Blog of Josh Hall

In follow up to my previous posts about wanting to collect dirt from around the country in small jars and display them…It looks like the Natural History Museum in Washington, DC has already done that in their soil exhibit.  Kind of ruins it for me now…not so sure this one is still on my list […]

So I’ve written before about my deep fascination with Bedford Springs resort, and that’s definitely on my list of places to stay and visit.  They have a great history that goes back into the late 1700’s and presidents staying there.  you can read about the history on their site or ask me to borrow the […]

I haven’t used this category for things I want to see and do, but I should.  James Turrell has been one of my favorite artists for many years now, and I think a few people have heard me rave about his Roden Crater Project.  I want to visit/tour it.  From this NY Times article of […]

When I was in 5th grade or so, the whole Jansport and Eastpak fad hit.  Everybody was using these $40-$60 back packs, and you weren’t cool unless you had one.  Josh Smith was really the one that gave me the most peer pressure about it.  I begged my mom to buy me one.  They had […]

From an email forward I got: If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.   With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.   With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.   But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth […]

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