I didn’t discover the value of reading until I finished my my four-year college. Since I was a kid, I was always told that I should read, but no one explained to me why. When I arrived in the States, I had trouble reading in English. As a result, I got bored and gave up after reading one page.

These days, I read every opportunity I have. I read books to stay informed and stay offline. Now that I understand the value of reading, I want to help my kids to start reading as well. Daniel Willingham’s Raising Kids Who Read offers research and guides to help kids to read. The key goal to take away from this book is to show kids that reading is pleasurable. Once they find the joy in reading, they will read themselves.

I don’t read or recommend parenting books, but this one is an exception. It is a great resource for parents who want to introduce reading to their kids.

Tiệm Kobe House trong khu Eden đã khai trương gần hai năm nhưng hôm nay mới là lần đầu tiên vào thử. Gọi món Phở Đặt Biệt xem thử có gì khác lạ không. Bánh phở tuy hơi nhão nhưng nước lèo cũng được. Chắc không phải dân biết thưởng thức kobe nên tôi cũng chả thấy gì lạ hay đặc sắc. Ăn cũng tạm nhưng tốn hết 14 đô và 3 đô tiền tip.

Mấy lần rũ bà xã nhưng bả không chịu vào. Vợ mình hay thiệt đúng là bị dụ.

Glad to see a copy of Matthew Butterick’s second edition of Typography for Lawyers on the reference shelf in the Law Library. Every law student should be required to read this book in their first year because “Good typography is part of good lawyering.” Butterick is dead on.

Carr is a Funny Business and he is not to be heckled. The enjoyable moments of his routine were when he made fun of his audience members. He has a weird-ass laugh, but I wouldn’t say that at his show. That bloke will put me to tear. His special is enjoyable.

Mời nghe những bài thơ của anh Cao Nguyên:

• “Thu” (Thu Thủy)
• “Một giấc mơ” (Đài Trang)
• “Mưa đêm” (Thu Thủy)
• “Mưa 2” (Đài Trang)
• “Tuyết rơi” (Thu Thủy)
• “Mưa” (Đài Trang)

Từ ngày bé Xuân chào đời mẹ ngủ với Xuân. Còn tôi thì ngủ với hai thằng lớn. Đêm nào cũng phải kể chuyện trước khi đi ngủ. Rồi một tay phải gãi lưng thằng Đán còn một tay phải vuốt lưng thằng Đạo. Thằng Đán thì ngủ lăn lộn tứ tung. Có lúc đang ngủ bị nó đạp vào mặt như bị thiên lôi đánh. Còn thằng Đạo thì lúc nào cũng kè sát vào người. Đêm nào tôi cũng thức giấc ít nhất là ba lần. Dắt thằng lớn đi đái hoặc bị đập vào mặt tỉnh ngủ. Có lúc tôi ngủ riêng một gốc giường nhưng thằng Đạo sẽ tìm đến và nằm kế bên.

Bảo tụi nó ngủ riêng lâu rồi nhưng không đứa nào chịu. Tối thứ Bảy vừa rồi tôi cho phép chúng nó xem iPad trước khỉ ngủ và được ngủ chung với món đồ chơi tụi nó thích nếu hai đứa ngủ riêng. Tụi nó đồng ý ngủ riêng. Tuy được ngủ một mình tôi cảm thấy nhớ nhớ và thiếu thiếu. Ba giờ khuya, thằng Đạo đi đái xong chạy qua kiếm tôi. Tôi qua phòng ba cha con ôm nhau ngủ chung.

Đêm qua tôi nằm một mình đọc sách đến 12 giờ rưởi khuya vẫn không ngủ được nên chạy qua phòng ôm tụi nhỏ mới ngủ được. Bây giờ người thiếu hơi là tôi chứ không phải hai đứa nhỏ.

Breaking Bad is the second TV serious that I watched from beginning to end. Mad Men was my first. Although Breaking Bad is pretty badass, I still like Mad Men more because I can relate to advertising and drinking. I had never touched drugs and Breaking Bad has confirmed that I should never will. Both the writing and the cast are superb. Although I did not intended to finish it, I am glad I didn’t give up.

Despite his sweeping win in Wisconsin, Bernie Sanders still needs 57% of the delegates to secure the nomination. On the other hand, Hillary Clinton only needs 33%. At this point I am still with Clinton, but I will support Sanders of he gets the Democratic nomination.

As much as I appreciate Sanders’ inspiring movement, his radical changes are still not realistic. Eight years ago, we witnessed the promise of change and hope from Obama. Even though he had accomplished a great deal in his two terms, he didn’t make the radical changes that he hoped he could. The President alone cannot do much as we already seen in the past six years. The Republicans in the House and Senate blocked every move the president made. Even Obama acknowledged that he had learned his lessoned. He cannot change Washington completely. He had to do it in a progressive approach.

If Sanders wins, he will be facing the same roadblocks. We will be disappointed once again that he won’t be able to carry out his agendas. I completely understand how the young voters are feeling now because I was in their shoes eight years ago. Learning from experience, I prefer a candidate that has realistic views. Clinton is not promising what she cannot deliver, which makes her less popular than Sanders, but she is more convincing on the issues that she would like to accomplish.

Once again, my choice is still Clinton, but if Bernie wins, I rather vote for him than Donald Trump or Ted Cruz—the two divisive and dangerous candidates.

This review from The New Yorker seems to get the word mixed up. Daniel Wenger writes:

It was Vuong’s mother, a manicurist, who gave him his name. (He was born Vinh Quoc Vuong.) On a summer day at the nail salon, she told a customer that she wanted to go to the beach. She kept saying, “I want to go to the bitch,” Vuong told me. The customer suggested that she use the word “ocean” instead. Upon learning that the ocean is not a beach but a body of water that touches many countries—including Vietnam and the United States—she renamed her son.

The poet name is Vương, which means king. Dương, on the other hand, is ocean.

I can’t wait to take the workshop on “Type Design for Non-Type Designers” with Matteo Bologna. My goal is to understand enough technical requirements so I can experimenting with creating diacritical marks for open-source typefaces that don’t have support for the Vietnamese language. I am hopeful that the workshop can help me with my goal.