Hoa Ngo

The way it should have been becomes the way it always was becomes the only way in which you know it.

Uncommon usage: “I’ve retconned my life.”…

Pulled from an ancient and now-defunct web directory: “Fiction writer at University of Missouri, English Department. Focus on martial arts, Goju-Ryu specifically, as well as weight training, physical fitness, and nutrition as applied to karate. Bruce Lee image page.”

It may come as no surprise that I had one of the most popular Bruce Lee …

All around me I see geekdom. But I recognize none of it.…

My traveling companion is four years old. He is the child of my first marriage.…

More wave propulsion research.…

This is the first time in three years that I haven’t had to rent a truck and move all my belongings in the high heat of summer. I intend to enjoy it.…

Winter’s knife.
Piles and piles of useless paper.
A supposedly funny book I’ll never teach again.…

Returning to Missouri for a visit, it was the small things I missed and appreciated the most.…

I quit my job as managing editor of The Missouri Review and moved to New York.  Upon arrival, I ran the Utica Boilermaker 15K (while still recovering from a cold) and finished in 7748th place.  A good start.…