Blog of Josh Hall

#87 – If you want to survive in this world, you can’t be afraid to fail.  #88 – If you want to succeed, you have to learn from the times you do fail.  

I’ve taken a few pictures of the sti(c)kman.  I first saw him in Philly with Kallie.  Then down in DC, and I think I saw him somewhere in pittsburgh too. I recently came across a similar work of graffiti art called the "Toynbee tiles".  I vaguely remember seeing something on the street at the corner [...]

I want to be a LEGO certified professional.  To think that there are less than 12 in the world, makes that a very daunting task.  There are not clear career paths, you just have to "make it" and be affiliated with LEGO.  I’m not even sure of the benefits beyond bragging rights.  At the very least, I’ll [...]

#9 – You can’t control who you fall in love with.  Love just happens.    #10 – AIDS and babies, however, do not.  Keep it in your pants and wait until you’re married.

“The difference between managing and leading is doing the right thing vs doing things right.” – unknown

Companies that charge you for stupid things should never be trusted.  You are only to embark on agreements with them out of necessity.  If they’re not smart enough to think you’re smart enough to call "B.S." on a "convenience fee" or a "franchise fee" then they do not deserve your business.  The very least they [...]

I was inspired to recreate the Pittsburgh Penguins logo in bricks on Sunday.     It took about 2.5 hours from start to finish.  I started off with just making the yellow triangle in the back to figure out what scale I would be able to achieve with the pieces I have.  I knew I wanted to make it a little [...]

Probably very much to do about the pens loss last night to the montreal canadiens in game 6, I had a dream I was playing in the game.  I was the stand-by goalie, and we were down 3-4 in the second when I was put in to replace Fluery.  I was amazing.  So much so, that I deflected a shot [...]

Nurses are crazy.  This rule is more accurately a postulate, because it’s based on me never meeting a sane nurse.  Let the record show this rule had been established and verbalized around the year 2001. Note:  Rule 9 is important to keep in mind when referencing Rule 36.

When I bought my house in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, my roommate, Jordan, and I noticed that there were always people huddled around this building at the corner of Wylie Ave and Erin Street.  We were unsettled, but also a little curious as to what was really going on there.  Jordan asked my neighbor, [...]