Author: Brian Richardson

  • Nice bathroom

    The hotel near our office has been upgraded since I last stayed here four years ago. The bathrooms are much nicer than before … which is good, since I’ve been in my room all day with an upset stomach. Was it the nice local seafood meal that did me in? Jet lag? Staying up into…

  • Old Habits

    LAX, International Terminal, Box’o’Sushi, Connecting Flight to Taiwan … Old habits die hard.

  • Ouch

    It hurts because it’s true.

  • Friday is a Comedy Goldmine

    Bank failures, gas crisis, bad TV … it’s just so easy to laugh at the world right now. In case you’re not following me on Twitter, here’s what’s been in my comedic landscape before 10:30am today: Sat in my first gas line. Welcome to the 1970’s! I bought gas at a grocery store, then bought…

  • Paul says it all

    I could rant about the “bailout” being pitched by the Federal Government, or I could just link to an article by this Dr. Ron Paul guy … Unfortunately, the government’s preferred solution to the crisis is the very thing that got us into this mess in the first place: government intervention. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/23/paul.bailout/index.html?iref=topnews

  • Taxes are what?

    Reason I’m a Libertarian #4,895 … morons like this: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BIDEN_TAXES?SITE=AP Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that paying more in taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. Yes Joe, I’m sure that’s what the British said about the stamp tax just before all those “patriots” dumped the tea into Boston…