Blog of Josh Hall

I’ll be the first to say I didn’t have much of a childhood.  When I should have been loud and curious, I was getting yelled at for talking while Daddy was working.  When I should have been out exploring the woods, I was packing my bags for the custody schedule change.  When I should have […]

I walked down Church Street today. I never really thought about those who were there before me. I walked past many people who were stopped. I felt like the outsider or scab going to work. I walked thinking about how my bag was slowing me down, and how that was a bad thing. I walked […]

As I was walking to work this morning, a late 20 year old guy was washing his cadillac, and I intently made eye contact with him, waved, and said hi to him.  Not entirely characteristic of me, but he was close enough to be my neighbor, so I wanted to be neighborly.  As I was […]

What’s your favorite orange-colored food?  – Does pizza count?  How about just american cheese?  I hate pumpkin, that’s for sure. What’s the best way to drink orange juice?  – Straight from the container. Which candy’s orange-colored pieces taste best?  – I just had some yesterday, so I’m going to go with Reese’s Pieces.  Although, I […]

The slang "going postal" kind of slipped in under the radar if you ask me.  What was a topical item in the 90s, is now just another idiom.  I actually can’t help but feel bad for the united states postal service.  I can’t think of anything they’ve done in recent years to preserve the meaning […]

you know, I should really make an effort to make personal updates what I have something to say instead of these dull posts that just fade into archives and the history of me never to be read again, as if they were a polaroid photo where everyone has red eye… anyway.  Drove out to delaware […]