It's a big day here, so I shouldn't let it pass without somehow commemorating it, but it's always a day of mixed emotions for people from "South Vietnam ( Read more... )

I haven't posted here in a while. I guess it's time to give my dad something new to send random comments to a year later ( Read more... )

I know plane crashes are rare, and this Asiana crash in San Francisco was "minor" compared to how much worse it could have been (that's no consolation to the families of the two fatalities). But when it's an airline you've flown, and an airport that you've spent more time in than any other (probably), it really hits home. I may have even been on ( Read more... )

EDIT: Fixed Vietnamese spelling mistake in headerThe Labor Code of Vietnam legislates two extra holidays per year for expat employees: one day for their cultural New Year (Jan. 1 is already a holiday in Vietnam, so this is nullified for me), and one day for their country's National Day (the Fourth of July for me). My company allowed me to defer ( Read more... )

Well, whaddya know? Everyone's posting here again all of a sudden. I'm sure it won't last, but I'll join the fun for a day. Another "quarter" has just come to an end, so I guess it's time for my check-in anyway, even though I don't really feel like writing right now ( Read more... )

Remember this post from Feb. 24, when I mentioned that I was one song away from having in my possession every single Top 40 (on the Billboard Hot 100) hit from the 1970s and 1980s? The one song remaining was Mac McAnally's "It's A Crazy World," which was not available at the iTunes Store and had only seen a brief release on CD ( Read more... )

Crap, now I'm feeling pressure to even blog once a month. It's about 11 p.m. on the last day of September and, predictably, it's been a month since I wrote anything here ( Read more... )

I guess my LiveJournaling has permanently devolved into nothing but end-of-the-month check-ins. August sure went fast. These were the major events:

• I broke my nose playing basketball. I suppose it's more accurate to say some other jackhole broke my nose. I certainly wasn't the one ramming my nose into the back of his head. That's not how you ( Read more... )

I haven't posted here since before I turned 40 ("A decade ago," by sportswriter math) but I didn't want to leave June completely blank and July is coming oh-so-quickly, so here's a late month check-in ( Read more... )

I've been in my apartment for a week now, and I've got most of my possessions moved in, though the kitchen is still pretty bare. I'm pretty happy with it so far, though I'd like to make a few improvements.

I took some pictures over the weekend and posted a new Flickr set so you can see how it looks.


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