On Your Songs, Harry Connick, Jr. uses the Frank Sinatra swag to reinvigorate classic popular tunes by the likes of Billy Joe, Elton John and Nat King Cole. The results are mixed. His version of Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling In Love With You” is straightforward yet enticing thanks to the help of Wynton Marsalis’s gorgeous solo. On “And I Love Her,” Connick gives the Beatle’s classic song a sensational cover by wrapping his luscious, nasal voice around the lush bossa nova arrangement. On the other hand, tracks like Sinatra’s “All the Way,” Leroy Jones’s “(They Long to Be) Close to You” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Some Enchanted Evening” sound like Christmas shopping mall music.

I am back at work today and only a few hours away from my boy, yet I miss Duke terribly. On Tuesday, I was coughing and sneezing so I couldn’t be near him even though we were in the same house. Yesterday, I felt much better so I spent a whole day with him. Dana and I took him to the doctor yesterday for his six-month visit. Disappointedly Duke only weighs 14lbs and 6oz, which is only in the 10 percentiles. Feeding him in the morning is quite difficult. The only time he would take the milk is when he was about to fall asleep. The problem was that he could only take 3oz before he fell asleep.

The doctor encouraged us to let him sleep on his own. The problem is he would roll over as soon as I placed him in the crib. He would rub his face against the sheet or drag his face by pushing his feet. He would get all rash all over his face. I tried to hold him on his back, but he would scream and wake up. I held him in my chest for ten minutes and he slept like a puppy. After that I can gently placed him in his crib.

Last night, I fed him some sweet potato for dinner. He ate so well that I kept feeding him and feeding him until he threw everything back out. I should have stopped when he had enough. I am now sitting here reminiscing on the time we spent yesterday. The beautiful smile on his eczema-laced face revealing his two bottom teeth is what I miss the most.

I read Dr. Seuss’s ABC to Cu Dao today and I couldn’t keep a straight face on some of his nonsensical verses including “Camel on the ceiling,” “Lazy lion licks a lollipop” and the very very very best ” Vera Violet Vinn is very very very awful on her violin.”

San Jose police officers caught on tape beating an unarmed Vietnamese student with baton and taser gun:

The video shows police standing over Ho in a hallway of his house for more than two minutes. During that time, one officer strikes Ho with a metal baton more than 10 times — at times swinging it with both hands — while another officer leans in and uses his Taser gun.

Damn!

Duke got sick, then his mom and now me. Duke is getting better so I am afraid he would catch the virus from me again so I am doing my best to stay away from him. Slept on the couch last night and tried not to hold him or kiss him. My mom coined (cao gio) my back this morning. I feel a bit better but still sneezing like crazy. Damn, I hate being sick.

I apologize for the messiness around here in the last couple of hours. Instead of tweaking the design on my laptop, I did it right on the server. I wouldn’t do this for client or GWSB sites, but Visualgui.com is my personal playground so I don’t mind letting people see what the heck I am doing with it. I made the header much bigger and took out the slideshow feature. It started to get stale after awhile with not much contents to cycle through. That’s pretty much it for now!

I have not read a single book by Dr. Seuss. In fact, the only time I heard of Dr. Seuss was at Vassar’s 2004 commencement Address by Samuel L. Jackson. At the end of his speech, Jackson read a passage from Oh, the Places You’ll Go! and I thought it was witty and appropriate. A couple of weeks ago, I told Dana that we should get a few Dr. Seuss books for Cu Dao.

I was working from home last Friday and the mailman delivered a big box. I opened the door and he dropped the box right on my lap and I almost staggered because I didn’t expect a heavy box. I opened it up and there were 50 books by Dr. Suess. I called up Dana and she told me she bid them on eBay. I guess we will be reading a lot of Dr. Seuss books to Cu Dao. Can’t wait!

Katie is three months older than Duke. Her dad and I are drinking buddies and we have joked that we will be in-law in the future. I love Kate because she is totally opposite from Cu Dao. Unlike Duke who is like a monkey on coke, Katie is quite calm. Most of the time she would just sit at one spot and play with her toys. When I hold her in my lap she would stay still.

Unfortunately Kate and her family will be moving to the west coast. Last weekend, my sister-in-law threw a farewell party for them. We put Duke and Kate together. Kate sat still, but Duke kept trying to grab her sweater. I had to pull him away several times. Kate just looked at him and unexpectedly returned with a poke in his face. It was so hilarious.

I still curse at myself every time I pass by the Bon-Ton department store in Lancaster. One time, back in 9th or 10th grade, my best friend and I were browsing through the Bon-Ton for like half an hour but couldn’t find what we like. Suddenly an elder white sale clerk asked us to leave the store. As we were leaving, a bunch of old white folks clapped and cheered.

From that day on I never set my foot back into the Bon-Ton again. I also realized how stupid and wimpy I was for walking away and not pressing any charges. I could have easily cashed in a couple hundred thousands. Two Asian guys were asked to leave the store. That was racist so fuck the Bon-Ton.

Grandparents went on a cruise yesterday. Cu Dao got a fever and running nose. Dana and I worked from home to babysit him until we pick up my mom this weekend.

We were doing our work at the dining table and suddenly heard a big drop right above us then followed by a scream. I dashed upstairs and the little guy was underneath his crib. I pulled him out and held him my arms. Dana came up with tears in her eyes. Luckily we have carpet so he wasn’t hurt so bad. I did a little peekaboo and tears turned into laughter.

What happen was Dana didn’t pull the rails all the way up. Usually we don’t have to because the rail would still be too high for him even it’s halfway down. Somehow he managed to get himself over the rail. We have lowered his mattress and will remember to pull the rail up because the little guy can’t seem to stay still. He wears both of us out every night trying to put him to sleep. The good thing about the accident is that his temperature has also dropped. He’s now doing a bit better. No pain no gain.