Blog of Josh Hall

"Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh."  – W. H. Auden

Alright, first things first.  I ran my first ever 5k on Saturday.  I finished in pretty much 30 minutes flat.  I crossed the line at ~30:09 and I was in the back of the starting line, so take some time to cross the line.  It was on mount washington’s grandview drive, and then part of […]

The Pittsburgh housing authority has approved a sale of land to Pitt for new athletic facilities.  The property is right next to the Oak Hill apartments.  The land left over will be sold to Beacon developers to more than double the number of housing units of Oak Hill.  This is great stuff for 2 reasons.  […]

I read in a book a while back, forget what it was, that to catch raccoons, all you have to do is stick something shiny in a log that won’t come out easily, and when a raccoon sees it, it will not let it go if it can’t get it out of the hole.  Something […]

So I’m taking a shower, and I’m doing my Stevie Wonder impression facing the water, and I wonder where I learned that behavior.  I mean, I don’t think I was ever told how to take a shower.  Sure, we all were washed in the tub growing up, sometimes with others, but when we got old […]

Watching the wind blow by Watching the clouds cover the sky Watching the rain camouflage tears Watching the leaves wither with fears. Seeing the sky fill over by a shadow Seeing the lightning strobe the below Seeing the debris wrestle with the wind Seeing leaves on trees which they’re pinned. Hearing the wind rattle the […]