Siliconchef by Brian Richardson

I got to spend a few hours in the Arizona desert yesterday thanks to an Intel “networking event” at my business meeting. Head over to my photo gallery to see lots of desert pics.

Here, for your amusement, is the strange flight plan of one Brian Richardson … business traveler and cross-country geek.

• Sunday – 2:30pm flight to Austin, TX (booked two days ago thanks to last minute meeting with major computer company)
• Monday – 8:00am meeting at major computer company, scheduled to be done by 10:00am. Return to airport, flight back to Atlanta. Arrive at 6:00pm, have dinner with spouse & friend. Stay at friend’s house because it’s a lot closer to the airport.
• Tuesday – 8:00am flight to Phoenix, AZ (yes, departing at 8:00am). Arrive in Phoenix, drive to Scottsdale. Check into conference for lunch. Attend “networking” event disguised as a four hour off-road vehicle commercial masquerading as a “desert adventure” tour. Dinner with Kat & Sean.
• Wednesday – Full day (8:00am to 10:00pm) with computer folks at an industry meeting
• Thursday – Industry meeting then dinner somewhere (maybe with Michael R. Mennegea).
• Friday – Day off in Phoenix. Visit Jake in Mesa during the day, run off for dinner in the evening. Buy booze for Saturday.
• Saturday – Invade Draco Vista studios at noon for Wingin’ It 3D. I think I need the booze to pay the troll under the bridge at Michael’s moat (how can you afford to keep a moat filled in Arizona, anyway?). WIll probably wear my kilt just because I can. Flight home at 6:00pm (not sure if flying in the kilt is a good plan).

Yes, that’s two round-trip tickets in one week. I am going to kick the crap out of that roaming gnome if I see him anywhere.

Forget what you think about “global warming”, “climate change” or any other weather altering phenomena … how the heck do a bunch of climate researchers and Al Gore win the Nobel Peace Prize?

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You know times have changes when your mom bugs you about your recent lack of blogging. She did it over the phone talking to my wife. I’ll be more worried when she starts following me on Twitter, or calling the voice mail line for my podcast.

But I didn’t come here to talk about my mother … I came here to talk about music & martial arts.

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Ernesto “Che” Guevara died 40 years ago today. This article gives a good recap of his role in Cuba’s revolution and how his legacy is to be a t-shirt design for college kids. From the article …

Posters of the long-haired Guevara wearing a soldier’s beret with a single star turned the revolutionary outlaw into an international folk hero and symbol of rebellion.

The image, based on a picture taken by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda, has been massively reproduced on T-shirts, mugs, baseball caps, Swatch watches, bikinis and other products of the capitalist consumer society he fought against.

When your communist legacy is used to sell bikinis and baseball hats, I think you might have lost the war … just a thought.