Blog of Josh Hall

Don’t wear ties with short sleeve shirts. There’s no dressing that short sleeve shirt up.  Face it.  Your arm hair and forearms scream “I want to be comfortable!”, much louder than your tie will ever scream “take me seriously.” Really, I question the existence of short sleeved dress shirts entirely.  Unless your name is Angus […]

WARNING:  I’m going to go on a bit of a rant about chivalry, gender roles, and social norms.  You may be offended or disagree. One frustration I have is women who complain they aren’t treated “fairly”.  WTF is fair?  If you want to be treated like a man, act like a man.  I absolutely think […]

What should I do with all these old jackets from my high school sports days?  I was not a record setting athlete by any means, but I have jackets from soccer, basketball, and then even some jackets from little league baseball.  They’re really nice quality jackets, but they have my name embroidered into the chest […]

How old is the oldest article of clothing you own, that you’d still consider “in rotation”?  There’s certainly some old Tshirts we pull out to paint in, but I’m talking about clothes you’d consider wearing in public.  I might even consider what you work out in.  I have a few tshirts I’ve had since 8th […]

Don’t be a walking billboard. You know how people put ribbons on their shirts or even their cars to raise awareness for a certain charity or campaign?  What’s the difference between a pink ribbon on your chest and a Nike swoosh?  Is Polo or Ralph Lauren a brand that you strongly believe in and want […]

Don’t let other people or companies define you. Don’t give in to the stereotypes if it’s not something you want to be.  You don’t have to be put in their box if you don’t want to fit in it.  If they won’t listen when you tell them, then show them.  If someone discards you as […]