Hoa Ngo http://hoango.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:38:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Retcon http://hoango.com/2012/01/31/retcon/ http://hoango.com/2012/01/31/retcon/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:37:06 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=164 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.”…

]]> 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.”

]]> http://hoango.com/2012/01/31/retcon/feed/ 0 Blank sheets of paper http://hoango.com/2011/12/17/blank-sheets-of-paper/ http://hoango.com/2011/12/17/blank-sheets-of-paper/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:13:18 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=149 “Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.” —Gene Fowler…

]]> “Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.” —Gene Fowler

]]> http://hoango.com/2011/12/17/blank-sheets-of-paper/feed/ 0 The Dragon Reformed http://hoango.com/2011/11/22/the-dragon-reformed/ http://hoango.com/2011/11/22/the-dragon-reformed/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:15:14 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=146 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 …

]]> 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 pages in early internet history. But what could I possibly have had to say about nutrition?

]]> http://hoango.com/2011/11/22/the-dragon-reformed/feed/ 0 The Man in the (Plastic) Iron Mask http://hoango.com/2011/10/22/the-man-in-the-plastic-iron-mask/ http://hoango.com/2011/10/22/the-man-in-the-plastic-iron-mask/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:29:30 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=142 I travel to the &Now Conference and UCSD, site of my past glory transgressions. Look for me where the red tide rises.…

]]> I travel to the &Now Conference and UCSD, site of my past glory transgressions. Look for me where the red tide rises.

]]> http://hoango.com/2011/10/22/the-man-in-the-plastic-iron-mask/feed/ 0 200 http://hoango.com/2011/09/24/200/ http://hoango.com/2011/09/24/200/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:07:59 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=135 Participated in a reading for Hamilton College’s Bicentennial Celebration. The crowd laughed in the right spots (mostly)–generally a good sign. Thanks to the receptive audience and my fellow readers for an enjoyable afternoon!…

]]> Participated in a reading for Hamilton College’s Bicentennial Celebration. The crowd laughed in the right spots (mostly)–generally a good sign. Thanks to the receptive audience and my fellow readers for an enjoyable afternoon!

]]> http://hoango.com/2011/09/24/200/feed/ 0 I have been a stranger in a strange land http://hoango.com/2011/09/02/i-have-been-a-stranger-in-a-strange-land/ http://hoango.com/2011/09/02/i-have-been-a-stranger-in-a-strange-land/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:29:09 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=133 All around me I see geekdom. But I recognize none of it.…

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

]]> http://hoango.com/2011/09/02/i-have-been-a-stranger-in-a-strange-land/feed/ 0 Boys of summer http://hoango.com/2011/08/15/boys-of-summer/ http://hoango.com/2011/08/15/boys-of-summer/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:52:09 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=129 My traveling companion is four years old. He is the child of my first marriage.…

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

]]> http://hoango.com/2011/08/15/boys-of-summer/feed/ 0 This is the sea http://hoango.com/2011/07/16/this-is-the-sea/ http://hoango.com/2011/07/16/this-is-the-sea/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:12:50 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=126 More wave propulsion research.…

]]> More wave propulsion research.

]]> http://hoango.com/2011/07/16/this-is-the-sea/feed/ 0 Immovable Feast http://hoango.com/2011/06/02/immovable-feast/ http://hoango.com/2011/06/02/immovable-feast/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:10:25 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=123 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.…

]]> 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.

]]> http://hoango.com/2011/06/02/immovable-feast/feed/ 0 Short Story Month http://hoango.com/2011/05/18/short-story-month/ http://hoango.com/2011/05/18/short-story-month/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 03:34:56 +0000 Admin http://hoango.com/?p=106 The approach of summer and surf always reminds me of Haruki Murakami’s “Hanalei Bay.” Part 1 | Part 2…

]]> The approach of summer and surf always reminds me of Haruki Murakami’s “Hanalei Bay.” Part 1 | Part 2

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