Don Hall 2/24/25 Don Hall 2/24/25

I Believe… [The Stink of Neighborhoods]

...that one can make a lot of assumptions about the neighborhoods in Chicago but there is no escaping the fact that the Red Line smells like piss and weed and the Brown Line does not.

David Himmel 2/21/25 David Himmel 2/21/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of February 16, 2025

Hell hath no fury like a bored housemom who experienced a microaggression.

Don Hall 2/17/25 Don Hall 2/17/25

I Believe… [Special Purpose]

...that there must be a purpose of living beyond simply surviving despite the fact that survival is a heavy lift for most people. To find your purpose, look to the things that bring you the most joy and pursue.

David Himmel 2/14/25 David Himmel 2/14/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of February 9, 2025

We’ve abandoned Freud. Nothing is nurture, it’s strict nature. Who we are is no longer defined by our experiences or our relationships with our parents or friends, but by our neurodiverse ailments. It’s no longer survival of the fittest, it’s survival of who has the most diagnoses. And with all that, so goes accountability out the window.

Don Hall 2/12/25 Don Hall 2/12/25

A Collision of Mirrors and Masks

When Victim Society and Honor Society collide, it’s not a battle of ideologies—it’s a battle of insecurities. Both are desperate for validation, just in different languages. One says, “Look at my pain,” the other says, “Look at my strength,” but underneath, they’re both screaming, “Please, just look at me.”

Contributing Writer 2/11/25 Contributing Writer 2/11/25

2025 Global Peace Tour

I am committed to fostering peace and community, values that define my life. It is easy to retreat into anger and division, to see the world as “us” vs. “them.” But that is not the best use of our time on our planet. There is no “them.” There is only us. Let’s act like it.

Don Hall 2/10/25 Don Hall 2/10/25

I Believe… [Calm DOWN!]

...that telling people to calm down is less effective to actually getting them calm than the act of being calm in the first place. Lead by example.

David Himmel 2/7/25 David Himmel 2/7/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of February 2, 2025

Go on, live your truth. But recognize that part of that truth is that your actions, in whatever manner, affect people. So, if you’re going to live your truth, you have to live with the accountability that comes with it. Otherwise, the truth is, you’re just an asshole.

Elizabeth Harper 2/4/25 Elizabeth Harper 2/4/25

Thinking About Bipolar Rage After Watching “Angry Elephants Attack Animals, Wildly and Savagely Taking Over” on YouTube

Don Hall 2/3/25 Don Hall 2/3/25

I Believe… [Old Guy Vanity]

...that, while the fascination with looking younger than people think you should look is a narcissistic vanity, it’s still pretty cool.

Don Hall 2/3/25 Don Hall 2/3/25

Approaching the Sixth Decade

Sixty is around the corner. What lessons did 59 hold?

David Himmel 1/31/25 David Himmel 1/31/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of January 26, 2025

The way to fight sexism is not to replace it with a different sexism.

Don Hall 1/30/25 Don Hall 1/30/25

The Inability to See Past the Rage

The media started this trend with the heavy lean into tragedies and manufactured hysteria. The attention economy thrives on hyperbole.

Elizabeth Harper 1/28/25 Elizabeth Harper 1/28/25

Rejection Refuse

Don Hall 1/27/25 Don Hall 1/27/25

I Believe… [No Going Back]

...that you can’t go back to who you were but you can go back to where you belong.

Elizabeth Harper 1/26/25 Elizabeth Harper 1/26/25

The World Is Depressed (Not Me), Part 2

Elizabeth Harper 1/25/25 Elizabeth Harper 1/25/25

The World Is Depressed (Not Me)

David Himmel 1/24/25 David Himmel 1/24/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of January 19, 2025

Trust isn’t earned, it’s given. One wrong move can get it taken away. Tread lightly. Think things through.

Elizabeth Harper 1/23/25 Elizabeth Harper 1/23/25

Recipe for Conspiracy Theories

David Himmel 1/21/25 David Himmel 1/21/25

We’ll Get Through This

Trump’s detractors should take refuge from their panic because in America, just like in real life, all things pass. We get through things, past things, over things. And that’s a good thing. Case in point: 2011.

Fourteen years ago, when Barack Obama was still in his first term and the American Left was convinced racism was over and the stench of their farts could cure cancer, sexism, and break horses, our culture was saddled with some horrible maladies.