LITERATE APE

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 11, 2021

By David Himmel

• Moving is hell. I like to imagine Hitler and Donald Rumsfeld in hell helping each other move for eternity. But for them, it’s not only hot, it’s also raining.

• Speaking of hell… I was recently asked if Jews believe in hell. Not that I’m an expert on all things Jewish, I was just the closest thing resembling a Jew at the time. Anyway… no. Jews don’t believe in hell. But if there was a Jewish hell, it would be Judaism’s worst having to watch that documentary about Woody Allen allegedly molesting his daughter for eternity. “Oy vey, noooooo! Why can’t we watch Annie Hall!?!?!?”

• There’s nothing like someone else’s wedding to remind you why you got married.

• The better an idea, the shorter its lifespan. Only the good die young.

• If I were lucky enough to meet one of my variants from another time a la Loki, I, too might fall madly in love with myself. Just think of how clean our home would be.

• Every CVS drugstore I visit looks and operates like it’s living way below the poverty level, suffering from a litany of mental health problems, has a history of domestic abuse, and definitely did a bit too much meth between 2003 and 2006.