The Miami Herald on Obama’s firm position:

Not all Americans like what he stands for, but they know who he is. He has championed the middle class and has a larger, more tolerant notion of America that includes closing the inequality gap and evening the playing field, as exemplified by making an equal-pay-for-women bill the first law he signed. He has fought for the DREAM Act on behalf of the immigrant youths brought here by their parents, and he wants a Supreme Court that will continue to support Roe v. Wade. That’s crucial.

Just finished putting together the process book for my Advanced Typography project. We had to create a dining out guide to showcase the restaurants we picked. The guide (pdf) came out pretty nice. Each restaurant gets its own theme. The guide was created using Illustrator. I have been using Illustrator quite a bit for this class and I am loving it even though I am still suck at drawing and illustrating.

Why Washington Post endorses “Four more years for President Obama” instead of Mitt Romney:

The sad answer is there is no way to know what Mr. Romney really believes. His unguarded expression of contempt for 47 percent of the population seems as sincere as anything else we’ve heard, but that’s only conjecture… Every politician changes his mind sometimes; you’d worry if not. But rarely has a politician gotten so far with only one evident immutable belief: his conviction in his own fitness for higher office.

When brushing Dan’s teeth this morning, I held his face next to mine and looked at the mirror. Holy crap, the kid looks so much like me from his spiky hair to his big head to his cute smile. Yet the biggest common we shared is food. Unlike Dao who hardly has an appetite for food and is obsessed with cars and trains, Dan is all about food. Whenever he sees me eating something, he would crawl to me, pull himself up and try to snatch whatever on my hand. He seems to have quite a bit of food allergies so we have to be careful what we give him.

At 11-month, he already has 12 teeth. Because of his big appetite, he seems to be happy most of the time. All I have to do is giving him food whenever he gets fussy. At night, when he gets up and cries I just hand him a bottle of milk and he feeds himself back to sleep. The major problem with his good appetite is that he would eat anything he could get his hands on. This morning he even tried to eat styrofoam while I was trying to iron my clothes. We can’t leave him alone for 15 seconds without him putting something in his mouth.

Dao never had that problem when he was at that age. We could let him play with beads and not afraid that he’ll put them in his mouth. Dan is the total opposite. From car toys to pennies to pieces from his play mat, everything gets on his hand would ends up in his mouth as well. On the good side, feeding him is an ease. He would finish a bowl of cereal or baby food in less than five minutes. He would scream if we don’t feed him fast enough. I used to get bored feeding Dao because he took forever to eat. He would do anything to distract us from feeding him.

I have to say having two kids is quite a joyful experience. Each gives me a different appreciation. Before Dan comes into our life, one of my worries is that we won’t be able to spend time with Dao, but that has not been the case. We still do many things together like we used to and Dan seems to enjoy the experience as well.

When I was still at Vassar College I had the opportunity to worked with a group of talented web designers and front-end developers. Almost on a daily basis, we collaborated on projects and shared best practices on web design. Although Tim and I have moved on, we still keep in touch with the group to share our knowledge and to keep everyone up-to-date.

Since keeping up with best practices is what we do everyday and we’re no longer in the same building, it makes sense that we have a place where we could collaborate. As a result, we launched Web Design Best Practices (WDBP). Mad kudos to Chris and Ray (the two still at Vassar) for putting the site together. I haven’t contribute much simply because I am still overwhelmed with work and homework, but I am very excited to have a resource that I can use and contribute.

Richard Mourdock, GOP Senate nominee, opposes abortion even in the case of rape because “it is something that God intended.”

This kind of religious belief freaks me out.

John Franklin Stephens responses to Ann Coulter’s tweet calling the President retard:

After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.

The whole letter is worth reading.

Los Angeles Times

Monday’s presidential debate, the third and last between President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney, featured a forceful and articulate defense of Obama’s foreign policy. That was no surprise. What was surprising was that it came from Romney.

Who would be best to implement Barack Obama’s foreign policy, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?

In the final debate, Mitt Romney agreed with almost every Barack Obama’s foreign policy. He even congratulated Obama “on taking out Osama bin Laden and going after the leadership in Al Qaeda.” Then he went on about making peace: “Our purpose is to make sure the world is more—is peaceful. We want people to be able to enjoy their lives and know they’re going to have a bright and prosperous future, not be at war.” A man who proposes to increase 2 trillion dollars in military is now talking about peace? Now that is a true case of Romnesia.

Obama dominated the debate last night and proved that he has the intelligent to take on foreign issues. His response to Romney’s lies were quite aggressive with lines like, “Governor Romney, you keep trying to airbrush history” and “Your strategy previously has been one that has been all over the map.” When Romney falsely accused him of the “apology tour,” he fired back, “the biggest whopper that’s been told during the course of this campaign.” Romney sank so bad in the debate that he kept saying, “attacking me is not going to help.” It sure helped him in the first debate when he attacked Obama.

“Obama’s agenda gives steady hand to economic growth”:

Principled leadership, consensus and time are required. Obama’s accomplishments and positions on health care, higher education, and economic and social issues continue to make him the best choice for the interests at home in Southern Arizona and in our country.