Month: October, 2011

Hall’s Rule of Social Order #109

17 October, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Men don’t wear jorts.  Children wear jean shorts.  Jean shorts belong in the 90s.  This means you, John Cena.  The fact that Tobias Fünke wore them should be enough reason for you not to wear them. http://www.thesmokingjacket.com/lifestyle/to-jort-or-not-to-jort http://www.facebook.com/pages/JORTS/106473373823

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It Ain’t Too Much For Me To Jam

13 October, 2011 (12:00) | Memories

My senior year in high school, I was dunking.  My hands were too small to palm a basketball firmly enough, so I had to build up the ability to get high enough for both hands to be above the rim. Let me step back a bit.  We had a new coach my senior year.  I […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order #222

10 October, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

If your problems are found to be geographic, leave. I’ll probably take some judgment here.  I’ve always struggled with hungry people in 3rd world countries.  Why are we taking the food and supplies directly to them?  If school buildings, water wells, or something else enables the people to start caring for themselves, then great, but […]

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But does my father even care, If I’m sad or I’m angry

6 October, 2011 (12:00) | Personal Update

When my dad passed away in December 2004, I had already not been talking to him for years.  During those years of not talking to him, I’d visit my grandma and she’d always tell me that I needed to make amends with him before something happened to him. As I’m preparing to become a father […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order #191

3 October, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

you should always be a contributing member of society.  not for what you will leave behind, but for what you will enable others to do.  Non Nobis Solum, the Latin motto for “Not for ourselves alone” means that “it’s not for me, it’s for everyone.”  You’re life is to be lived giving from your gifts […]

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