David Himmel 9/6/24 David Himmel 9/6/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of September 1, 2024

Managing our expectations of others is the most humane thing we can do for one another.

Don Hall 9/2/24 Don Hall 9/2/24

I Believe… [Doing Unto Others]

...that treating people the way you’d want to be treated is really not that difficult.

David Himmel 8/30/24 David Himmel 8/30/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 25, 2024

Always plan for the unexpected.

David Himmel 8/28/24 David Himmel 8/28/24

For Love of Inanimate Objects

I’m a curator of stuff. A collector of evidence. I struggle to throw anything out because so many things are artifacts that map out my life’s journey. Each relic has a story about a moment that informs the person. In the most egotistical way possible, I’m preserving my legacy. Shaping it, really. Creating my own Presidential Library for a guy who will likely never be president. (Likely… This mid-life crisis I’m in has endless possibilities.)

Don Hall 8/27/24 Don Hall 8/27/24

The Evolution of a Misanthrope

Solitude, while a wellspring of creativity and introspection, is also a place of vulnerability and isolation. The crowd, a source of collective strength and unity, can equally be a crucible of conformity and chaos.

Don Hall 8/26/24 Don Hall 8/26/24

I Believe… [It’s the Economy, Stupid]

...that the emphasis on class and labor and muting of identity and social justice is the pivot required for the Left to win elections moving forward.

David Himmel 8/23/24 David Himmel 8/23/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 18, 2024

Considering how the DNC disrupted and shut down so much of Chicago, I’m left with this realization: Democracy is the greatest obstacle to progress.

Don Hall 8/22/24 Don Hall 8/22/24

A Truly Chicago Moment

There is something amazing about an audience of that size watching a movie together.

David Himmel 8/20/24 David Himmel 8/20/24

While the Rest of You Slept

A prayer. Asking for the things I can no longer influence. Recognizing what I don’t and never will control.

Don Hall 8/19/24 Don Hall 8/19/24

I Believe…[Sell By Date]

...that like beer and cheese, a person’s ‘sell by’ date is a fiction, an illusion designed to prioritize the new over the seasoned, youth over experience.

David Himmel 8/16/24 David Himmel 8/16/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 11, 2024

I don’t like bibliophiles. They’re right up there with vegans, Swifties, and born again Christians, and Disney Adults. Calm down. All of you. Your one-dimensional personality sucks.

David Himmel 8/15/24 David Himmel 8/15/24

A Rare Moment of Ease and Simplicity

Let me first tell you how much I hate running errands. It’s not due to laziness. Because I’m a guy who thrives off of immediate gratification.

Don Hall 8/14/24 Don Hall 8/14/24

Donald Duck or Donald Trump?

The electorate, in turn, becomes the park visitors, willingly suspending disbelief to partake in the spectacle.

Elizabeth Harper 8/13/24 Elizabeth Harper 8/13/24

Kinkster Pride—Elizabeth Borrows a Book from the Library

Young children do not care about and are not interested in the sex lives of adults.

Don Hall 8/12/24 Don Hall 8/12/24

I Believe…[Unsafe]

..that anyone not in a dark alley or the home of a known serial killer who claims the feel unsafe probably are best off becoming agoraphobic and staying inside.

David Himmel 8/9/24 David Himmel 8/9/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of August 5, 2024

My favorite kind of art is Art of the Possible.

David Himmel 8/6/24 David Himmel 8/6/24

A Tumor in April

April and Ben met again years later. She was leaving an office building; he was boarding a train. They swooned and dated. But something was different.

Don Hall 8/5/24 Don Hall 8/5/24

I Believe…[Desperation]

...that the need to be liked (including the hormonally charged desire for ‘followers’) makes you the eighth grade boy at the middle school dance in line to impress the one girl who just got a training bra.

David Himmel 8/2/24 David Himmel 8/2/24

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 28, 2024

What makes it so hard to believe our kids are as old as they are is not because we don’t understand how calendars work. It’s because we get reminders from Time Hop and Facebook Memories, so it literally is just yesterday we saw them as infants. Social media fucks us in every hole in every way.

Don Hall 8/1/24 Don Hall 8/1/24

For the Love of Cheese

As far as I am concerned, cheese is perhaps God’s greatest creation with respect to water and fermentation. I, frankly, love cheese. If stranded on a desert island, I’d choose an endless supply of Brie over the tools to make fire or access to pornography. It is both my joy and debilitating weakness.