The world would be a better place if you just listened to me

Found out this morning that my mom is a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica (the 1970s version)….

What’s the protocol here?

Restaurants always have a tip jar up front, where you pick up your takeout order.

Do you really have to tip? I’m not getting any service. I’m not enjoying the ambience of the environment. I’m only getting the benefit of tasty food, which I’m already paying a premium on.

Thoughts? Comments?

guess who is getting audited?

More  information coming, as soon as my parents forward me the letter.

Outside of not having to pay state income tax anymore and the cheap price of gas ($1.62/gallon baby!), the thing I was most looking forward to when moving to Austin was BBQ.

This past weekend, I went to what’s been called the best BBQ in the country,Cooper’s BBQ.

It’s about 80 miles Northwest of Austin, in the middle of nowhere. Pretty much the entire town is based around this place, and it’s amazing. You park, walk up, they have 5 huge smokers just filled with meat. You ask for whatever you want (chicken, brisket, beef ribs, pork ribs, pork sausage, pork chops, ham, sirlion), they throw it on a tray, you walk inside, they weigh and cut the meat for you, you get some sides (coleslaw and cobbler), sit down on some cafeteria like tables, and go to town.

Maybe one of the best meals I’ve ever had. The best thing was, my entire tray cost me maybe $25, and by the time i got home, i was in a meat coma. Slept all night Saturday, could barely move on Sunday. Considering what I would have spent if I had gone out on the town, $25 + gas was the best investment I’ve ever made.

Cooper’s. When you come to visit, I’ll take you there.

my place
if you’re one of the few people who read this thing, you should probably come visit

tridivesh.com has moved to Austin.

What that means to you: Nothing

Saw this today…. and I can’t stop laughing. I heart Kobe.

First post in more than 6 months, so obviously, its going to be really short:

You’ve all been waiting for it. The official Presidential endorsement from Tridivesh.com:

Before we come right out and say it, let me go through the reasoning behind the decision.  I don’t really have anything interesting to say here, and there were a ton of other factors going into the decision, and frankly, it was actually closer than it should be, but the three biggest factors in my decision were:

1. John McCain just sounds dumb. He really does. And it’s too bad, because as a man, I have a lot of respect for his Hanoi Hilton experience, and Arizona is the best state in the country in terms of lack of pork-barrel spending/earmarks from the government.  But at the end of the day, I just don’t think he’s smart enough.

1A. It’s sad to say, but in my mind, the two people who most resemble an ideal president are Jebediah Barlett (The West Wing) and David Palmer (24). And frankly, Obama comes alot closer to reminding me of those two characters than McCain does. (and its not just because both he and Dennis Haysbert are black)

2. The campaign strategy. Republicans went negative first, and I hate that. Also, Sarah Palin is a gimmick, and you’ll never convince me otherwise.  I don’t want a gimmick to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.

3. When people asked me whether I’m a Republican or a Democrat, I always said that I’m a registered Republican, but that I’m fiscally responsible and socially liberal.  Up until this point, I’ve always believed that the President had little to no influence on social policy (Supreme Court had been relatively stable and balanced until this past presidential term), but immense power in the realm of fiscal policy. During this election, at this point in our history, with 2 or more Supreme Court justicies poised to step down in the next couple years, the next sitting President is uniquely positioned to set our country’s social policy for the next 10-15 years. I’m not willing to risk that in John McCain’s hands.  On the fiscal front, I just dont believe that McCain has a clue.  Does not know a damn thing.  And while I blame Democrats for this mess to begin with (giving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a free pass on accounting scandals in exchange for them approving more loans to shadier characters), getting us out of this mess is going to require a clear thinker, like Obama, surrounded by smart people, like former fed. chairman Paul Volcker, and a willingness to have the government spend spend spend (on infrastructure projects) to keep people employed.  Oh yeah, and I don’t make more than $250k a year, so I get a tax break under Obama too.

This blog officially endorses Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States.

So there.

Two drunks are walking along. One drunk says to the other, “What a beautiful night… look at the moon.”
The other drunk stops and looks at his drunk friend. “That’s not the moon,” he says, “that’s the sun.”
They started arguing for a while when they came upon another drunk, so they stopped him.
“Sir, could you please help settle our argument? Tell us what that thing is up in the sky that’s shining. Is it the moon or the sun?”
The third drunk looked at the sky and then looked at them and said, “Sorry, I don’t live around here.”

p.s. Lakers win the Pacific Title! Suck it Phoenix