Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 14, 2024
They finally found me. I received a Jury Summons. Was told to bring something to read. Finally, a place where I can confidently read Mein Kampf in public.
I Believe… [Take a Walk]
...that a long walk in a neighborhood you’ve done a million things in is both a reminder of times gone by and a call for something new on old ground.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 7, 2024
I remember being so happy when the Oklahoma City bombing happened. Finally, something on the news that wasn’t OJ. I’ve been chasing that high ever since.

Searching for Harry Callahan
Donald Trump is the 21st Century version of Harry Callahan—borderline racist, brutal in tactics, rogue against the system, sarcastic, and a direct response to a counterculture/pop culture shift that leaves generations in flux.
I Believe… [The Company You Keep]
...that each of us is defined in large and small ways by the people we choose to have in our lives. Be discriminating and choose wisely.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 31, 2024
My business plan is going to be some of the greatest sci-fi/fantasy shit you’ll ever read.

FOMO or LMO
We are social animals and the pull to be a part of things going on is practically irresistible.
I Believe… [Converter Woes]
...that it often takes a minor catastrophe to remind you how much better you are than were.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 24, 2024
My life is a perfectly clean slate floating through a river of late night McDonald’s diarrhea.

What Price to Admit Error? UPDATED
It is statistically impossible for me to be right all the time.

Parsing Out the Language of the 21st Century
“…let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another's speech.”
I Believe… [Superior Chips]
...that El Ranchero Chips are the single tortilla chip in the known universe.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 17, 2024
The thing about sucking the life out of someone is that it is often the result of your life being sucked from you. Just an ouroboros of suck. And that’s the saddest version of a fair and balanced relationship.

Manufactured Hysteria
Exaggerate a hyperbolic ‘fact of the matter’ loudly enough and it is inevitable that people will believe it.

TRANSPLANTS
They say…
I Believe… [Artivism?]
...that the term ‘artivism’ refers to an opportunity for mediocre artists to be embraced for their ideological stance rather than the quality of their work while be applauded for both.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 10, 2024
Just when you’re as low as you think you can get, the universe pushes you down deeper. The lesson is that there’s it can always be worse. And, yes, it can always be better. So keep going. Climb out. Fight.

A Sense of Purpose and Optimism is a Requirement for Getting Through It All
It takes 33 pounds of pressure and five minutes to strangle the life out of a grown human.
I Believe... [Public Restrooms Are a Universal Good]
...that few things feel better in an existential sense than work that involves both your brain and your body, with people who respect you and have high expectations, and the presence of readily available public restrooms.

Revisited: Turning Into Margaret Dumont
We were the Grouchos! We’re not the Margaret Dumonts — and we’re turning into the Margaret Dumonts on a lot of levels.