April 2012
1 post
March 2012
5 posts
“Where my predecessors failed, I once again survived the Ides of March.”
– R.A. Rickard
If i didn't need more reasons to hate on Twilight,...
We had many, many questions about what was going on in this movie (Twilight Breaking Dawn), but the one massive unknown we could not fantom - Why in the world do uber powerful and uber wealthy vampires living in that enormous home which was well furnished with many luxuries, offer this human a styrofoam cup and a straw to drink blood from? Really, no fancy cups in that mansion for the mortal to...
“Um, it’s not like real medicine. It’s some lame, fake vampire voodoo...”
– My wife the doctor watching, ‘Twilight Breaking Dawn’
“Targeted advertising is great until they start marketing ‘Pink Eye”...”
– R.A. Rickard
February 2012
2 posts
So, another year goes by where i didn't win an...
Years ago when i was on the red carpet at the oscars, a certain famous actor ‘snubbed’ me. Hollywood types are snotty on Oscar Night. Weeks later i returned the favor and ignored him at a Starbucks. Take that super hansom uber-star, George Clooney. I so showed him, he had to drink his grande latte all alone. Suck it Clooney!
January 2012
7 posts
Happy Chinese New Year 4710, year of the dragon.... →
A day in the life of
Wife started her day late to cuddle (no commit) Slept in till 9 (normal) Major snowstorm (awesome) Walked downtown (covered in snow) Listened to This American Life (best show ever) Crazy homeless lady yelled at me (funny & scary) Chicago Hotdog (incased meat) Museums (Hopper, Wood, Picasso) Museum wing closed with special security (dark sunglasses) Talked to retired guy about chicago and food...
“Being a Republican voter this year is like being a single mid-30s woman -...”
“Apparently Jack Finney is still alive.”
“What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the...”
– Andy Warhol
December 2011
5 posts
“Next time you see me, buy me nine vodka-crans and say 3 sentences:...”
– R.A. Rickard
“Im not saying I’m always right, but damn, check out these numbers.”
– R.A. Rickard
November 2011
2 posts
“Yesterday, on Black Friday, i went shopping in Chicago.
It may have been my...”
– R.A. Rickard
Sometimes life is complicated. Sometimes its not.
Ran into an old classmate today. At first they thought I was a homeless guy and ignored me when i said hi. Then, they asked if i was employed. We laughed, and had a moment. I later urinated in their car. Sometimes life is complicated. Sometimes its not.
October 2011
4 posts
“I bake stuff. Usually manly stuff like meat loaf. It’s sorta like a cake,...”
– James Buchen
iBummer
Steve Jobs, you made the world a better place. RIP Steve was a forward thinker and a business leader who believed in what he was doing. He not only knew ‘this product’ would change the world, but he knew he was going to be the one to build it. That sounds elementary, but how many times did we have ideas we didnt follow up with. I have a short list of them. It takes not only the...
September 2011
2 posts
“Like many women my age, I too am 28 years old.”
– Me, as i’m 28.
August 2011
1 post
Guilt and the US Postal Service
wow - US Postal Service looks to cut 120,000 workers & benefits. I feel a little guilty as for the past two decades I have been pushing for email to replace standard postal mail. I have formed a very profitable business off electronic communication. I wonder if this is how the early car dealerships felt when the horse and buggy industry folded?
July 2011
2 posts
“NASA space shuttle Atlantis blasts off for the last time. This ends the NASA...”
– R.A. Rickard
June 2011
3 posts
May 2011
4 posts
300 hurdles
Mad Respect to the Wauzeka High School Track Team. Congrats on the co-conference title and even more respects to this Michael Molini who broke my 300 hurdle record. Got nothing but love!
“i advise college. I dont know anyone that went to college and sucked more.”
– R.A. Rickard (advice i just gave a new high school grad)
“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great...”
– Mark Twain
March 2011
1 post
“There he goes. One of God’s own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some...”
– Raoul Duke
February 2011
5 posts
Brothels in Chile
Not saying i dont like who i am. I love me. But if i had the power, i would have been a Kennedy - Newly released 1961 FBI memo claims Ted Kennedy sought to rent brothel in Chile.
I hope all you enjoy your pagan holiday.
Drunk & naked Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia (the first Valentine’s day) by sacrificing a goat and whipping women with the hides.
This also included a matchmaking lottery. Men drew the names of women from a large jar. The lucky lady would then ‘couple-up’ with the man who drew her name for the duration of the festival. If the match worked out well it may last a...
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening...”
– Abraham Lincoln
Good afternoon Internet. Im Rob Rickard, and your not. Here is todays news …
January 2011
6 posts
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
– Samuel Beckett writes as cool as he looks. Every time i read this, i like it more and more. It motivates me. It inspires me. It makes me fearless to ‘fail better’.
“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
clientsfromhell:
Client: “I’m afraid I can’t afford the monthly figure at the moment.”
Me: “Oh no - that’s hourly.”
Client: ”I could get a stripper for that!”
Me: ”If she’s as good with Photoshop as I am, then she is the better deal.”
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year...”
– Benjamin Franklin