Blog of Josh Hall

People watching is completely and only acceptable when both the viewer and the viewee are in public spaces and real time. Any deviation from that is creepy. Clarification: there are some gray areas, like being seated at a restaurant. Sure, it’s public, but the seated area is more exclusive/private than open spaces. This leaves wiggle […]

You know I’m not much of a football fan at all, but even that can’t stop the forces of inspiration.  I want to try to create LEGO creations for each season and display them around the house until I think of something new to create, and the Steelers going to the superbowl was the biggest […]

The naked trees wave white plastic bags Like wounded soldiers waving surrender flags Sirens scream from the project heights Homeless were once suburbanites Multiple stab wound lies on the street While the starving steal the shoes from his feet Where the in want out, and the out want in Where lives end, and business negotiations […]

I’m going to try to avoid offending anyone here.  Know that I’m expressing my thoughts, not my rules.  This is an idea that I’ve always struggled with, not something that I’m upset with others for doing. I don’t really value food.  I define food as the most basic substance that we require to survive.  That’s […]

Think for yourself.  At the risk of sounding too much like Emerson, form your own opinions.  Don’t just swallow the expert’s advice.  The fact is, sometimes they’re wrong or sometimes you’re different than what they’re generalizing.  If they’re right, then great, but at least you know why they think that way and why you agree with […]

hearing the talk about Queen Elizabeth being in Canada and then speaking at the United Nations made me remember the time I saw the Queen.  In May of 2007, Keren was spending a semester in Italy, so the whole family decided to take a trip over to see her.  While I was over there, I […]