Don Hall 8/8/23 Don Hall 8/8/23

This is the Day

Simplicity: action begets motivation which creates results which inspire action and so on.

Don Hall 8/7/23 Don Hall 8/7/23

I Believe... [Small but Potent]

...that four differently spiced and garnished sliders is vastly better than one full-sized hamburger.

Don Hall 8/3/23 Don Hall 8/3/23

Seven Years

We launched this bitch August 1, 2016.

Don Hall 8/2/23 Don Hall 8/2/23

Not All Dogs Are Feral

If a dog bites someone (it happens) we don't suddenly paint the picture that all dogs or even a significant percentage of dogs are feral.

Don Hall 7/31/23 Don Hall 7/31/23

I Believe... [Playing the Game Better]

...that the drooling MAGA crowd are a lot better at the cancel and boycott game than the Progressive Left.

Don Hall 7/27/23 Don Hall 7/27/23

Finishing a Book Sweats Like Nostalgia

It caused me to miss Las Vegas, miss the people I used to work with and for, miss the life I had way back then (a whole three years ago), miss the very vibe of a casino.

Don Hall 7/24/23 Don Hall 7/24/23

I Believe... [Stop Keeping Score]

...that for those keeping score, keeping score in anything other than sports or board games is the fucking problem.

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

Striking Out?

Any time it is workers versus greed plus new technology, the workers lose. Every time.

Don Hall 7/20/23 Don Hall 7/20/23

Shaving the Pubic Hair of the Seventies

I submit that with this completely unnecessary reboot the nuding of the pubic area of the 1970's is complete.

Don Hall 7/18/23 Don Hall 7/18/23

Doing and Subverting Aren't Possible Simultaneously

Subversive marketing is just marketing, and woke capitalism and anti-woke capitalism are both just capitalism.

Don Hall 7/17/23 Don Hall 7/17/23

I Believe... [Childproofing Society]

...that smoothing over and correcting language is the childproofing of intellectual discourse.

Don Hall 7/15/23 Don Hall 7/15/23

I Like to Watch | Films that Reflect My Reflection

I am on a loop of looking into my past as if there is no future worth thinking about like a self-involved accident victim, only able to see and feel the scars of yesterday.

Don Hall 7/11/23 Don Hall 7/11/23

Why We Can't Have Nice Things Online

Perhaps I’m out of practice or have lost my taste for it like a former drug addict revisiting a high and discovering it isn’t quite what he remembered.

Don Hall 7/10/23 Don Hall 7/10/23

I Believe... [Autonomy is a Singular Goal]

...that Himmel is completely, 100% correct when he states that marriage is a willingness to forgo autonomy. Given my almost relentless desire for autonomy, I should’ve known better…

Don Hall 7/8/23 Don Hall 7/8/23

Hate is a Cold Wind

And I am caught in another crossroads. I DO blend in with this crowd. I LOOK like one of them. I used to BE one of them. In their eyes, I AM one of them.

Don Hall 7/6/23 Don Hall 7/6/23

Throwing Cheese at Pink

Concert tickets are almost ridiculously expensive these days. A family size wheel of Brie ain’t cheap either.

Don Hall 7/5/23 Don Hall 7/5/23

Celebrating America is as Complicated as a Teenager's Birthday

In country years, at 246 years, America is just a teenager.

Don Hall 7/4/23 Don Hall 7/4/23

Walking with a Limp

“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.” —Jose Ortega y Gasset

Don Hall 7/3/23 Don Hall 7/3/23

I Believe... [In Underwear]

...that life is laundry. It’s a pain in the ass, seems completely pointless but, man, it’s grand to have a pair of clean underwear.

Don Hall 6/26/23 Don Hall 6/26/23

I Believe... [It Ain't Cultural]

...that the excuse for one’s poor behavior “it’s a cultural thing” is its own form of casual racism—being on time, respecting the time of others, and functioning for the benefit of the whole have nothing to do with culture.