Philadelphia – Thang Nguyen 555

09/18/2011

Weekend Insert

I spent many college weekends at the library. The journalism library. Work study program (certain publications need to be behind the desk. My desk.) That P/T job followed two years of working at the campus TV studio. I keep wondering how many of those communication students made it in the real world. Has anyone landed on…

Kindness from your lips

My kid’s elementary school is collecting lip balms to send to our troops overseas. It struck me that we spend our entire life trying to do good, from small gestures to larger ones, only to see others take it away in an instant. I saw the beautiful picture of the 9/11 girl whose life ended…

First love

First day of my kid’s summer. First day of being a FT Mr Mom. It happens! I reflect on Summer 75 when I was looking forward to resettling in Central Pennsylvania. America, Land of the Free. Back then, I was sure the nation was still in a state of shock, and perhaps was relieved that…