Month: February, 2012

Hall’s Rule of Social Order #295

13 February, 2012 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

We are all just a little bit racist. Here’s a video from Tony Award winning cast of Avenue Q to help –  

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Dear readers, I’m not sure where I’m headed

8 February, 2012 (12:00) | Memories

When I was in college, I had a creative writing class.  It was a small class, less than 20 of us, and we met in one of the cool nationality rooms at Pitt.  The professor’s last name was Hall, and I enjoyed her and the class tremendously.  I don’t claim to have had a special […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order #181

6 February, 2012 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Build your identity on what you do, not what others do. Mind your own business don’t worry about celebs dating lives or the big movies they’re in.  We’re supposed to get excited about Emmy awards?  Aren’t their salaries enough of an award?  Aren’t the endorsement deals, the free meals, or the fame enough for them?  […]

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Won’t see them again ’til the fourth of July

2 February, 2012 (12:00) | Memorable Quotes

“Give them a torch, and someone will start yelling, “FIRE!”” – Joshua Hall   In context, I came up with this phrase when I was trying to help a business group at work by giving them information about a technology plan to make updates to PCs.  Since I told them, they started pointing at that […]

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