Blog of Josh Hall

Have you given your child(ren) the same meal multiple days in a row? Have you ever pretended to be unaware of the dirty diaper of your child(ren) so your spouse has to deal with it? Have you ever been 99.9% that your spouse is pretending to be unaware of the dirty diaper of your child(ren)? […]

It’s been less than 24 hours since I dropped hnn-hnn (Jan-Jan) and Bumpa off at the airport.  Survival mode is already engaged.  The Mirkwood fog must have been pouring through the vents as we slept.  What day is it?  What’s that noise?  What’s that smell?  I sold my soul to the sirens of Sesame Street […]

#84 – Life is defined by maintenance. All you do in life is try to maintain it.  You eat for energy to do it again.  you sleep to do it again.  You work to pay for it again.  You do more or something new to make you happy…again.  Life becomes a huge cycle of maintenance.  […]

I’m not sure there’s a global norm or scientist/hygiene recommended expiration date on sheets.  There especially confusion (for me, at least) around sheets in the guest room.  Do you only put on the sheets when they arrive?  How long can you leave the sheets on there before someone uses them or they need to be […]

Nothing good happens after midnight.

In the summer of 1996, my family took a trip around the country in a Winnebago.  Along the way, we stopped at Mount Rushmore.  In the middle of the night. I was asleep as we rolled into the parking lot.  I’m not a quick one to rise, so by the time everyone was heading out […]