Grizzly
He lied there, the beast breathing slowly, and wondered what happened? Where was his wife? Did she do this to him? Why?
Jackie Walsh
From the porch, the two men listened to the thundering bass of rumbling trucks on journeys north and south along the Dan Ryan Expressway. To the west, Halsted teased out the melodies of car horns beeping and tires squealing, a harsh cacophony of symphonic summer street noises.
They smoked their tobacco.
Cruelest Curse
I Believe… [Pay Attention to the Pause]
...that life has no rewind button but it has a pause button if you’re paying attention.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 5, 2026
It’s hard not to think that Swifties are secretly rooting for a divorce within seven years. Think of how incredibly mediocre that album will be.
I Believe… [Prioritize Outcome]
...that the question “What do I want my life to look like in my sixth decade?” is more important than the search for money, notoriety, or achievement. Deprioritize income and focus on outcome.
From Aristotle to Human Resources
How higher education stopped being a temple of curiosity and became a credential factory feeding the corporate labyrinth.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of June 28, 2026
Earn the nap; don’t just take it.
I Believe… [Playlist Xanax]
...that few things can improve a mood more effectively than a perfectly curated playlist.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of June 21, 2026
Nothing will humble a confident runner like multiple steep hills.
The 90% Delusion
When we’re young, we don’t know very much, but we also don’t know how much we don’t know.
I Believe… [Righteously Wrong]
...that curiosity is a muscle, and most people let it atrophy the moment they become convinced they're right.
Does the Costume Wear the Man?
How many times can a person reinvent themselves before there’s no original left underneath the paint?
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of June 14, 2026
It’s not about getting over things; it’s about getting through them.
I Believe… [Step Forward]
...that the cruel joke is that prisons and cliffs share the same architecture: an edge you’re afraid to cross. The only way to learn which one you’re standing on is to step forward and trust gravity to reveal the truth.
The Films That Predicted Today
We were warned by men in red leather jackets, plastic domes, and Rupert Pupkin.
Your Kingdom Ends at Your Fingertips
Most people are trying to captain hurricanes, negotiate with gravity, and emotionally supervise ghosts.
I Believe… [Roll On, Stone]
…that when a rolling stone finds something worth calling home, it should linger there awhile before gravity gives way to momentum again.
Attention Deficit Empire
How We Turned Every Kid Who Looked Out the Window Into a Pharmaceutical Maintenance Project.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 24, 2026
The legacy of Michael Jackson is complicated. But his music simplifies it.
Being an escort for me was like being a scrapbooker on Etsy for most other single moms trying to pick up some extra money. The only difference was that I could make a few thousand bucks for one hour of potential discomfort versus making a few hundred for several hours of suffering through handmade clip art. I’m a pretty open-minded person, but I cannot for one second believe that there is any joy in being hunched over a desk, cutting and pasting other people’s memories together. It seems so lonely and juvenile.