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I Believe... [A Five-Part Story]
A quick slice of life in 2023 America
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of November 12, 2023
The darker the humor, the better the medicine.
The Expectation Trap
If you expect to fail, you will.
A Case for Commonality versus Group Identification
Our differences are minimal with two exceptions: economic class and political influence. Everything else boils down to cultural costumes and religious belief.
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I Believe... [Do Something, Already]
...that the solution to most of our anxiety is to do something. Anything. Anxiety resides in the space of a fear of the unknown. Action solves that problem.
Content Warnings and Capitalism—Elizabeth Goes to the Theater
Content Warnings and Capitalism—
Elizabeth Goes to the Theater
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of November 5, 2023
Kill every absolute. Absolutely.
What's Wrong with Marvel?
The results are obvious. It’s a freaking mess.
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I Believe... [Pick Up Lines]
...that among the worst or best pick up lines for a potential date is “Hey. What’s your favorite dinosaur?”
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 26, 2023
How we feel in our hearts does not determine how everyone else feels.
Uncertainty
Nothing will make her lie down. Nothing will make her leave this old house.
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I Believe... [365 Halloween]
...that, with all the identities being claimed in our modern age, we’re just celebrating Halloween every day of the year!
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 22, 2023
Criticism does not equate to anti-Semitism.
No True Objectivity and Yet...
Moral relativism aside, Western society is engaging in an attempt to reframe reality in postmodernist terms.
On Believing What You Hear About the World
According to national surveys the current state of media is that it is overwhelmingly viewed as not to be trusted. Common sense observation indicates the same.
Ambivalence: On Disagreeing with Those You Love
I’m taking the opportunity to have my thoughts and poems appear in juxtaposition to those of others, in the hope of expanding the range of views available.
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I Believe... [Preserve the Peace]
...that some plans should just be planned and executed rather than telegraphed to preserve the peace.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 16, 2023
When you stop missing the dead, that’s when their life loses meaning.
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I Believe… [Best Pizza in the World]
..that no pizza in the world compares to Chicago’s Pequod’s. Fight me.
Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of October 8, 2023
Israel violating international humanitarian law by using white phosphorus on citizens is a perfect example of how Israel is America’s most annoying friend. You go out, they get a bit too drunk, dump a little white phosphorus, next thing you know, they’re puking in the Uber on the way home. You just can’t take this guy anywhere.
How do you want to be defined? By one action? By some opinion that could evolve? By a mistake, regrettable only with hindsight? Or by the sum of your parts? Okay, do that for other people. Start the trend.