Don Hall 4/30/18 Don Hall 4/30/18

I Believe… [Avengers: Infinity War Was RAD!]

…that Trump doesn't lie more than other presidents. Trump just doesn't give a shit if he is caught in a lie.

Don Hall 4/23/18 Don Hall 4/23/18

I Believe... [Modern Partisanship Resembles a Preschool Bathroom Break]

...that nothing makes me happier than Hannity being exposed and Ryan leaving the House. If McConnell is discovered to have a cache of weasel pornography on his hard drive and photos of himself with him jacking off while eating dogshit, I'd be the Happiest Asshole on Planet OMG.

Don Hall 4/16/18 Don Hall 4/16/18

I Believe... [You Aren’t Boycotting Starbucks...]

...that, while the woman calling the cops to arrest the two black men in a Phillie Starbucks is complete and utter anal weeping, you aren’t boycotting Starbucks any more than you are deleting your Faceborg account or boycotting the NFL. And what would happen if you did? Would Starbucks cease to hire marginally racist white women as managers — in Philadelphia?

Don Hall 4/9/18 Don Hall 4/9/18

I Believe... [It Didn’t Snow in Cancun]

...that if your perception of Mexico and Mexican people specifically comes from the media, you need to take a trip to Mexico. Trust me, you’re wrong. Beautiful country, beautiful people. Trusting your media-fed perspective is like trusting Trump about Chicago.

Don Hall 4/2/18 Don Hall 4/2/18

I Believe… [I Have Risen]

...that nothing speaks to how clueless and discompassionate we are as people than the immediate chattering of Starbucks customers following a homeless man wondering into the coffee shop barking “Can anyone help me? I’m hungry!”

Don Hall 3/26/18 Don Hall 3/26/18

I Believe… [The Power of the People = Rich White Guys for Governor]

…that when we have yet another election for Illinois governor between two white billionaires, we need to re-evaluate our strategies in convincing the population to vote for better. The "aren't we cool and progressive" smugness, the angry moralizing , and the appeals to be humane for all citizens don't seem to be working...

Don Hall 3/19/18 Don Hall 3/19/18

I Believe… [Poor People Remind Us the System is Screwed]

…that Americans hate the poor because poor people remind them how rigged the capitalist system is against anyone not born into wealth. No one wants some smelly, homeless former public school teacher demonstrating the thinness of the ice one stands upon.

Don Hall 3/5/18 Don Hall 3/5/18

I Believe… [Just Tack an "Ism" On It and You're Ready to Go!]

…that, while the election of 2016 (and likely 2020) signaled some dark times for the country, this is nothing more than White Male Supremacy's Last Stand. It's angry, desperate, and wholly unpopular. Those of us who rail against it should simply stay the course and avoid sabotaging ourselves with infighting.

Don Hall 2/26/18 Don Hall 2/26/18

I Believe… [WOLVERINES!]

...that, if you think high school kids can’t be heroes, you never saw Red Dawn. WOLVERINES!

Don Hall 2/19/18 Don Hall 2/19/18

I Believe… [Trump is Us. Own It.]

…that anyone who uses social media to insult, shame, name call, posture and overtly self-promote is in no position to castigate Trump for it because you are playing from the exact same playbook as our Idiot Savant President. The biggest tragedy of the 2016 Election is that we finally elected someone just like us.

Don Hall 2/12/18 Don Hall 2/12/18

I Believe… [Age is Just a Number That Means You're Old]

…that when you say "Age is just a number" my feet and lower back wanna sock you repeatedly in the junk until you acknowledge that age is decay and decay is the ever approaching sound of mortality. Maybe lose the "just." "Age is a number" is more true and less damning of the fact I'm wearing bifocals.

Don Hall 2/5/18 Don Hall 2/5/18

I Believe… [If You Appropriate, Pay the Toll]

…that cultural appropriation is best addressed by making sure those cultures appropriated are handsomely paid for it. Even then, it's iffy but economic redress is concrete rather than an apology.

Don Hall 1/29/18 Don Hall 1/29/18

I Believe.. [Nikki Haley was Humping a Bag of Maggots]

…that the only must-see event that eclipses The Greatest Showman as revisionist make 'em up but hysterical historical fiction is the Trumpster's State of the Union Address on Tuesday. I'll be watching it with The Greatest Hits of the Tijuana Brass playing in the background.

Don Hall 1/22/18 Don Hall 1/22/18

I Believe… [Affirmative Consent Is the Way To Go]

…that Affirmative Consent Laws this are the exact and necessary step to take nationwide. Yeah, it’ll be a huge learning curve for all sexual beings but I think we can sacrifice a tad of the spontaneity and danger of hook ups for a better standard of how to do it safely.

Don Hall 1/15/18 Don Hall 1/15/18

I Believe… [If Only Trump Ended Sentences With "Meathead!"]

…that Donald Trump is like having Archie Bunker as president. Imagine the late Carroll O'Connor asking "Why would we want all these people from shithole countries when the United States should admit more people from places like Norway, Meathead." If fact, from now on, no matter what the TrumpsterFire says, I'm going to hear it in Bunker's voice and my life will be funnier.

Don Hall 1/8/18 Don Hall 1/8/18

I Believe… [Fashion Statement Activism]

…that the fact that Gwyneth Paltrow is selling (and people are buying) a $135 Coffee Enema Kit is far more alarming than anything going on in Congress these days. I "accidentally" shot coffee up my ass (there was a safe word) and it was not worth $135 unless it was from Starbucks.

Don Hall 1/1/18 Don Hall 1/1/18

I Believe… [With a New Year Comes the Same Bullshit]

…that no matter how much you want the New Year page turn to open up to a whole new world, Donald Trump is still the fucking president.

Don Hall 12/25/17 Don Hall 12/25/17

I Believe… [Christmas Day 2017]

…that Christmas makes me realize how fragile we all are and how brilliantly heroic it is to simply survive on a ball of rock hurtling through space. We thrive in spite of our natures and the yin-yang of the best and worst parts of us is what makes humanity remarkable.

Don Hall 12/18/17 Don Hall 12/18/17

I Believe… [Y2K Redux]

…that the hysteria surrounding Y2K was worldwide, caused a low-grade mass anxiety, and ultimately makes us all (those around for it) look a bit silly in hindsight. When confronting all of the hysteria, low-grade anxiety of today, I'd suggest we remember Y2K.

Don Hall 12/11/17 Don Hall 12/11/17

I Believe... [I've Pretty Much Had It With Social Media]

...that the unfortunate consequence of social media is that it has made me dislike human beings so much. I'm realizing how toxic it is to know how everyone feels about everything and I'm thinking my wife has it right by not engaging almost at all with these platforms.