Thu Phuong’s rendition of “Bang Bang” is kind of hot. She is pretty wicked on stage and the “lesbian flesh show” is a bonus. I would pay to go see Thu Phuong performs any time.

If you’re interested in web design, check out Andy Clarke on the Big Show. If you’re interested in politics and news media, check out Jon Stewart on the Rachel Maddow Show. I enjoyed both. Have a good weekend, folks!

The Washington Post has a very informative chart comparing democratic and republican tax plans.

An evening of thanksgiving, friendship, and solidarity that aims at sharing our blessings with underprivileged children, young adults, and women in Vietnam

When: Sunday, November 21 at 6pm

Where: Fortune Seafood Restaurant
6249 Arlington Blvd
Falls Church, VA 22044

For more info, visit vietnamdreamforsuccess.org.

Next Stop Is Vietnam consists of more than 300 songs on 13 CDs and a 304-page book with photography. More info at NPR.

Reading while riding the Metro makes commuting much faster. Lately I have been interested in SEO stuff. The Art of SEO is quite comprehensive on search engine optimization. It’s a great reference for anyone who is interested in this topic. Building Findable Websites released in 2008; therefore, the information is a bit dated. I skimmed through it and found some useful tips. I am a third way through Google Advertising Tools. The book offers some good practices to review.

I also pre-ordered Khoi Vinh’s Ordering Disorder. I am looking forward to reading his grid-based design. I also want to show my support for a Vietnamese fellow.

After a family meal dinner last night at a Vietnamese restaurant, I felt ill. Not sure if it was the fish in the sour soup (canh chua) and caramelized pot (ca kho) or I simply ate too much and too fast. There were quite a bit of food left on the table so I tried to cleaned up everything.

When I got home and got Duke to bed, I was shivering even though I covered myself with a thick blanket and I had a really nasty taste in my mouth. I had to put my hand down my throat and let everything out. Dana scratched my back with a coin and the oil helped calmed down the cold. Made it to work this morning. My stomach is growling but I don’t feel like eating.

Didn’t realize that I forgot to tip our waiter last night until we almost got home. I feel horrible. Thinking of driving back today to tip her. She was very nice, but probable was cursing me out. Sorry lady!

When you spend three times at Dunkin’ Donuts with your American Express Card in November, you can get a $5 Dunkin’ Donuts Card. Enroll your card at the American Express Network. I am heading over to DD for a dozen of Boston cream, Glazed and French cruller.

When Miles Davis formed his new quintet with tenorman Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and the young drummer Tony Williams, he knew that they were “going to be a motherfucker of a group.” He was absolutely right. I have been playing their materials again and again starting from E.S.P, Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky and Filles de Kilimanjaro. Except for the last two, in which Miles started to move toward fusion, the rest of the albums are just incredible acoustic jazz. If your haven’t picked up Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection already, you definitely should. You’re missing out on great stuff.

Paul Krugman on Obama’s economic plan:

Mr. Obama’s problem wasn’t lack of focus; it was lack of audacity. At the start of his administration he settled for an economic plan that was far too weak. He compounded this original sin both by pretending that everything was on track and by adopting the rhetoric of his enemies.

The aftermath of major financial crises is almost always terrible: severe crises are typically followed by multiple years of very high unemployment. And when Mr. Obama took office, America had just suffered its worst financial crisis since the 1930s. What the nation needed, given this grim prospect, was a really ambitious recovery plan.