Thao struggles with certain English words, so we frequently practice those words over and over again. It would look surreal to someone watching us, because we just sit there for ten minutes with me saying the word and Thao repeating it (and usually mangling it) over and over again. Some we’ve worked on recently include [...]

I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time and finally did it this morning. I taped my mini-tripod onto the front of my motorbike and filmed my morning commute from my perspective. It seemed to work a lot better than I thought it would. I wish I had a wider-angle lens on my [...]

She does things like show up at my house with dog and dinosaur toothbrush holders for our toothbrushes. She is a trip. I am regretting not bringing her home with me in October now. Next year.

Chapter 1 (Year of Glad) and Chapter 2 (Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment)

Well, I’ve finally read enough commentary and analysis to make myself sick of this whole election and both tickets. I have unsubscribed to my RSS feeds for all political blogs and news, and I am not going to check the Drudge Report, RealClearPolitics.com,Wonkette.com, etc. any more. The whole thing just seems like a soap opera [...]

David Foster Wallace, who is my favorite author of all time, apparently hung himself over the weekend. I am so bummed. The guy was an absolute genius. And I mean truly a genius. A high percentage of the stuff he wrote is way over my head – but that’s one reason I like reading his [...]

Onam Festival, Sunday, September 7, 2008 Flower “paintings”: My friend Robin, manager of Mumtaz Restaurant that catered the festival: Visit to Long An, Sunday, September 14, 2008 Bao Ngan (Thao’s niece) – about 2 months old: “What the hell is this holding me? Doesn’t look like any person I’ve ever seen before?” “Run out into [...]

Today was my last day of classes this semester. Woo-hoo! I taught my business plan development class from 7:30 – 9:00am, then my commercial law class from 10:30am – 12:00pm. Went to eat sushi with my boss after that, then went and did some errands. I’m having a tailor make some silk pajamas for my [...]

This is a cool site – four separate local live news feeds from Houston/Galveston. Right now just some big waves coming in – but I’m sure this will get more interesting as the day progresses: http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html Damn Barack Obama for allowing this to happen! (Ha! I am so funny.)