Is Logicgui.com a coincident or an inspiration? Either way, I am flattered that we also have another Vietnamese gui.

My project for Vassar’s Campus Activities has finally launched. The clean, simple design replies on vibrant typography to create a sense of liveliness. A huge thank to Megg for her awesome collaboration.

In addition, Chris revives Drama with his skillful illustration and typographic treatment while Tim brings a fresh new vibe to the English department. Fantastic job, guys!

We get quite a bit of painting done this week thanks to my father-in-law. He drove all the way from New Jersey on Saturday just to help us paint. My man did four bedrooms, dinning room and family room with the help of my sister-in-law. He is just too awesome.

The color of the rooms are looking good. Although I am suck at painting, I am proud of the color palette I have come up for each room. They come out the way I wanted. I have been working from 7 to 7 for the past three days. I am exhausted and the fume is giving me a headache, but I am very excited as the moving day is coming closer.

After several weeks with countless estimates, we decided to go with F.H. Furr to replace our entire heating and air conditioning system. Not only Furr is giving us a very competitive price, but the company is also has a deal with Home Depot for a 12-month-no-interest finance. We picked the Trane XL 15i Heat Pump and a 4TEE Variable Speed Air Handlers. The system will be installed this Thursday.

I still have yet to treat the cluster flies in the attic. Thanks to my “distance cousin” who is a reader of this site for all the tips. I have to get to that pretty soon. That’s pretty much it for now.

How was your Valentine’s Day? After a whole day spent on the house, I stopped by a store picked up roses, a balloon and an ice cream cake for my lovely lady who deserves all the love. Although she is not working on the house and I am banning her from staying at the house because of the fume, she has the hardest job. My boy is getting big and carrying him around is a tough job. I have to give her all the props for that.

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and even if your lover is a big fan of Bang Kieu, do not give her his latest CD, Nhac Yeu Cau, unless you want her to leave your ass. Listening to the album while driving home yesterday almost made me become Michael Douglas’s character in Falling Down.

From the opening cover of Pham Duy’s “Chuyen Tinh Buon” to the closing of Truong Sa’s “Mot Mai Em Di,” the only thing Bang Kieu added to the depressing tunes are his diva drama. His version Vu Thanh An’s “Tinh Khuc Thu Nhat” is like Celine Dion meets Kenny G. His feminine high pitch and the smooth saxophone just make me want to jump off the Washington Monument. If Tran Thien Thanh “Tinh Dau Tinh Cuoi” and Duy Quang’s “Kiep Dam Me” aren’t two of the most depressing songs of all time, Bang Kieu has just put them on the chart. As if one diva isn’t schmaltzy enough, Bang Kieu invites diva Tran Thu Ha to join him on Nguyen Vu’s “Loi Cuoi Cho Em” and Tran Thien Thanh’s “Khi Nguoi Yeu Toi Khoc,” and they sound like two broken-hearted broads crying over each other’s shoulder.

It’s safe to say that any album released under Thuy Nga production you can just toss creativity and innovation out the window. In fact, Bang Kieu is not trying to make anything imaginative here because he knows that these tunes have been covered to death and there isn’t much he can do with them. The quickest and easiest way to cash in on them is to make them as dramatic as possible and he does so damn well without even blinking.

The Bad Plus, Spanish Harlem Orchestra: The Shape Of Jazz To Come

The School of Business homepage gets a new slideshow. I cropped up 100 photos to start out with.

Damn, did Van Quynh upgraded her twins? They are quite gigantic.

And I have nothing to write.

Every curse word from every episode of The Sopranos stitched together.

Daniel Lyons “learned the hard way: while blogs can do many wonderful things, making huge amounts of money isn’t one of them.”