manifest together than one tendon.

David Himmel 7/5/24 David Himmel 7/5/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Fourth of July Weekend 2024 Edition

Fourth of July sales are a reminder that, yes, everything can be more affordable in this country.

Don Hall 7/4/24 Don Hall 7/4/24

America is Not the Amityville Horror or Poltergeist House [4th of July Revisit]

The house that is the United States, if it were an actual house, has plenty of flakey hemoglobin on the grounds.

Don Hall 7/1/24 Don Hall 7/1/24

I Believe… [Jedi Haircut]

...that the moment a character uses a lightsaber to give herself a haircut was the pivot from cultural icon to Obi-Wan Fonzi jumping a tauntaun on a speeder bike.

Don Hall 6/25/24 Don Hall 6/25/24

DIVORCE: A Survivor's Guide: Part Two

The question in your mind is how to avoid this state of things. What can you do to stay in the union? What compromises must be made, what personal changes are required, to rebuild the trust and commitment to the lifelong promise?

Don Hall 6/24/24 Don Hall 6/24/24

I Believe… [Unsub]

...that I may need to date just so I can avoid the routine description of a serial killer ‘unsub’ on Criminal Minds—white male, lives alone, changes jobs frequently, antisocial. Eek.

David Himmel 6/21/24 David Himmel 6/21/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of June 16, 2024

Whenever I see a clip of President Joe Biden, I can’t help but think that he’s really just the most active hospice patient ever.

Don Hall 6/20/24 Don Hall 6/20/24

DIVORCE: A Survivor's Guide: Part One

Thinking about a divorce? In the midst of one? It's all signed and done and now you're branded with a big red "D" for life? I got you, dawg. Read on.

Don Hall 6/17/24 Don Hall 6/17/24

I Believe… [In Mockery]

...that a more effective approach to shame is mockery.

David Himmel 6/17/24 David Himmel 6/17/24

A Desperate Display of Nothingness

Your near-dead heart is running at a million miles an hour

Desperately trying to keep your head from collapsing in on itself.

Trying to prove you are valuable, interesting, worth the hassle.

David Himmel 6/14/24 David Himmel 6/14/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Father’s Day 2024 Edition

Despite the stereotype, dads aren’t bumbling idiots. We’re just a bit more unwound compared to moms. That’s not sexist, that’s science. Relax, you’re proving my point.

Elizabeth Harper 6/13/24 Elizabeth Harper 6/13/24

Bars vs. Bullets—Elizabeth Goes to the Theater

Maybe a spoof called “The Choir of Non-Binary, Fluid, Ambiguous, and Polymorphously Adventurous”?

Wayne Lerner 6/11/24 Wayne Lerner 6/11/24

The Cold Case

This situation is called a Gordian knot. It’s a devilish problem with no clear solution. You can’t untie a Gordian knot. You have to cut right through it.

Don Hall 6/10/24 Don Hall 6/10/24

I Believe…[Most Apples Are Tasty]

...that a few bad apples only spoil the barrel if you let them. Most of those apples are pretty good and tasty.

Elizabeth Harper 6/8/24 Elizabeth Harper 6/8/24

Murder and Mommy Issues—Elizabeth Binge-Watches Killing Eve

Are my Mommy Issues unique to me and a small subset of women, or are they the result of sexist expectations, rigid gender roles, coercive conformity?

David Himmel 6/7/24 David Himmel 6/7/24

The Emotional Placation of Kindergarten Graduation

Kindergarten graduations are not events I am comfortable celebrating. I don’t feel they should be considered events at all. There’s just not much worth celebrating because graduating from kindergarten is not an accomplishment. Show up, learn things through fun activities like coloring and games and songs, don’t pee or hit or bite the other kids too much and you’re golden.