317 stories by "Don Hall"
Before we get in too deep, before we hop up on the High Horse of Righteous Indignation, before we hoist the Monster on the kindling and light the bonfire, let's acknowledge something so simp…
OK.I'm pretty much all Irish. Not culturally speaking. Culturally speaking, I'm sort White Trash/Midwestern/Squeaking Out Some Middle Class Eventually Generic American White…
H/T to David Fink via Facebook********Quote of the WeekWe say we want a revolution... Of course, what we say doesn't matter so much. What we do is what matters, and we have far more inf…
Today is the seventh anniversary of this blog.2,285 blog posts, thoughts, essays, stories and reactions.Approximately 40,000 page views per month (with 15,000 of them unique visitors) for a …
...that the best thing about humanity is our ability to tell each stories. Without that, we're just a bunch of fucking animals hellbent on destroying each other for the property we claim to…
From On the RoadGreat Chicago glowed red before our eyes. We were suddenly on Madison Street among hordes of hobos, some of them sprawled out on the street with their feet on the curb, hundr…
There's a lot of talk going around about being more civil. In the body politic, things have always been passionate and often filled with rancor but the inability to separate the fight from …
The City has far too many rooms and the party spills out, sprawling to every corner. Noisy. There is a sense of chaos in the air but the atmosphere is somehow controlled. Conservative. The …
In 1999, I directed my then girlfriend (who became my ex-wife in 2005) and Matt Kaye in an improvised tour de force unlike anything I had seen before and unlike anything I've seen since.A co…
****Hmmmmm....I'm just hitting that 46th year and, all of a sudden, I'm reading story after story of white dudes in their 40's croaking. I mean, a LOT of them - from 42 - 48 - dropping…
Rush LimbaughElRushbo@EIBnet.comDear Rush,Man! What a brouhaha over a bit of satire, huh? And now you're losing all those sponsors? Jeesh - no one has a sense of humor anymore, huh?One of…
...that the richest among us should never, EVER talk about how hard it is to make ends meet on $250,000 (or more) a year. And that when someone from a financially privileged background…
"I would like to see the lack of demonization for those of us who stand on sincerely held religious beliefs. It's overtime. That's where you see the demonization of people who stand on their…
I'm a quoter.I understand that there is a whole classification of people who tend to substitute their own (possible) wisdom with the wise sayings of Those Who Have Gone Before. Kirsten Dunst…
Breitbart dies.Of the many platitudes offered - from "he was a trailblazer" to "he was a parasitic douche" - one of the things most written was a deference to the "he said/he said/the truth …
Not long ago, my GF and I took her disabled sister out to dinner in the 'burbs. When we visit, we go to places like Ruby Tuesdays or Bob Chins and I am smacked upside the head by the samene…
Yeah - That Rich Guy Stress is Likely MUCH Worse Than the I'm Starving to Death Kind"People who don't have money don't understand the stress," said Alan Dlugash, a partner at accounting firm…
Rick SantorumPO Box 37Verona, PA 15147888.321.6675Info@RickSantorum.comDear Mr. Santorum,I know you're busy right now with your campaign to secure the presidential nomination for the Republi…
...that it is unfortunate that television hasn't figured out how to Photoshop the images of live actors while walking the Red Carpet at the Oscars. Seeing over made-up actors with wrinkly n…
Here's the thing about Iran - we could completely go the way they did in the next year or so.Iran was overtaken in the 1980's by a theocracy that destroyed any hope of Westernization or demo…
In the past year or so, I've been spending more and more time participating in storytelling events. Sure, I have done my fair share in the past - I created the SKALD competitions that WNEP …
Does it seem odd to anyone that......Billy Crystal pulled out his Sammy Davis, Jr. blackface impersonation and discovered that what was considered high comedy in the 1980's was just kind of …
Last night, I decided to watch the Academy Awards show for the first time in a couple of years. As the Hollywood machine has continued to churn out more and more of what I consider warmed o…
I was invited to participate in the Acorn Theater's very first "Adult Education Night" of storytelling off-color tales.In addition to myself, I was joined onstage by Scott Whitehair, Dana N…
Now This is a PSA I Can Applaud Be from RingSide Creative on Vimeo.I'm personally in favor of PSA's that avoid the easy road of using shame to make a point.****Eric Cantor is Excellent …
