I meant for it (the title) to set the tone. A right one. Non-judgmental. Just in plain gratitude. However, what I want to say is, for the “children of the dust” ( or worse, ” cho muc i.e. black dog ” as Vietnam era Amerasian were coined in private), Homecoming Act could only help so…

You have to say it with a Southern drawl….” Just stuccccck”. Can’t go far without destroying the transmission. Kevin Kelly said “technology wants to be free”…flow and fluidity. Yet both people and technology often times are just stuck. No flow, no fluidity. In Beijing, where millions of cars clogged up the highways, one can call…

In looking around there at the gym, I must be the oldest. Of course I don’t have the latest and greatest gym wear. Nor do I bring all the gadgets like bluetooth and Apple watch. But I showed up. Like clockwork. Like I have always been there and forever I will be. Gym fees are…

Any first-year student of Advertising knows this. The idea that if we can tie the unknown to a well-known, then chances are, the unknown will get bought. For instance, Brady endorses FTX. Over time, we forgot that today’s well-known was yesterday’s unknown. For instance, student Co-Op. It was once a novel concept to cut down…

You know it because it rings true. We live in a mechanical society i.e. data, speed and accuracy. What rings true at the “heart” level needs confirmation. Hard data for hard decision. Yet ALL of us, and I am pretty sure (no hard data to back up this hunch though) there had to be love…

In all fairness to everyone in this vast expanse. Each has his shares, his lots in life and the times of his life. 15 minutes of fame if you asked Andy Warhol. For others, in the age of YouTube, fake fame might be longer. Only that, in the age of amateurism, what’s repetitious and unoriginal…

I grew up in a household whose gender was in equal number ( as shown in our B/W album on opposite page) Dad and Brother, Mom and Sister. The female in my family, wore the seat of the pants. They left early for work, came home to cook, then stayed up late to grade papers…

In Cold Blood. For a silver coin that rolled under the girl’s bed. Each victim’s life was worth 10 dollars plus a few possession e.g. portable radio and binocular. That was before my time. Truman Capote’s “true crime” genre. KC. Dorothy’s land. So goodbye yellow brick road. Soon, it is my kids’ times: all things…

” Don’t give the Dog a Donut” (or else, he would cram in more request, over welcome his stay and occupy your life). We’ve been had! Seriously. The whole national conversation and the means to deliver it have been hijacked by a few (just scan through Yahoo web page, you’ll see). Slow-boiling a frog. Socially…