Blog of Josh Hall

Heaven.  That’s the only word I can use to describe Jay Walker’s (the brilliant brain/entrepreneur behind priceline.com) library.  I love it.  Every aspect of it.  The personalization, the M. C. Escher floors, the lighting, the collection, everything.  It’s perfect. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-10/ff_walker?currentPage=all  

Barack Obama is left handed.  He’s beleived to be only the 8th president to be a south paw.  To think, nuns used to slap our wrists if we didn’t use our right hands!  Sinistre forever! http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09026/944465-51.stm

I was on facebook today and saw that Keren updated her website information.  She had made a wonderful website for her wedding.  As I looked through the pictures, listened to the music, and read her words, I cried.  I hope Robbie knows how lucky he is.   http://www.weddingwire.com/robandkeren

As I walk down Memory Lane, The past runs like a river behind me. Over the cliff, down the steep hill, Trees protect us from falling back down. They block the clear view of the river, As mental scars block the pain of memories. If we descend down the cliff of time passed, And lose [...]

Contrary to what you may believe, I enjoy privacy.  I’d love to have every room in the house completely sound proof.  ESPECIALLY the bathrooms.  I would like to think I’ll have people over often, and I hate feeling like someone is going to hear me in the bathroom.  along with the bathrooms, I’d like to have [...]

" The Impersonal Hand of Government Can Never Replace The Helping Hand of a Neighbor." – Hubert H. Humphrey  

Taking the thoughts of this old post (talks about keeping buried bodies from decomposing naturally and feeding new growth) a little bit further, I was thinking about the space that bodies and graveyards are consuming.  Certainly with huge population growths, cemeteries have to be filling up, and you don’t build up, you build out.  So, if [...]

I’m in a dressing room today, and someone comes into the area next to mine and begins talking to himself.  I think he’s crazy.  This of course is not the first person I’ve ever heard talk to themselves out loud though.  So I wonder why people do it?  Is it simply that they never learned to think [...]

A list of 100 things from BBC from news articles last year that exposed interesting facts.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2009/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last.shtml Some highlights: 4. Etiquette dictates that at dinner parties, a man should always talk to the woman on his left during the first course, and right during the main course. More details 21. Short men are more likely [...]

so I set up TallHalls.com to keep updates as Kallie and I plan our wedding.  That domain name is too great to let slip away, so it will probably be around for a while.  subscribe to the feed there and check back often to see how we’re doing!