Blog of Josh Hall

Not an original idea, but it seems like a lot of fun.  I’d like to try to sneak a chess board onto a roller coaster and submit it to xkcd.  If I could think of something else to do, that may work, but the chess board seems easy enough. http://xkcd.com/chesscoaster/

I’m 28 as of the publishing of this post.  That’s close to 30.  I’m getting older. Every year, I can’t help but reflect on my life; what I’ve done, what I wish I would have done, what I did, what I wish I didn’t do, What I am, and what I used to be, and [...]

This goal is certainly not very likely to happen, but the idea of it really appeals to me.  If I was ever capable of making a large donation to a university or institution, I’d love them to name the building “Josh Hall”.

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 [...]

I don’t want it to be sad.  I’d hope that friends and family that know me well would throw up gang signs in jest at my funeral.  Maybe even going as far as pouring out some champagne on the floor.  If I died in an accident, I’d hope that someone would do an impression of me [...]

I want to invent something.  Something that will require a patent.  So basically, I just want to have a patent on something.  I think they’re pretty cheap.  I have a lot of ideas, but I never do anything with them.  I should start writing them down more…