I cannot believe it is spring already. And you know what that means: South by Southwest is here again! Last year, I was asked by someone I didn’t know well and spoke to for an appointment, “Why aren’t you at SXSW?” My parents have a place in Austin, so surely I could go make a quick trip. Right? My answer was the same as this year. I am not interested in going to a festival that has lost its spunk. Everything about SXSW is... 

Sometimes, things are so coincidental that they make you scratch your head. Ever see the so-so movie with Amanda Bynes in her early teen days and that kid from Malcolm in the Middle called Big Fat Liar? To refresh your memory, it’s about a big, clichéd, evil Hollywood producer stealing the boy’s screenplay idea and turning it into his “own” moneymaker story, almost never getting caught because really, who would believe some... 

Constantly playing the dork, I like my Facebook profile photos cheesy. No, startling cheesy. Retro. Almost pathetically cheesy. I don’t really use my Facebook for much. I keep two accounts up to manage my public pages, where I post everything. Facebook in the past gets me in trouble with “why are you talking to my husband/boyfriend/crush?” drama. Because he or she wrote me – shocker. I never say or do much on the personal accounts.... 

Finally! Here’s evidence of waiters’ wrath against innocent customers. Ever wonder, “Why is my food taking so long?” Or, “Didn’t I just order something an hour ago? What happened?” Here is a photographic display for your viewing pleasure. Source: unknown. This cartoon is trending at the moment on Facebook.  Read More →

In my life, I say, “I always end up doing things I say I’ll never do, either as a joke or anti-wishful thinking.” Once I deciare something aloud with genuine feelings, I quit thinking about it only to days, months or years later actually want to do what I said I wouldn’t so depserately. Right now is one example. I’m talking about starting RichardeMagazine.com, you sillies. On my 43 Things page, I recall like yesterday... 

My new vegan cookbook isn’t super preachy like people expect everything vegan/vegetarian to be. I know many people might want to keep meat/dairy/eggs in their diets also, and I don’t really want to condone that either because to quote the old saying for you earth maidens, “Two people cutting meat intake in half equals one whole person cutting out animal products,” meaning in plain language, “Don’t cut those people out of the lifestyle... 

Today, I was about to pay when a girl asked, “Is that your debit card?” We laughed when I picked it up to reveal a girl’s photo on the front of another ethnicity. I found the girl’s information online, calling her off another young man’s cell phone. I instructed her to wait for me while I was eating. She called his cell phone and I knew who it was while she was wandering around the booths looking confused. I waved. She acted normal. The... 

Do you ever look at fortune cookies? Read them? What are your thoughts? This particular one says, “A smile is your passport into the hearts of others.” True or false?  Read More →

Stealing jewelry of course. But I’m innocent doll. Inside joke-as teens we made tons of “jewel theft” home movies.  Read More →

Totally mismatched but I love this set! And you can’t have it because it’s Juicy Couture…KIDS. Ba ha ha ha!!  Read More →