Monthly Archives: January 2021

Bilingual poem Tomorrow when I dieMai anh chết Mai anh chết, em có bàng hoàng lặng tímNhớ ngày nào hai đứa mới quen nhauAnh ngất ngưởng cuồng say nhiều mộng tưởngBiết anh thương, vờ nói chuyện đâu đâu Xa em … Continue reading →

Epistemology and Everything Else The way I see it—and I grant that I may be all wet and wrong in my view, but I doubt that—everybody has a worldview and an overarching narrative as to why we are here and … Continue reading →

Wissai’s Comment: Religious folks prefer CERTITUDE to TRUTH. Free thinkers value Truth over Certitude because Certitude is not necessarily synonymous with Truth. Truth is verifiable whereas Religious Certitude is heavily laced and gravid with Belief and Faith which cannot be … Continue reading →

America, Land of Exile and Adopted Homeland This is a work in progress. I am jotting down thoughts that have percolated in my mind in the months leading to and after the November 3, 2020 Election in America, the land … Continue reading →

Me, Me, Me The Russian Dostoevsky once wrote that everybody talked about themselves with pleasure. The Frenchman Blaise Pascal said that the Self is detestable, and the Vietnamese, especially the half-baked intellectuals, aped their colonial masters and repeated “le moi … Continue reading →

Yêu Em Anh Làm Thơ Có lần em hỏiAnh biết làm thơBiết tự thuở nào ?Từ thuở mộng mơ Thơ anh là gióTóc em là mâyGió qua khung sổThổi tóc mây bay Thơ anh là mưaMắt em giòng sôngMưa rơi … Continue reading →

People, Events, and Ideas (EXPANDED)  Eleanor Roosevelt famously said that great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and small minds discuss people. Voilà, there you have it. Now you know who you really are. A person can only discuss … Continue reading →

Câu chuyện Khổng Tử và Lão tử gặp nhau. Hơn hai ngàn năm trước có cuộc gặp kì lạ giữa Khổng và Lão. Khổng ngồi kiệu đi trên đại lộ. Ngài vừa phe phẩy chiếc quạt, vừa lim dim đôi … Continue reading →

People, Events, and Ideas Eleanor Roosevelt famously said that great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and small minds discuss people. Voilà, there you have it. Now you know who you really are. A person can only discuss things … Continue reading →

WISSAI’S COMMENT: ALL HUMANS LIE, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. THE ONLY DIFFERENCES LIE (YES, PUN INTENDED) IN THE FREQUENCY AND THE MOTIVE. ALL FICTION WRITERS LIE AND EMBELLISH. IT’S PART OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS. WHETHER THE LYING IS GOOD … Continue reading →