Blog of Josh Hall

I read in a book a while back, forget what it was, that to catch raccoons, all you have to do is stick something shiny in a log that won’t come out easily, and when a raccoon sees it, it will not let it go if it can’t get it out of the hole.  Something […]

So I’m taking a shower, and I’m doing my Stevie Wonder impression facing the water, and I wonder where I learned that behavior.  I mean, I don’t think I was ever told how to take a shower.  Sure, we all were washed in the tub growing up, sometimes with others, but when we got old […]

So the lot across from your house is over grown with weeds and you decide to clean it up.  You get out your tools and get to work.  A few minutes later, a guy walks by and starts to talk to you by saying things like, "So you got tired of it looking bad?" and […]

Do you ever think there’s been a situation where someone had to chose to date someone with the same name as their pet?  Like, if I had a dog named Jessica…I’d be pretty hesitant to ever dating a girl named Jessica…really, I think she’d feel the same about me.  Right? 

With video cameras getting smaller and smaller, I’d like to see a headband with cameras sewn into it on the front, back, and both sides.  This headband would be worn by athletes like in the NBA.  It’d be great to get that first person point of view on things like fast breaks or dunks, or […]

Had this idea for a story during the night, when i was partially dreaming, partially awake, which really makes the best setting for cognitive creativity.  Your mind has the boundaries of normal thought and imagination removed, but your logic is present enough to keep it all in order.  Anyway, I digress. The main character is […]