Don Hall 8/18/22 Don Hall 8/18/22

Muscling Past the Pain to Get to the Other Side

Muscling through the pain has a price. The pain finds a way to express itself like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park find a way to terrorize Jeff Goldblum.

Don Hall 8/15/22 Don Hall 8/15/22

I Believe... [Tug of War]

...that progress is not a sprint. It isn’t a marathon. It’s a tug of war and it is gained in inches.

Don Hall 8/11/22 Don Hall 8/11/22

The Archeology of a Life

"It is only with greatest care that memory can be kept from becoming a prison or a gallows." — The Orville

Don Hall 8/9/22 Don Hall 8/9/22

The Absence of Joy and Resilience

When your joy comes from joining the beatdown of another human being, it's a dirty kind of glee. If the pain of others gets you off, you're a bully and a stain on the rest of us. If you live by that particular sword, you'll die by the same sword. You suffer from an absence of joy and resilience.

Don Hall 8/8/22 Don Hall 8/8/22

I Believe... [Who I Am]

...that I’m the Christopher Columbus of dairy—I discover bricks of cheese, claim them as my own, subjugate the slices, and conquer them.

Don Hall 8/1/22 Don Hall 8/1/22

I Believe... [Jake & Harry's Tap]

...that when you name one son Harry and the other son Jake, you better be investing in a bar for them instead of college.

Don Hall 7/30/22 Don Hall 7/30/22

And the Polling Tells Us...

66% of Americans believe that President Biden is failing.
50% of Americans believe that trans issues are being exaggerated.
100% of Americans believe that New York pizza is the best pizza.
33% of Americans believe that diversity in the workplace is important.
40% of Americans believe that reading comprehension is overrated.

Don Hall 7/28/22 Don Hall 7/28/22

The Personal Grievances That Fuel Ideology

So, I asked myself "When did I become a Nazi?"

Don Hall 7/25/22 Don Hall 7/25/22

I Believe... [The Mobius Strip of Trauma]

...that your trauma doesn’t make a good excuse for your poor behavior. No trauma in existence requires you behave like a screaming child yet enduring an adult screaming like a child can be traumatic. Like a Mobius strip of trauma.

Don Hall 7/23/22 Don Hall 7/23/22

Live Your Life as If It Were a Comedy

The world is ridiculous. My life is just as open to mockery. Maybe that's the trade-off. If I can find myself to be a legitimate source of comedy, I get a pass on finding everyone else as a source of hilarity.

Don Hall 7/21/22 Don Hall 7/21/22

I Like to Watch | Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

While the world may be oversaturated with too much MCU, I'm not. I am, however, thinking Waititi might need a break. He is almost the MCU Joel Schumacher.

Don Hall 7/19/22 Don Hall 7/19/22

Crisis Headlines Are Not Helping

Despite the desperate need to spin reality, perspective is essential to keep your head from exploding like that dude in Scanners. Perspective is about wondering what the headlines might look like from a different angle than your baked-in certitude of moral authority dictates.

Don Hall 7/18/22 Don Hall 7/18/22

I Believe... [No More High School Drama, PLZ]

I believe... that with the state of society in 2022, a moratorium on high school dramas is in order. I get all the bitchy, judgmental bullying I need in line at the grocery store.

Don Hall 7/14/22 Don Hall 7/14/22

I Like to Watch | Elvis (2022)

Like The Greatest Showman—a movie musical that completely reframes the huckster P.T. Barnum into an equity-chasing social justice type—this is not intended to be an accurate biopic. It is a meditation on the legend that was Elvis Presley.

Don Hall 7/11/22 Don Hall 7/11/22

I Believe... [Heartbroken Woody]

...that all the Toy Story movies are actually about divorce.

Don Hall 7/10/22 Don Hall 7/10/22

The Inner Monologue is Making Me Nuts

I'm having a hard time getting motivated.

Don Hall 7/9/22 Don Hall 7/9/22

A Case for Optimism (sans Rose-Colored Glasses)

Optimism is an act of resilience against the brutal harshness of living the existential crisis.

Don Hall 7/7/22 Don Hall 7/7/22

What You Write Tells Us Who You Are

This skinny, tattooed fucker told us what he was going to do. He wrote and posted videos telling anyone listening the plan. He isn't the outlier—most mass shooters write out their intent and display it to the world well before legally purchasing a weapon and unleashing their fury on bystanders.

Don Hall 7/5/22 Don Hall 7/5/22

I Like to Watch | Best Movies to Watch for a Recently Divorced Man

When a man goes through a divorce—especially one predicated by infidelity —he is need of a few reminders and narratives.

Don Hall 7/4/22 Don Hall 7/4/22

I Believe... [Happy Fourth—Party in the ICU]

...that, admittedly, Independence Day this year feels a bit like throwing a party for friend in a coma from an awful car accident who has no health insurance. “I’m sorry, sir. You can’t shoot that bottle rocket off in here. This is the ICU.”