Thursday, December 8, 2011
...America's police departments have been moving toward more aggressive, force-first, militaristic tactics and their accompanying mindset for 30 years. It's just that, with the exception of …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:02AMWednesday, December 7, 2011
...that very CONCEPT of a Newt Gingrich Presidency is enough to make my balls shrink up and hide in my stomach....that, if you are one of those in the world who has made over $100,000 a year…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:15AMTuesday, December 6, 2011
What happened to Herman Cain is what the Democrats intend to do to whoever the Republican nominee turns out to be. They know they can’t win a debate on the economy or on President Obama’…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 02:08PM"Most people do not have any reason for living. They just find themselves alive and they go through the motions. They find nothing to be really important, so important that they would put th…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:08AMMonday, December 5, 2011
...after this weekend, I'm hibernating...
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMSaturday, December 3, 2011
...And The Overly Entitled Response to DisappointmentThe Progressive Far Left is disappointed in President Obama's track record. He tends to play the long game rather than push for imm…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 05:51AMFriday, December 2, 2011
****Merry Fucking Christmas, Lowly LaborerI understand that companies sometimes have to fire someone. I understand that often there is a legitimate cause for said termination. I'…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:06AMThursday, December 1, 2011
According to the Theatre Communications Group, the subscription ticket to nonprofit theaters are going the way of the album and the newspaper - no longer the dominant method of consumption b…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:14AMWednesday, November 30, 2011
Which Seems More Threatening to You?...that, in a society where ordinary people will mob and beat each other for cheap electronic appliances, the root problem is NOT that the people are stup…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:08AMTuesday, November 29, 2011
This past weekend, a friend's nephew was caught smoking pot and she wanted me to be the male voice of...I don't know...reason or something. The kid's got a pretty solid head on his fif…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:11AMMonday, November 28, 2011
I tend to overbook and, like this morning's post, find ways to get out of my comfort zone as often as possible just to shake the moss off.BUTI have a bit of a temper. It can get the be…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 02:15PMThe idea of comfort and staying within the boundaries of what makes each one of us feel secure and safe is freaking seductive. The very idea of simply not having to feel that jittery, …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:06AMFriday, November 25, 2011
Why Is Such an Uncool Cologne Spawning Such Awesome Advertising?****Those Who Watch FOX News Know LESS Than Those Who Watched a Pot BoilI'm not sure how I'd react to this if I were an anchor…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:13AMThursday, November 24, 2011
I am thankful for many things on this day we set aside to gorge and reflect.Family, friends, the lovely AK, my health, my art, my job.Mostly, I'm thankful that I am the diner rather than the…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:11AMWednesday, November 23, 2011
...celebrate holidays that encourage conspicuous over consumption while arguing with each other over whether pizza is a vegetable......manage to find ways to be more humane to animals (altho…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMTuesday, November 22, 2011
I have it on definitive authority that the following facts are incontrovertible:If your city is the site of a nuclear attack, sticking your head under your desk will save your life.If you fe…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:08AMMonday, November 21, 2011
SOURCEIsn't it rich?Are we a pair?Me here at last on the ground,You in mid-air.Send in the clowns.Isn't it bliss?Don't you approve?One who keeps tearing around,One who can't move.Where are t…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 02:22PMI'm not a raving fan of Tony Adler. I found that as soon as Bill Williams left the Reader, the theater criticism dept. of that vaunted paper went down the tubes. Adler isn't much…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:06AMSaturday, November 19, 2011
Maybe it's due to the fact that I am a fairly obnoxious person that I have a naturally developed sense of tolerance. It takes a LOT to offend me. I have a dark, mean sense of hum…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:05AMFriday, November 18, 2011
h/t to Poncho DukeI think Nick Fury has a point. And you can substitute the kid with the gun with the banker with the hedge fund or the cop with the baton. Blame yourself r…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:12AMThursday, November 17, 2011
...Dictates the Way You Respond to the WorldThis week I had a number of conversations about the direction of the United States.I had a conversation with a friend who fully believes the count…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMWednesday, November 16, 2011
...celebrate diversity but have a few problems with the marijuana people, the gays, the blacks, and the Palestinians......protest in the form of occupying public spaces and profit from that …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:05AMTuesday, November 15, 2011
It's back.The constant and annoying shilling for J.P. Morgan Chase Bank in efforts to win some money for the small non-profits has peeked its morally ambiguous head over the fence of Faceboo…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 05:08AMMonday, November 14, 2011
Or Why I Haven't Occupied Anything but My Own HouseI'll admit that I'm conflicted about the Occupy Movement.On the one hand, I'm absolutely thrilled that people have decided to step up and m…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:06AMSaturday, November 12, 2011
Clybourne ParkWritten by Bruce NorrisDirected by Amy MortonPresented by Steppenwolf Theatre CompanyDisclosure: No comps on this one. Full price for closing week._____Years ago, I…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:06AMFriday, November 11, 2011
Producing AdviceTaking a quick page from Mr. Thurman, here's a bone on the Producing of Live Events:Blame goes up; credit goes down.If an event (or show) is a failure, the producer should st…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:13AMThursday, November 10, 2011
For the most part, I don't care much what people think of me personally.I say "for the most part" because I'm human and I'm not a sociopath. But mostly I'm here to do my thing the way I kno…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:12AMWednesday, November 9, 2011
...are fascinated by the wealthiest of themselves - buying magazines, reading tweets, watching them dance on network TV - but savor the schadenfreude when one of them implodes....think sex i…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:07AMTuesday, November 8, 2011
Stripping aside all the differences between the Conservative and Liberal sensibilities and viewpoints of things like religion, ethnicity, education and even economic status, and you find one…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:06AMMonday, November 7, 2011
Herman Cain was accused of sexual harassment and his supporters have compared the allegations to the "high tech lynching" of Clarence Thomas.I'm not so sure that comparisons to the most corr…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 02:10PMIt was a random conversation. I could have easily avoided it. But in my stated desire to mix it up with strangers, to have conversations with people whom I would likely never have conversa…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:05AM 
