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Apr.16.2013
Vân, Cúc, Trúc, and Trang; Dũng, Dai, Khôi and Phát. In my mother tongue these names carry music, cadence, poetry. They evoke for the listener images of clouds, peonies, bamboo, jade; acts of bravery or wishes for prosperity. In English, alas, they lose all meaning as the inflexible American...
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Feb.12.2013
by Andrew Lam
Mr. K. brought in the new kid near the end of the semester during what he called oral presentations and everybody else called eighth grade Show and Tell. This is Cao Long Nguyen, he said, and he's from Vietnam and immediately mean old Billy said cool!
What's...
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Jan.14.2013
At 3 am, the phone rang. This was a few years ago. “Hi, how are you?” I was groggy and the male voice unfamiliar, unsure. I should have hung up. Instead, I said, “I don’t think I know you.”
There was a short pause and then, “But I do. I am Lt. Commander X, and I want to talk with you.” Why...
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Oct.07.2012
I fell again. On my knees. Managed to get up. Did not feel any pain. Just getting back into a respectable position seemed more important. Next day, the ache began. Like a vulture waiting to pounce. Both the knees had bumps, rounded, curved, like clay on a potter's wheel. I did nothing....
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Sep.18.2012
I could hear a scratchy sound like someone clearing a bad throat. I turned it around, gave it a push, adjusted the cord. The edgy noise became a whimper. Dragging it a bit, its face towards me, it quietened down.
When I bought the pedestal fan, it was the time I was pretty much writing in...
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Sep.09.2012
Hello there my spiritual friend, it is good to see you again.
Today I would like to share; once again, Karl’s take on daily human experiences and the state of grace.
This is taken from his Theological Investigations, Vol. 3, ch. 6.
In short, he readies the reader with numerous potential situations...
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Aug.24.2012
Are there really NO answers in life? To the big questions, I mean? Is there a God? Is he a he? A she? An it? Where is God? I used to think God was “up there” somewhere or “out there” somewhere. But then, when I was young, I had no idea how impossible it is to wrap my head around “out there,”...
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Aug.17.2012
I sat on the beach listening to all the different people and watching the behaviors of various individuals out of my own personal interest. This interest turned into wonder when I heard the mother say to her 4 year old, "Billie! Get away from the water until you know know...
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Jul.03.2012
Earlier today I participated in a discussion via commenting within the confines of the well known social website known as Facebook. The discussion started out with some fairly negative feelings regarding a certain type of benefit people receive to help them "make it" in...
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Jun.19.2012
Defending the Defenseless
Make justice your aim: redress the wronged,
hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.
--Isaiah 1, 17
After Mom passed, my father completely lost the will to live. He could not do...
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