Ashley Richards

I was in the city today and passed by the future H&M store. They had what looked like future employees gathered outside for training. 20-somethings in stylish scrubby clothes and hardhats adorned with their names and flare. So I stopped by and asked when they’re opening: November 19 – so kind of them to give [...]

After 5 months, it’s finally rained. And it’s a thunderstorm too! Fall is here. Yea! This weekend us non-native Californians were lamenting that California doesn’t have weather. The forecast is usually, “Today will be somewhere between 70 and 90, clear skies and a light breeze.” I know we’re spoiled, but when you grew up with [...]

I recently discovered that I have asthma. So now that I have an inhaler I’m exstatic that I can run a mile for the first time since I was 10. Hopefully one day I can run a 10K. So I’ve been trying to figure out a route I can run in my neighbourhood that will [...]

So this morning on KFOG they were talking about how in Virginia Algie T. Howell, a Democrat legistlator from Norfolk, proposed a $50 fine for anyone who “exposes his below-waist undergarments in an offensive manner.” And it looks like it’s going through. This is too funny. At first I was a bit shocked that a [...]

On 16 June 1904 Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, two characters in James Joyce’s Ulysses, set out on their epic journey through the streets of Dublin. Today also happens to be the 100th anniversary of Nora Barnacle and James’ first date, and let’s just say Nora wasn’t the good little Catholic girl that evening down [...]

Don’t like what the President has been saying lately? Wish you could make him say what you want? If you have time to waste why not put words into Bush’s mouth? Some guy named Matt in the UK created a Bush Speechwriter flash app that lets you splice together various soundbites. And you can save [...]