the world according to rob

The Network TV Pitch Reel for The Muppet Show Made by Jim...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:52:10 -0500

The Network TV Pitch Reel for The Muppet Show Made by Jim Henson. Possibly the coolest pitch i have ever watch for a product i truly love. Kickass!

HITCHCOCK’S DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:01:00 -0500

HITCHCOCK’S DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS

"Where my predecessors failed, I once again survived the Ides of March."

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:00:20 -0500

“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, i now have styrofoam cups

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:43:00 -0600

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 drink blood from? I mean, it was the first time their precise Bella was to drink blood, lets make it special by busting out the cheap non-recycleleable materials. And really, is it “more easy” for a human to drink blood if we are to use a straw? Come on! If i didn’t need more reasons to hate on Twilight, i now have styrofoam cups.

"Um, it’s not like real medicine. It’s some lame, fake vampire voodoo going on."

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:27:26 -0600

“Um, it’s not like real medicine. It’s some lame, fake vampire voodoo going on.”

- My wife the doctor watching, ‘Twilight Breaking Dawn’

"Targeted advertising is great until they start marketing ‘Pink Eye” cures to you. What..."

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:47:00 -0600

“Targeted advertising is great until they start marketing ‘Pink Eye” cures to you. What does Facebook know that i do not?!”

- R.A. Rickard

So, another year goes by where i didn't win an Oscar...sigh.

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:49:00 -0600

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!

My cats would never survive in the wild. Not even for a day. Not...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:24:00 -0600

My cats would never survive in the wild. Not even for a day. Not without room service.

The problem with having a conversation with Hemingway is that he...

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:13:00 -0600

The problem with having a conversation with Hemingway is that he asks you random things like, “Have you ever shot a charging lion?”

Photo taken in 1931 Aboard the Pilar after a heavy night of drinking in the south of France. Hemingway decided to take the drunken party on a Safari. Most of us did not know this until they sobered up on the way there.

My new favorite coffee house cafe - Filter Cafe, Chicago

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:34:00 -0600

My new favorite coffee house cafe - Filter Cafe, Chicago

Happy Chinese New Year 4710, year of the dragon. rawr!

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:22:00 -0600

Happy Chinese New Year 4710, year of the dragon. rawr!

A day in the life of

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:36:00 -0600

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 (carnivores)
Pictures of snowy city (document the moment)
Cafe to people watch and coffee (best past-time ever)
Tweeted (tech social junkie)
Facebook (possibly lied)
Talked to group of CityYear volunteers (lame)
15 minutes of business email and consulting (more lame)
Chicago Pizza (not lame)
Flirted with hippie chick (boyfriend was cool with it)
Forgot to use Foursquare and Oink (tech social junkie fail)
Made fun of cute girls metro-sexual boyfriend in the snow (duche)
Gave a homeless guy $5 due to sign (honest & creative)
Commic book store (nerd cool)
Showed nerds how to use their phones (safety in numbers)
Cafe/Book store for creative writing (outlet)
Helped an old lady catch a cab (snow storms can suck)
Told a happy couple secret place to catch a cab (hotel)
Got a mysterious voicemail (meant for ‘God’)
Best 2012 day so far ★★★

"Being a Republican voter this year is like being a single mid-30s woman - you’ll just have to..."

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:37:00 -0600

“Being a Republican voter this year is like being a single mid-30s woman - you’ll just have to settle. And you’ve probably had better.”

"Apparently Jack Finney is still alive."

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:37:00 -0600

“Apparently Jack Finney is still alive.”

"What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers..."

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600

“What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it.”

- Andy Warhol

Promo video for our 2012 New Years Eve Masquerade Party

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:07:00 -0600

Promo video for our 2012 New Years Eve Masquerade Party

Christmas. It is what it is. Unless you got what you really...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:06 -0600

Christmas. It is what it is. Unless you got what you really wanted. Then it totally rocks.

The cats take out Christmas.

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:41:00 -0600

The cats take out Christmas.

"Next time you see me, buy me nine vodka-crans and say 3 sentences: “Rickard. [Any 2003 Date]...."

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:43:00 -0600

“Next time you see me, buy me nine vodka-crans and say 3 sentences: “Rickard. [Any 2003 Date]. GO!” Then roll tape and move away. Its going to be a good story.”

- R.A. Rickard

"Im not saying I’m always right, but damn, check out these numbers."

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:27:05 -0600

“Im not saying I’m always right, but damn, check out these numbers.”

- R.A. Rickard