Blog of Josh Hall

"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow."

 – Kurt Vonnegut in "A Man Without A Country"

Besides the stereotypical retiring in a cabin in the woods and writing novels next to my 2 labrador retrievers, I want to widdle.  I want to make really cool wood carvings, like the type of things that can’t physically exist if you didn’t carve them that way.  Like the ball inside a cage.  I want to carve end tables and fish and anything i can come up with.  My mom’s dad carved a few things, besides building model ships.  His model ships were very impressive.  I wish i would have taken better care of the one that I had.  I definitely want to be a hobbyist when i get old though.

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter"

– Mark Twain

I’ve said that so much.  I simply am not designed for this world.  I don’t fit in.  I’m not speaking in emo terms here, we’ve got the facts and we’re voting yes, to borrow a phrase from Death Cab for Cutie.  I enjoy things that people do not.  I do not enjoy things that people do.  My first reaction is different from other people.  I think differently.  This is me.  But most recently, it’s about being a consumer whore.

I love Edy’s Grand Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chip cookie dough with caramel swirl ice cream.  It’s pure heaven.  I’ve eaten the whole carton at one sitting.  but for the past 3 months, i have not been able to find it at any of the walmarts i frequent.  This leads me to believe that they have stopped producing my delectable dessert.  That makes me a depressed panda.

This is not the first item that I’ve enjoyed purchasing that has ceased to be.  Certs used to make mints in a credit card sized container and it was amazing.  they didn’t rattle in your pocket.  There was no bulge in your pocket that made you selfconscience about what people thought, and they were good too!  I would buy 5 at a time!!!  When i could no longer find them in stores or gas stations any more, I actually wrote Certs a letter.  They said that people weren’t buying them and they had no plans to reintroduce the item.

I’ll even rach back to crystal pepsi.  I loved that stuff!!  I sincerely liked it and wanted it.  but they take it away. 

I try to be a consumer whore, just like the rest of americans, but I get rejected by the very entities that feed me their merchandise!  WHY???  I don’t get it.

Just in time for the cold weather, this site will keep track of gloves that people report and hopefully reunite them with their owner.  It’s a cute idea that’s getting a lot of attention.

"If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let them do it."

– Dr. Randy Pausch, CMU Professor dying of Pancreatic cancer