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I Believe… [Keeping the Tip]
Jun 16, 2025
Don Hall
I Believe… [Keeping the Tip]
Jun 16, 2025
Don Hall

...that if being a prostitute is just ‘sex work’ then why is it awkward if your manager at the local Starbucks offers you a raise for a blow job? It’s just work, right? “I’ll have a Chai Latte and a rim job. I’ll keep the tip.”

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Jun 16, 2025
Don Hall

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A Brief Poem About a Writer Who Doesn't Write—Revisited
David Himmel David Himmel 8/30/23 David Himmel David Himmel 8/30/23

A Brief Poem About a Writer Who Doesn't Write—Revisited

They say—they being creative writing professors, esteemed novelists, and hacks with wordy Instagram posts alike—that writers write. Writers who get their shit out there—not all of it, but enough of it—are the real writers. True warriors of the pen and keys.

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A Brief Poem About a Writer Who Doesn't Write
David Himmel David Himmel 1/5/22 David Himmel David Himmel 1/5/22

A Brief Poem About a Writer Who Doesn't Write

They say—they being creative writing professors, esteemed novelists, and hacks with wordy Instagram posts alike—that writers write. Writers who get their shit out there—not all of it, but enough of it—are the real writers. True warriors of the pen and keys.

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Comedy is Not Harder, It's Just as Hard as It Ever Was
Don Hall Don Hall 11/3/21 Don Hall Don Hall 11/3/21

Comedy is Not Harder, It's Just as Hard as It Ever Was

The best comedians joke about the realities we refuse to see and make us laugh. That's no different than any other time.

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I Believe... [Can a Black Man 'Punch Down?']
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/1/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 11/1/21

I Believe... [Can a Black Man 'Punch Down?']

...that when an African American man is accused of punching down, the true source of inequality is revealed. It’s about class, not race or gender....that when an African American man is accused of punching down, the true source of inequality is revealed. It’s about class, not race or gender.

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Bringing a Smartphone to a Gunfight
Don Hall Don Hall 10/19/21 Don Hall Don Hall 10/19/21

Bringing a Smartphone to a Gunfight

The most prolific of the Twitter Warriors comprise less than 3% of the population who, in turn, drive the most noise about issues.

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