Blog of Josh Hall

I was inspired to recreate the Pittsburgh Penguins logo in LEGO bricks on Sunday.     It took about 2.5 hours from start to finish.  I started off with just making the yellow triangle in the back to figure out what scale I would be able to achieve with the pieces I have.  I knew I wanted to make it a […]

When I bought my house in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, my roommate, Jordan, and I noticed that there were always people huddled around this building at the corner of Wylie Ave and Erin Street.  We were unsettled, but also a little curious as to what was really going on there.  Jordan asked my neighbor, […]

Congratulations to Kristy on winning to 2 tickets to the Carnegie Museum!   Thanks to used cars in pittsburgh as well!

Do you want to go to the Carnegie Museum of Art or Carnegie Museum of Natural History?  Want 2 free tickets from me?  If so, read further. Here’s how we’ll play this.  Tell me the activity you are most excited to do this year in or around Pittsburgh this year and why.  If you post […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ slogan this season is "defy ordinary".  Might not be all that great of a sports team promotion, but this little video they put together is a pretty good ad for Pittsburgh life in general.  CMU, Andy Warhol, South Side Works, Consol Energy Center, and a bunch of other key landmarks are highlighted. […]

It’s been a while since I posted a personal update.  Things in married life go well.  New job goes well.  Thinking about going back to school in the fall.  That might be the level of detail you get in the updates going forward…not really sure.  I don’t really want to write about my life with […]