Win a $800 Bike

Theme, “bi-monthly lifestyle magazine that focuses on stories about contemporary Asian culture,” celebrates the re-launch of its website by giving away a Giant Metro Suede Bike worth $800. All you have to do is give them a bike tour of your city. The site redesign is clean, simple, organized and just beautiful.

14 Vietnamese Died in Bus Crash

Associate Press:

A charter bus carrying Vietnamese worshippers on a pilgrimage ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and plunged onto a roadway below early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said.

No Comeback

Lam Truong’s new album Ngay Hom Nay flops again. No coming back for him.

Obama is Right

Michael Grunwald’s “The Tire-Gauge Solution: No Joke“:

The Bush Administration estimates that expanded offshore drilling could increase oil production by 200,000 bbl. per day by 2030. We use about 20 million bbl. per day, so that would meet about 1% of our demand two decades from now. Meanwhile, efficiency experts say that keeping tires inflated can improve gas mileage 3%, and regular maintenance can add another 4%. Many drivers already follow their advice, but if everyone did, we could immediately reduce demand several percentage points. In other words: Obama is right.

Going to check my tires today. It’s been a while.