David Himmel 7/31/24 David Himmel 7/31/24

Drunk & Jaundiced

He showed up drunk. The stumbling, the slurring, the hitting on the bartender in a perverted, nonsensical way aside He looked good. His hair had thinned. His belly had grown. But there was a New Wave Confidence appeal to him.

Don Hall 7/30/24 Don Hall 7/30/24

What Do You See?

Don Hall 7/29/24 Don Hall 7/29/24

I Believe…[The Means is the Point]

...that anyone who espouses the idea that "the end justifies the means" has forgotten that this same philosophy was used to support everything from slavery to the Holocaust to the IMF practicing "shock doctrine" economic devastation. The "means" defines the character of the end, not the other way around.

Wayne Lerner 7/27/24 Wayne Lerner 7/27/24

THE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Once the merger is announced, I’ll resign and ask them to do the same. They won’t suspect the truth.

David Himmel 7/26/24 David Himmel 7/26/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 21, 2024

I just learned that Andrew Dice Clay is Jewish and not Italian. And now my life is different. I don’t know how yet, but I know the future ain’t what it used to be.

David Himmel 7/25/24 David Himmel 7/25/24

At the Intersection of Love & Hate

MAGAites are like ants. You see one or two and it’s not such a big deal. But when you see an army of them, it can feel a bit scary.

Don Hall 7/24/24 Don Hall 7/24/24

The Tectonic Rift Threatening to Subsume Us All

Now, the partisan divide, for those of you fortunate enough to be living in a prepper bunker or perhaps ensconced in a Wi-Fi dead zone, refers to the ever-widening chasm between the two major political parties in the United States.

Don Hall 7/22/24 Don Hall 7/22/24

I Believe… [Institutional Trust]

...that the absence of trust in basic societal authority is a tear in the fabric of society which makes it more essential that those in authority reach for a place of unimpeachability and transparency. Trust is lost by those with the power to abuse the contract.

David Himmel 7/19/24 David Himmel 7/19/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 14, 2024

One really good way to get angry at all of your exes is to officiate a really beautiful wedding for two people in their forties.

David Himmel 7/17/24 David Himmel 7/17/24

The Smug City Snob with Nothing to Show but Three Tattoos

Through the winding hellish passage from city to the Western Suburbs
I realize I must not be depressed enough.
With time to kill, I pull into a Wheaton Chilis for a drink.And there it is. The Feeling.
That empty feeling of mediocrity and directionless arrival in a place that could be anywhere
Where the people could be anyone
Where everyone is no one.

Don Hall 7/16/24 Don Hall 7/16/24

Indispensable as Air

Don Hall 7/15/24 Don Hall 7/15/24

I Believe… [Boiled Egg]

...that, in terms of portability, nutrition, and flavor a boiled egg is perhaps the perfect breakfast item.

Don Hall 7/13/24 Don Hall 7/13/24

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.

David Himmel 7/12/24 David Himmel 7/12/24

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.

David Himmel 7/10/24 David Himmel 7/10/24

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?

Don Hall 7/8/24 Don Hall 7/8/24

I Believe… [Achilles Heel]

...that recognizing one’s Achilles heel is more about finding a compilation of weaknesses that manifest together than one tendon.

David Himmel 7/5/24 David Himmel 7/5/24

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.

Don Hall 7/4/24 Don Hall 7/4/24

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.

Don Hall 7/1/24 Don Hall 7/1/24

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.

Don Hall 6/25/24 Don Hall 6/25/24

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?