A brief profile on me in the new issue of the School of Business Newsletter.

NPR profiles the swing master Count Basie:

From 1935 to his death in 1984, pianist and bandleader Count Basie led one of the most important jazz institutions of the 20th century, in the process forging a distinctive sound that changed the jazz landscape. By merging the sounds of his musical upbringing in Harlem and Kansas City, he developed a unique brand of swinging blues that made audiences across the world want to dance.

Listen to the program here.

Quite a hilarious list of “How to tell if a woman wants to have sex with you.” My favorite is when “she asks who you are voting for”:

This question only has one right answer. If you say McCain, she’ll think you are too conservative. If you say Clinton, she’ll think you are patronizing her. If you say Obama, she’ll start a debate about the current political gridlock in Washingtion. You should say, Ron Paul, because chicks dig guys who live dangerously or that are crazy and voting for Paul puts you in both categories.

Didn’t know Ron Paul could score you some action.

A web designer who lives up to his brand: simple. clean. professional.

Photos of the earthquake captured during a wedding.

“McCain’s YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare“

75,000 Oregonians turn out to hear Obama speaks.

Mr. Narcissist transforms himself once again from the queen of drama into the angel of drama in his new release Hanh Phuc Cuoi. Moved by a gay relationship in a Chinese soap opera, Dam Vinh Hung penned the lyrics for the title track. The romantic ballad turns out to be as campy as it gets. But that’s nothing compared to his rendition of Bao Long’s “Nuoi Tiec Muon Mang,” a pop-trash ballad ruined by the smooth saxophone and his wimp-out whine. With cheap productions accompanying a badly deteriorated voice, this album, from concept to design, is garbage. In an interview, he bragged that Dam Vinh Hung never allows himself to put out bad records. True, they aren’t bad, just fucking suck.

A high school classmate wrote on my Facebook Wall:

Multimedia design and web development? I KNOW you didn’t learn how to do that by playing “spades” at McCaskey!

All I did in class were playing spades with American friends, Tien Len with Vietnamese friends and about ten percent on real school work. That year the school system tried to do something a bit different to prepare us for “real work” project. So instead of going through the traditional class-by-class subjects, it was combined into a project where we had to do research and present our case study. I don’t even remember what we did, but our project has to incorporate math, English, biology, history and so forth. Bryce (my classmate) and I were partner so we knocked the project out in about a week and used the rest of the semester playing spades with two other guys.

At the time, I felt a bit guilty, but then they didn’t seem to care so was just like “fuck it.” I was afraid that my grades would slip and I didn’t get the “proper” education, but it turned out fine. If I were to do it over again, would I do it differently? Hell no. I feel no regret about it. I don’t even know why kids drop out of high school, because you really don’t have to do much and still not fail. Just show up in class and try to do something fun to pass the time.

Today:

Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush’s request to immediately pump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enough demand to increase production.

In 2000:

Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase their supply of crude.