A fascinating profile of Melania Trump in the New Yorker. Lauren Collins writes:
Melania is the ultimate embodiment of Trump’s bargain with the American electorate. If the Obama promise was that he was you, the Trump promise is that you are him.
She concludes:
The Trumps’ marriage, in business terms, might be thought of as a limited partnership, with Donald as the managing partner. His woman view is his world view: no reciprocity, no exchange, a one-way flight.
Nữa phần đầu của sách về bệnh khớp tôi không đọc. Chỉ đọc nữa phần sau về bệnh gout. Bác sĩ Lê Anh Sơn giải thích rõ và gọn về lịch sữ bệnh gout và những cách điều trị qua thuốc Tây, Đông y, và đặc biệt là sản phẩm mới của Hoàng Thống Phong. Bác sĩ Lê Anh Sơn viết:
Gần đây, trên thị trường xuất hiện một sản phẩm có nguồn gốc hoàn toàn từ thảo dược như Hoàng Thống Phong được coi là một dấu hiệu đáng mừng cho bệnh nhân gout. Hoàng Thống Phong là loại thực phẩm chức năng (thực phẩm thuốc) có tác dụng hỗ trợ điều trị và phòng ngừa gout.
Hoàng Thống Phong là sự phối hợp của những thảo dược: Trạch tả, nhọ nồi, ba kích, hạ khô thảo, thổ phục linh, nhàu, được sản xuất theo bản quyền công nghệ của Fuma Natural (Mỹ).
Hoàng Thống Phong không chỉ giúp bệnh nhân giảm đau đón gây ra bới đợt gout cấp mà còn hỗ trợ phục hồi chức năng chuyển hóa của gan, thận, tăng cường tuần hoàn máu lưu thông, aciđ urique không đọng thành các tinh thể urate ở khớp, cơ và dễ dàng được đào thải qua thận cùng dường tiêu hóa, qua đó phòng ngừa tái phát các con gout cấp, hỗ trợ điều tri bệnh gout. Đặc biệt sản phẩm này đã được sử dụng rất phổ biến ở Mỹ với tên gọi gout well và cho hiệu quả rất khả quan sau một đựt người bệnh sử dụng từ 3-6 tháng.
Không biết thuốc này có tin được không? Bạn nào thử rồi xin góp ý. Ngoài thuốc này, tôi sẽ làm theo những sinh hoạt bác sĩ đề nghị như ngâm chân nước nóng pha muối mỗi tối, tắm sông, tắm biển, và dỉ nhiên là chế độ ăn uống. Tôi cũng sẽ thử nước có bicarbonate để thải bớt uric acid ra ngoài.
Bạn nào bệnh gout nên tìm đọc sách này.
A hilarious speech from Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Great commentary from Vinson Cunningham on Obama and Wilmore whose speed was also fantastic.
First my gout flared up then the washer broke. I tried to fix it and I screwed up the water level pipe. The water overflowed. Fortunately my mother-in-law discovered it before the water flooded the entire basement. I spent Tuesday night vacuumed up all the water.
On Wednesday, we decided to get a new washer because the current one makes rambunctious noise when it spin. The delivery came this morning, but could not fit through the laundry room. For some reasons, the previous owners had extended the wall a bit after they already had the washer and dryer in. This weekend, I have to cut the wall in order to get the new washer through and the old one out. What a pain.
Speaking of pain, my gout is somewhat under control. I have been eating healthier. I am avoiding red meat, seafood, as well as alcohol. Mad props to my wife for taking great care of me. That’s real love. I am definitely a very lucky dude. I am very appreciative of having a loving family and I don’t want to take them for granted. I want to spend as much time with them as I could.
In addition to eating healthier, I have been trying to sleep better. I go to bed the same time the boys go to bed. The iPhone is now out of the bedroom at night. I don’t even open up my laptop after work, which means no more late night blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, working, freelancing, or learning new technologies. I also deleted both Twitter and Facebook off my phone.
A week before my birthday, I deactivated my Facebook account simply because I don’t want to get any birthday wishes. My birthday had passed, but I still haven’t reactivated my account. Maybe I don’t need to any longer.
I am still obsessed with reading. I have been visiting the public library frequently to get my hands on new nonfiction books. I guess I won’t be reading much this weekend. I have to cut the wall and mow the lawn. I hate doing these chords. I rather take the kids out on the weekend and drive them around during nap time. So many responsibilities when you own a house and I have never been a handyman. If I have the luxury, I would hire others to take care of those things for me, but I don’t so I must do it.
Một bài nhạc mới mang âm hưởng Huế của nhạc sĩ Võ Tá Hân phổ thơ của Cao Nguyên. Nhạc phẩm được Diệu Hiền trình bài đẹp và thơ mộng. Mời nghe.
Our Fios Internet has been slowed and dropped constantly the past few months. I was hoping the router would fix itself so I don’t have to call Verizon’s customer service, but the problem has not been fixed and my wife kept pressing me to call so I did yesterday. I dialed 1-800-837-4966 and managed to get a representative after selecting some options. After taking down my account information and the issue, she transferred me to tech support. Again, after taking down my information and issue, anther representative transferred to Fios department. Again, after taking down my information and issue, anther representative transferred to Fios tech support. Then the Fios tech support transferred me back to the the same original options I first got when I dialed the 1-800 number. Wasting 45 minutes, I was led to nowhere and all I simply wanted was a new router.
Baer’s take on customer service: response to every complaint in social media and online forums. The book simply states the obvious and provides examples of companies that do well in customer experience. In today’s business, providing an excellent experience for your customers is not a choice, but a requirement. If you haven’t done that already in your organization, you should definitely pick up this book. Otherwise, it is not that helpful. In addition, the writing tends to be dried with all the business figures.
I am thirty-eight today and I have gout. Both of my feet are killing me. Life is over if I don’t have a loving, supporting family. From diet to remedy, my wife has done everything she could to help me deal with my pain. On top of that, she takes care of all of the boys in the house. My sons are blessed with a wonderful mom and I am super lucky to have a fantastic wife. She is the anchor of this family.
I gave myself forty, but my body is already falling apart at thirty-eight. What’s next? High blood pressure? High cholesterol? Diabetes? Strokes? Cancer? Something is going to take over my body soon.
I used to think that when that time comes I’ll deal with it. Now I feel like it is already here and ready to explode anytime. As a result, I want to spend as much time with my family while I still can because life’s a bitch and you never know when you will go.
Just earlier this week, I already failed my duty. For the past couple of weeks, our daily routine was walking with my sons from our house to the school’s playground. I would push Xuân’s stroller while Đạo and Đán would tag along. Đạo had always looked forward that time after school. I couldn’t do it this week because my gout flared up and it was way too painful to walk. Đạo got upset even though I explained to him the reason I could not do it. Although his frustration is unreasonable, I felt that I had let him down. I need to be physically capable of being with them.
Then again, at thirty-eight I am glad that I am the only one that is suffering. My wife and three sons are healthy. Seeing the kids grow day by day is a joy. My mom and my mother-in-law are doing good. Raising three boys without my mother-in-law would have been extremely difficult. I am thankful everyday for her presence. All the grandsons (five and one more on the way) love her. She had helped raised every single one of them. She has such a loving heart.
As for my mom, she has some health issues, but she seems to take care of herself while helping out my sister and her two kids. I feel guilty for not being around her much these days, but not a second that I don’t think of her.
For my birthday wish, I want nothing more than good health for my little family. I love them way too much.