Author: rich

January 12, 2026 rich and beautiful Post a Comment

Metal

I was telling Claire about a podcast I listened to about heavy metal and was talking about bands like Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer. I told her a little bit about the bands and played a couple songs (or parts of songs). She listened and finally asked, “So…do any girls like this music?” (She’s so sexist.) I asked the almighty AI and got the following:

Academic and fan-culture research on metal audiences often finds that metal (especially extreme subgenres like thrash) tends to be predominantly male, with some estimates suggesting around 90% male attendance at metal shows and a relatively small female share — though these numbers vary by event and region.

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January 4, 2026 King Con, my family and other animals, Wild West'n Post a Comment

Dog’s Law of Chastity

Conrad noticed two dogs that were stuck together. Everyone assumed that it was a mean prank that kids did in Mexico: glue two dogs together. He sent us a photo, and, when Weston saw it, he started laughing and said it wasn’t kids glueing dogs together. Conrad and I looked really confused. Weston, sitting in the library at BYU, tried to think of the most BYU way to explain it. He said, “When dogs don’t obey the law of chastity, sometimes they get stuck.”

June 16, 2025 drunken midgets, Wild West'n 1 Comment

Sexy Gringo

Weston is nearing the end of his mission in Peru. I asked if he was excited to come home, and he said, “No.”

I told him that hurt my feelings a little.

He said, “Papa, when I walk down the street, girls yell, ‘Hey, sexy gringo!'”

…so I said, “Well, I can yell ‘Hey, sexy gringo!’ when you walk down the street here?”

So, the question is, when we pick him up from the airport, do we make a banner that says, “Welcome home, sexy gringo!”

December 10, 2023 rich and beautiful, richie Post a Comment

That’s so cocky!

I spent a lot of time one summer sort of figuring out how web servers worked (largely thanks to my brother, brother-in-law, and uncle-in-law). I bought my first domain, rwhm.net, because it was the only domain of my initials that was available. I sort of learned Flash and created my first website. After that, I went hog wild and bought domains for every kind of website I could think of. It became an addiction that I continue to fight. I remember telling Claire that I wouldn’t buy any more.

It was probably the next day that I asked Claire if I could buy just one more domain. She looked disappointed at my lack of resolve and asked, “Don’t you have enough? What is this one for?” I explained that it was for a family blog, and that the domain was richandbeautiful.org. She gave a barely perceptible smile and said, “Well, I think that’s OK.”

My brother was telling one of his friends about the name, and she replied, “Wow, that is so cocky!” He tried to explain that it was my name, NOT my socioeconomic status, and, to avoid confusion, I added a tagline to the header: “I’m Rich. She’s beautiful.” (Please note that Rich is capitalized because it’s my name, NOT my socioeconomic status.)

At one point, we were posting regularly and were pretty high on search results for “rich and beautiful.” The results were a lot of dating sites for people who want to meet rich people…and our family blog. Now, it’s only the dating sites to meet rich people.

January 23, 2022 my family and other animals, richie, Uncategorized Post a Comment

The Grand Seduction

I don’t remember how we found it, but Claire and I wound up watching the movie The Grand Seduction. It’s a movie about a small fishing village that is trying to convince a young doctor to live there. We thought it was fun, and that it was a movie our parents might like.

I mentioned the name of the movie to my mom, and she said, “You know, Richard, I don’t really enjoy movies like that.”