Don Hall 10/10/21 Don Hall 10/10/21

I Like to Watch | 15 Minutes of Shame (HBOMax)

This is a genuine documentary, absent much of the one-sided propaganda so joyously celebrated in our culturally divided pre-Civil War stance.

Don Hall 10/9/21 Don Hall 10/9/21

Boner

When the pandemic hit, the world crashed. Lockdowns, quarantines, masks. Stay-at-home orders. It was nuts. It affected everyone's business, their mental health, and, most important, Ted's dick.

Don Hall 10/7/21 Don Hall 10/7/21

Purging Distraction for the Good of Society

Let's face it. Zuckerberg started Facebook as a skeevy fucker who wanted to punish women who wouldn't give him the time of day by providing other skeevy fuckers the opportunity to rate the women online.

Don Hall 10/4/21 Don Hall 10/4/21

I Believe... [Practicing Gratitude]

...that the first five minutes of every day should be spent reflecting on the things you are grateful for in your life. It reframes every day and reminds you that despite the hardships there is a balance.

Don Hall 10/2/21 Don Hall 10/2/21

The Give and Take of Section 230

When it comes to these digital technologies, every benefit to society is equally mirrored by a serious danger presented.

Don Hall 9/30/21 Don Hall 9/30/21

The Regret Soup of Temper Lost and Reason Found

You'll discover that losing your temper is just that—a loss.

Don Hall 9/27/21 Don Hall 9/27/21

I Believe... [Suppress Those Emotions, Men]

I believe... that, in light of a certain demographic of men unleashing their rage and butt-hurt, perhaps the advice for men to unpack their feelings rather than suppress them was not particularly well thought out. By all means, dudes, suppress those emotions and shut the fuck up.

Don Hall 9/25/21 Don Hall 9/25/21

A Society of Wannabe Vigilantes

Vigilantism is often about the attempt to establish power.

Don Hall 9/23/21 Don Hall 9/23/21

Have I Lost My Mind or Has Age Finally Taken Over?

It's an inevitability. Get two or more men of a certain age—say between 45 and 60 years old—and they will find their conversational way into complaints about getting older.

From the obvious How Is It That I Can No longer Eat as Many Carbs to the I Hurt My Back Sitting in a Fucking Chair Yesterday it is the point in life when the slow decay of the body comes as a bit of a surprise.

Don Hall 9/22/21 Don Hall 9/22/21

When Activism and Progressive Ideas Become Little More Than Fashion

Activism is getting fashionable rather than effective.

Don Hall 9/20/21 Don Hall 9/20/21

I Believe... [Wear That Dress, Girl!]

...that few things scream effective activism than attending an event costing $30,000 a ticket wearing a dress that cost $45,000 with an anti-capitalist message stitched into it. Like going to a Raiders game with a hat that says “Concussions and Wife Beating are Bad” or a fundraiser for the Catholic Church in an alter boy costume.

Don Hall 9/13/21 Don Hall 9/13/21

I Believe... [Solid Marital Numbers]

...that when seven years of marriage feels like seven weeks of of unrelenting awesomeness, the third time was definitely charmed.

Don Hall 9/11/21 Don Hall 9/11/21

I Like to Watch | Worth (Netflix)

I'll confess. I've never shed a single tear over the attacks on September 11, 2001.

Don Hall 9/8/21 Don Hall 9/8/21

I Like to Watch | Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings

‌Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings is certainly not the first movie with an Asian cast or even an Asian lead. It is the first of the MCU to do this and given Marvel's extraordinary run and global dominance, this cannot be ignored.

Don Hall 9/6/21 Don Hall 9/6/21

I Believe... [Missing the Cold War]

...that I long for the days of the Cold War when our enemies were Soviets instead of each other and we thought hiding under our desks could save us from nuclear war.

Don Hall 9/5/21 Don Hall 9/5/21

Fair is Fair

"Father?"

The old man sitting on the bench was eating pistachio nuts and carefully placing the shells in a ball cap to his left. He looked Jack's way.

"Ah! Jack. Not any more. Not in long time."

Don Hall 9/2/21 Don Hall 9/2/21

Take a Peek Out of Your Comfortable Skinner Box Once in a While

Skinner Boxes are the avatars of immediate gratification and unearned treats.

Don Hall 8/30/21 Don Hall 8/30/21

I Believe... [Comfort is Overrated]

I believe... that the worst perpetual state for any human creative is comfortable. Seeking out discomfort is the source of every great risk and every great reward.

Don Hall 8/28/21 Don Hall 8/28/21

I Like to Watch | The Chair (Netflix)

The fact that there are thinkpieces out in the ether complaining that the series doesn't skewer the teachers, the students, Melville, or any of the other popular demons but centers its criticism on all involved indicates the thing has legs.

Don Hall 8/26/21 Don Hall 8/26/21

How About Some Upbeat News for Fuck's Sake?

Among the most shrill in our daily discourse is a small group of Utopians suffering from utopian idealism. Utopians compare the present with what might be called the future perfect, not the past imperfect. Instead of seeing the present as a vast improvement on the past, they see the present as failing to live up to some sort of an imagined utopia.