Don Hall 10/19/21 Don Hall 10/19/21

Bringing a Smartphone to a Gunfight

The most prolific of the Twitter Warriors comprise less than 3% of the population who, in turn, drive the most noise about issues.

Don Hall 10/18/21 Don Hall 10/18/21

I Believe... [Channeling The West Wing]

...that WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki is West Wing good....that WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki is West Wing good.

Don Hall 10/17/21 Don Hall 10/17/21

Finding the 'Bad Apples' Just Got Easier

The question in this suggestion is, if it is a number of 'bad apples' spoiling the barrel, how do we identify them before they cause homicidal harm?

Looks like the pandemic has exposed them.

Don Hall 10/14/21 Don Hall 10/14/21

Swimming in Bullshit Without a Floatie

Brandolini’s Law (a.k.a. the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle) which states that: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.”

Don Hall 10/13/21 Don Hall 10/13/21

The Chappelle Watershed Moment

How Netflix handles the backlash to The Closer will determine the continued power of the shrieking micro-minority.

Don Hall 10/11/21 Don Hall 10/11/21

I Believe... [Sadism is Not a Virtue]

…that our pleasure in the pain of others—even those we deem deserve the pain—while common and instinctual, is really not a quality of which we should be proud. Sadism makes us all a bit less.

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.