Indispensable as Air
I Believe… [Boiled Egg]
...that, in terms of portability, nutrition, and flavor a boiled egg is perhaps the perfect breakfast item.
A Push from the Thin [A Reminder]
Dylan encouraged us (through his fog and haze of liquor) to 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light" and we interpret the light as our corporeal mortality.
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.
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?
I Believe… [Achilles Heel]
...that recognizing one’s Achilles heel is more about finding a compilation of weaknesses that manifest together than one tendon.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
I Believe… [In Mockery]
...that a more effective approach to shame is mockery.
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.
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.
Bars vs. Bullets—Elizabeth Goes to the Theater
Maybe a spoof called “The Choir of Non-Binary, Fluid, Ambiguous, and Polymorphously Adventurous”?
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.
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.
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?
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.