The Hiccups

This isn’t a Podcast at all... just a funny sound clip of XX and her unique sounding hiccups. Hopefully they’ll get the same reaction out of our listeners that they get out of us!

Team Richardson

We're Back!

Okay, we still don't have my new mic yet... I've found a solution that's just as good! Sure, this one is a little rough (it was totally off the cuff, no scripts)... but it sure does sound good (from an audio quality standpoint).

More dating advice... from the married.

Sorry readers, I should have posted this after Saturday night's dinner. Team Richardson got home and started watching the boob tube and I totally forgot to post this. Enjoy!
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We didn’t plan it, it just happened...

Team Richardson finally had a day where XX and XY did nothing but spend time together... which means we came up with lots of good stuff for the blog. Days like that are good because it gives the creative staff time to figure out what we’re going to rant and Podcast about. Of course, the leading topic was dating.

As the day began to wind down, we began our search for food. Somehow, we decided to dine at a restaurant we’ve eaten at only once before. On our first trip, the food was mediocre... and so was the service. But after months of honing their routine, I must say everything improved by 100%. The food was possibly the best the city has to offer (in Southern cuisine), and the service was great! Until tonight’s meal, Team Richardson seemed to be doing an awesome job of landing the city’s worst servers.

Little intimate restaurants are great for us, as they provide lots of people watching. There’s usually plenty of couples (couples are fun to observe; how they interact with one another and the wait staff could keep us occupied all night), many of which who appear to be on the first (or first few) date(s). New (or at least those who appear to be new) couples are our favorite, they always looks so uncomfortable and cautious. It was during one of these observations that XX blurted out, “Movies make horrible first dates!” She’s right.

The whole dinner and a movie thing should be reserved for couples in their third month of dating (if not more). The reason we feel this way: if your first date is a movie, you’ve just spent two hours with a stranger, and that person is still a stranger by the end of the night. Movies totally prohibit conversation. You go, sit, watch, and listen to a screen... not the person you should be watching and listening to. In fact, I can’t think of a better way to spend a two hours with someone and not learn a single thing about them. After we were done discussing the “movie is a bad date” thing, we came to the realization that dinner (in our opinion) is an equally bad first date. Our reasoning: if the conversation suddenly goes bad, you’re stuck with someone you want nothing to do with for probably another hour or so (well, I guess you could get up and walk out).

So how would we start off dating? Over drinks or coffee. Both occasions are short, cheap, and easy to bail out of if things suddenly head south. After a few dates of this type, both parties should have enough information about one another to decide if they want continue spending time (and in the man's case, money too) with the other. After that, continue to keep it light... maybe a trip to the museum, putt-putt, or bowling. Hell, even a game of Battleship could be a great time (the game moves so slow it forces interaction). After those dates are successfully completed, dinner then becomes an option for the new couple. Hmm... maybe we’ll address dinner locations in a future post/podcast.

--Team Richardson

First Rant of 2006

Consider this my first Public Service Announcement for 2006... even though it’s definitely a rant.

If you are female and single right now (in January), you’re stuck like that until at least after Valentine’s Day. Yes, until February 15th, or later. Why? Dating savvy men know not to get entangled with a woman between late November and Valentines Day. The reason should be obvious: if we start dating a girl between those dates, it pretty much obligates us to buy a stranger presents. Shopping for people we know is hard enough, but for some random woman we just met is damn near impossible.

So women, if you’re single right now... start planning a girls night out for V-Day... because the immediate dating future is bleak.

And men, if you are single, don’t start looking for a woman until after Valentine’s Day (actually, the 14th is a great day to be on the prowl... it’s usually pretty easy pickings), or else you’re going to add unnecessary headache to your already hectic lives.

--THE XY!

Mic Update

I talked to the audio store guy yesterday to find out that they sold the last mic “two days ago” The good news is that I’m at the top of the list for the next one that comes in. So stay tuned... we should be up and Podcasting soon!

--The XY!

First Post of the New Year

Since it’s a New Year, I figure I should attempt to post more to our blog. And no, we haven’t abandoned Podcasting... we’re still waiting on the new mic to come in. I promise, once we get our new mic, we’ll immediately resume our podcasting. Trust me... it’ll be worth the wait.

So how did Team Richardson usher in the New Year? With some of our buddies of course! We headed to a local watering hole to check out the 80’s cover band, 88 Rewind. They were phenomenal. Playing a carefully constructed mix of some of the biggest hits of that decade, they easily allowed the crowd to dance the night away. We hope to see them many more times. I must thank Stuckey for inviting us to hang with him and his crew for the evening. Had he not asked us to help him ring in the New Year, Team Richardson would have ushered in 2006 from the “Pilot/Co-Pilot seats” and promptly retired to bed (that would have been the first time since the incarnation of the Team that we wouldn’t have been out for New Year’s, and it would have been the first time XY would have stayed in for a New Year’s Eve). We owe him big for pulling us out of the house for the biggest party night of the year.

On behalf of the Team, I’d like to thank everyone who helped us make 2005 a successful year. Our goal for 2006: repeat 2005. Good luck to everyone in the New Year and stay tuned for more rants, random thoughts, and funny observations. We’ll work to make this the most random, cynical, sarcastic blog on the web... which shouldn’t be hard considering who is heading the writing and creative staffs.

--THE XY!