Author: Justin Hill

  • Alarm Shaming

    In the spirit of Dog Shaming, I bring you Alarm Shaming. This was very therapeutic for me after a 2am incident with with one in my bedroom.

  • It Is Well With My Soul

    This is a favorite Christian hymn, lyrics written by Horatio Spafford in the 1870s after his 2-yr-old son died in the Great Chicago Fire, his finances fell apart, and his four daughters drowned in a shipwreck. It has been a source of comfort for me. Chris Rice has a great version in his Hymns Project.…

  • When The Ship Comes In

    Congratulations to Bob Dylan who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature today. Here’s one of my favorites, written when he was 22.

  • Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

    A friend of mine sketched a drawing of me based on my current Facebook profile. I told him it was indescribably beautiful and requested the original by snail mail. He proposed an Art Swap: his sketch in exchange for an MP3 of me singing his favorite song by The Smiths, Please Please Please Let Me Get…

  • Clouds timelapse in the backyard

    It looked like the clouds were going to be interesting this afternoon. They were. This is about 3 hours of them crammed into 30 seconds. Camera: GoPro, time-lapse at 10-second intervals