317 stories from Don Hall
What's your purpose in life?It's a big question and one I used to think I knew. I used to believe that every human being has a calling - I always thought mine was Performer. Then…
New York Magazine's Dan Amira notes that every candidate who proclaimed that God had told them to run for the presidency has lost. Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and finally Rick…
We Live in Two Countries...****This Made the AWG Cry...or Maybe That Was the Wind in my Eye...****Online Petitions Mean NothingFollowing my Monday post about the DCA Theater Betrayal, a Face…
I'm sitting on the Red Line, my ear buds in place, jamming out to The Detroit Cobras, in my own bubble of existence. The woman next to me is reading an ebook on her Kindle. The woman in fro…
...that, when Rick Warren dies, Jesus will punch him in the balls and yell "WRONG!!! It is NOT about wealth creation, you dimwitted, greedy shitbird! You are now reincarnated as …
White Americans feel they are more discriminated against than blacks, a new study reveals. Sociologists from Harvard and Tufts universities asked 209 white and 208 black men and women t…
George Zimmerman has been preparing for a Grand Jury indictment by adding another lawyer, Hal Uhrig, to his defense team. In an attempt to draw sympathy from his detractors Uhrig is using an…
A month after DCA Theater announced the companies that would make up its fall 2012 season at the Storefront Theater in the Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, those same companies have been info…
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.-- Ernest HemingwayI think the worst mistake one can make in life is underestimating people.There is a sense of secure…
****Just a RecommendationIf you move in a hurry, I'd suggest that you A) spend two weeks on a mattress in your friend's lower level with nothing but clothes with you, then B) when you get in…
George W. BushOffice of George W. BushP.O. Box 259000Dallas, TX 75225-9000USANo email availableDear President Bush,How are you? I really haven't heard much from or about you since you …
...that the act of claiming a space as your own has a power over your sense of well being that cannot be underestimated....that "victim status" is a losing hand; it hands the keys to equity …
I was having a conversation with a friend the other night.It seems her father hates Obama so much that he would vote for a cartoon character (which given the GOP choices this election, isn't…
OK. I know you're all already sick of reading about my continuing struggles with monogamous domesticity. If you know me personally and hang with me regularly, you're fucking sick to death h…
Saturday night, I participated in the 43rd Annual Liars Competition. It was comprised of ten storytellers telling bald faced lies and being judged on the quality of the lie. Here is the qu…
The substance of stuff is that which we endow it with. The substance of people in our lives is the same.Packing things up to move - away, on, out - is it's own strange ritual that involves …
Dwelling on the GoodIn past split ups in my romantic life, my tendency has been to victimize myself and sit in my juices remembering all of the fights and misunderstandings, feeling injured …
Associate Justice Antonin ScaliaSupreme Court of the United StatesOne First Street N.E.Washington, DC 20543Dear Justice Scalia,I've heard you say it before and you were quoted at a speech yo…
...that, among the things I value in life, autonomy is the thing I value most. Maybe that's why I suck at long-term relationships......that anyone who reserves their outrage at decepti…
As reactionary Americans, we tend to jump on the obvious thing in front of us as a source of outrage and miss the point entirely.For example, prior to the G8 being pulled out of Chicago, May…
Rick?I'm pretty sure you understand bullshit from truth because you need a fucking bib to prevent the vomitous cascade of manure that spews forth from your gaping maw from staining your tie.…
I can't listen to the jazz albums of The Maynard Ferguson Big Band without finding the music to be a little creepy. This should not be the case. The music that Ferguson - a trumpeting hero…
I'm going to suspend the blogging until next Monday.Lots going on - check out "Nothing to See Here" for updates on live appearances.Gots to give the brain a break.She and I just didn't work …
...that, once in a while, the best method toward reframing your present tense and seeing your future through a fresh perspective is to make a drastic but overdue change. The new scenery and…
SometimesYou have to walk awayFrom love, from comfort, from securityFrom disappointment, from disapproval, from obligationFrom soft snores and cable tv and warmth and want SometimesYou …
