So much for drinking no beer for the next month. Just threw up in the kitchen sink. Went to 1-month birthday party for Thao’s friend’s son last night Got caught up in the whole Vietnamese toasting and drinking game. Then we went bowling and I continued to pound San Miguels. Not a good idea. I [...]

Woo-hoo! Just finished marking the last of 219 law midterms. I feel kind of depressed right now. If this is what I’m going to do with my life – teach – for now at least, I sure would like to see my students have a little better comprehension of the material I’m trying to teach [...]

I’m trying to figure out how to make and post mixtapes on this blog using Mixwit.com. Here’s a test link to someone else’s Wilco mixtape. I can’t get it to work from school – maybe the firewall prevents it from working somehow. Can someone hit play and leave me a comment to let me know [...]

About that fake Sylvia Plath poem – “Scar” – in that 1992 letter to Brad, below: It makes sense for me to have referenced that, because sometime during college I got really into Sylvia Plath. (I realize that I may be the only male who has ever written those words, but it’s true.) I read [...]

I saw two things this week in traffic that I wanted to mention: 1. I saw two separate women wearing jackets with text on the back that said: “I dictated the orders, counterorders, and alternative moves for the operation.” (Not sure if that’s 100% but if not it’s pretty close.) Why you would want that [...]

Cutest b’day invitation ever: Bummed I will miss the party! Noodle: I’ll see you in about a month on October 5th! Happy Birthday!

My good friend Glenda – yes, she and the “my husband ate a rat in Vietnam Glenda” are one and the same – just emailed me a letter I had written on her behalf back in December 1992. She had received a surprise letter from her lab partner, “Brad,” saying he was in love with [...]

You can blame a “vast, right-wing conspiracy” for this ad, or say that Obama is being “swiftboated,” but what it interesting to me is that rather than refuting the ad, the Obama campaign has instead urged the U.S. Department of Justice to criminally prosecute the organization responsible for it for a purported violation of federal [...]

I had my first Vietnamese test today. Co Phuc wanted to give me a test to see where I was as far as knowledge and understanding of the material. It took the whole hour-and-a-half class to take the test. I was able to use a Vietnamese – English dictionary, but that was it.Warning: Bragging Ahead [...]

My friends Jason and Mindy’s daughter, Aubree, was in the international choir that sang in the Olympics’ closing ceremonies! A screenshot of her – front and center – is above. How cool to be on tv with literally billions of people watching! Way to go Aubree!