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Einstein's World
Words are flowing out like Endless rain into a paper cupThey slither wildly as they slip away across the universe.-- John Lennon, "Across the Universe"There are two kinds of people in the world: (1)...
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Mau, Silver, Chess & David Copperfield
“Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel..."--David Copperfield, Charles Dickens Mau, lovely Persian, jumps into the bed and prefers to perch on top of iPad covers,...
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A gift
Want to hear what the Universe sounds like? Put your ear to a seashell. For full HD effect, read Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach" while listening.-- William the HenrySilver and me2:57 a.m.It has become a...
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Has anybody seen my old friend John?
2013 Feb.17I am of the age when any event, even a minor one, triggers association of memories. Yesterday, DZMM TV flashed the news of the death of Governor Faustino Dy of Isabela. I focus on Isabela,...
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No Facebook status is as good as it appears, although sometimes, not often, it is better, but that will not last. Not one is as bad as it seems: all is worse. In a way, that's a nutshell way of...
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Tidbits
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons...-- T.S. EliotRizal's calling card in HongkongA colleague at People's Tonight once showed me a copy she had prepared for the backpage of the morning...
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Lakwatchamacallit
I saw a good movie on Channel 55 this morning, the Art of Getting By. As the laid-back title said -- and what the art professor in there said -- "It can be something big, it can be small, it can be...
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Pasada
Nanonood kami ni Leena ng Pawn Stars.Pogi: Bakit wala atang Chess set sa mga pawn shop?Leena: Wala namang kikitain sa Chess. Ano naman ang gagawin ng Chess set sa sanglaan?Pogi: Chess lang ang alam...
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This PNoy
President Noynoy Aquino, cleverly compressed into PNoy, can be considered a rarity in the steeply alpha Filipino culture -- truly a man only a mother can love. Many Filipinas will take umbrage at this...
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A kittycornered categorie
"This is Schoppi. He --""Schoppi?""Short for Schoppenhauer. He gets antsy around people. Must have received some kicks from some before we found him."Welcome to Kittycorner, the accidental orphanage...
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AFTER the storm
We do not and cannot criticize that1. The government has issued sufficient warning that the coming typhoon is strong. It has.2. The president and his officials had asked the people in the Yolanda's...
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Learning to write
A perplexed friend asked me, "I want to write, but I can't do it. Is there something I must know first to be able to do that?""0f course!" I said, surprised that he did not know the obvious answer....
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Discombobulation
Nadi-discombobulate ako pag medyo pilay ang Ingles ng mga newscasters (pwera sina idol Karen Davila at Constantino, parehong cute & grammatical). UNTIL: "I was calm until I saw Napoles, then I...
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Hunter's New Year message
I woke up late to join the photo session earlier, this last day of 2013, so I am chosen to represent the human family here, and several families of cats, including the foundlings, the strays who stayed...
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Blue's birthday
Dec. 24: Happy birthday, Blue, father to multitude of beautiful sons and daughters, grandfather and great-grandfather to the Ragdoll population in this part of the country. Live long and do more...
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A Fully Booked Afternoon
TIME's new Beatles bookAbout noon, Manilyn and I were sorting out boxes of used stamps in the Stamp Room when I received a text message. It's from "em of Fullybooked sm n0rth," informing me that "The...
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Frame by frame stories
The Time issue with Einstein on the cover is the first issue of our baby millennium, year 2000. (The right year to start the new millennium is 2001, but I'm not quibbling; I like the round figure...
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Putsang sinungaling
Bilang na ang araw niyo, peksman.Puwede ba yun? Magsinungaling nang katakut-takot sa Senate floor, tapos hihirit nang napaka-korning kanta? At nandu'n pa yung kahanga-hangang family members; at least...
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Unggoy
Privileged spits, June 11Ayan, nagpatutsada na rin si Sen. Jinggoy. Obviously na-impress ang hunghang sa pakulo ni Revilla nung Lunes. Ewan ko lang, ilusyon ba ni Jinggoy na pag tumayo siya sa podium...
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