Don Hall 12/31/25 Don Hall 12/31/25

Jacob Marley Wasn’t Punished—He Was Finished

What Dickens Knew About Living Small, Dying Heavy, and Dragging Your Life Behind You

Elizabeth Harper 12/31/25 Elizabeth Harper 12/31/25

When the Fascists Come

David Himmel 12/19/25 David Himmel 12/19/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of December 14, 2025

If you’re not feeling the Holiday Spirit, turn on Elvis’ Christmas album. That’ll do the trick. Every time. Guaranteed. Try it. You’ll thank me. You’ll thank me very much.

Don Hall 12/18/25 Don Hall 12/18/25

The Theory of Pie

The Theory of Pie is established in my day-to-day. How much of my time is left after, say, a long work week of eight shows in six days? Who gets that time? How much do I gatekeeper for myself?

Don Hall 12/17/25 Don Hall 12/17/25

The Great American Potluck

America has always sold itself like a potluck dinner—“Bring your culture! Bring your grandma’s recipes! Bring the funky spices we can pretend we invented!”

Don Hall 12/15/25 Don Hall 12/15/25

I Believe… [Grace Ain’t Competence]

...that ‘grace under pressure’ isn’t the same thing as ‘competence in a crisis.’

David Himmel 12/12/25 David Himmel 12/12/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of December 7, 2025

Never give up. Don’t stop, just start. That’s the trick. The hardest part is starting. Genius only comes to a running mind.

Don Hall 12/6/25 Don Hall 12/6/25

The John Wick Guide to Not Letting Anyone Screw With Your Soul

Why Setting Brutal, Non-Negotiable Boundaries in Work, Love, and Friendship Is the Only Way to Stop Living in Plato’s Cave of Bullshit.

David Himmel 12/5/25 David Himmel 12/5/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of November 30, 2025

Your life is not what you make it. It is what life lets you get away with.

Don Hall 12/2/25 Don Hall 12/2/25

A Well Earned Distrust of Permanence

People stop believing in permanence because permanence stopped believing in them.

Don Hall 12/1/25 Don Hall 12/1/25

I Believe… [Bad Photos]

...that the act of taking photos of yourself is the height of vapid stupidity and unchecked vanity. I wanna see a picture someone else took of you looking like a fresh bag of shit. Then I can know who you are.

David Himmel 11/21/25 David Himmel 11/21/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of November 16, 2025

How many parents use the drive to school as an opportunity to educate their young children about the impact of Snoop and Dre’s masterpiece “Ain’t Nuthin’ but a G Thang?” Just me? Dope.

Don Hall 11/19/25 Don Hall 11/19/25

The Holy Effing Balance

A semi-poetic, unfocused, whiskey-soaked rant about the sweet spot between isms and that our choices in ideologues is a pack of false shaman preaching horseshit.

Don Hall 11/17/25 Don Hall 11/17/25

I Believe… [Micromanagers]

…that until organizations realize that treating adults like wayward children destroys morale, creativity, and basic human joy, the micromanager will continue to loom—hovering, nitpicking, doubting, draining, controlling—like the world’s least charismatic supervillain.

David Himmel 11/14/25 David Himmel 11/14/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of November 9, 2025

Kids who had race car beds probably grew up to work in finance with an inflated ego, a coke habit, and wildly premature ejaculation issues. But for that moment in third grade, they were gods.

Don Hall 11/12/25 Don Hall 11/12/25

Hate Speech Is the New Blasphemy

In an age where every word is a potential weapon and every hurt feeling a crime scene, the loudest moralists aren’t protecting the vulnerable—they’re auditioning for the Inquisition.