Sage advice.

Sage advice.

Sage advice.

These two stickers are affixed on a window outside the Rhino Room. I noticed them walking in this morning and immediately wondered, are they related, stuck up there by the same person, or not? If not, which one came first, the life-affirming “be the light” or the encouraging “keep going baby”? Or is the latter not encouraging at all, but demanding? Is it a sex thing? Why are both messages all lowercase? Why does one have a period and the other doesn’t? If they’re advertisements, what the hell are they advertisements for?

Leilani was the managing editor at The Stranger beginning in January of 2017. In addition to her boring administrative duties, she sometimes got to write stuff. She’s also a Phishhead, and doesn’t...