Southern California
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The 70’s was coined the ME decade (Tom Wolfe). I am OK, you’re OK. By now, we should see the ME products on the shelves: from Shirley MacLaine to her brother Warren Beatty, from Rock Hudson to Ron Reagan. Last of the hardback memoirs. Last of generation ME. We now join the world, for WE ARE THE…
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It’s not an optical illusion. It’s real. Has always been there and it’s called light. But somehow, this afternoon, at the start of my run around the park, I saw a rainbow. Nature conspires to create a rainbow for Southern California. Breath-taking is its beauty. People paused and took pics from their I-phones. It’s a rare…
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that manipulate interest rates, oil price, appropriate and earmark budgets for the commons. Adam Smith must be talking about the abstract “invisible hand” of a free market, while in reality, we all feel there are levers behind the scene with successive hands, tinkling and adjusting. Some are automated, by self-improving algorithms. One example of the…
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Got jolted last night. 4.1 shock. And this morning, some more aftershocks. It reminds me we share a vulnerable surface: ozone layer all around and a sea of lava underneath. While we receive pictures of Mars surface, we are reminded of Earth surface as well. It takes some getting used to, living in California. But…
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This Valentine Day, Vietnam dating scene will be scary! That is, if they picked “House in the Alley” for a date movie. Dan rented a house in District 3, and during the course of trying to find the right film treatment, discovered something about the house in the alley which he had rented (French villa).…
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I still remember watching “Les Parapluies de Cherbourg“, a French musical film. Of course, more umbrellas are sold when it rains. But when it “never rains in Southern California“, how would marketers manage? The answer: rain making. And yes they did! I was sitting on the top bleacher of Sea World, San Diego. And there they…
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For a small fee, we can take a look of our credit worthiness. But it takes a long time to realize self-worthiness. None among us has the future vantage point to look backward. We often hear about the magic power of MLM. In good times, yes. In bad times, those multi “levels” quickly become weakest…
Thang Nguyen 555 