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Power went out at around 2.30 p.m. I saw my computer monitor flicker then I heard an explosion from a distance. Of course, it must have happened in reverse order — the explosion came first before the monitor died. If I need evidence that sound travels, that’s it. Because the explosion took place from a [...]
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We don’t buy newspapers. Honestly. And even though I write for a newspaper. We read the news online. It saves trees. But, seriously, it’s because no one delivers papers door to door in our subdivision. Not even in the old subdivision where we used to live. If we want the newspaper, we have to go [...]
Continue reading 'The mask and yesterday’s horoscope' →
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We had pork and chicken adobo for dinner a few nights ago. When I took a piece of pork from the serving bowl, Alex commented that I shouldn’t eat the fatty pork belly because I do not have a gall bladder anymore. I said nothing and she continued in a slightly louder voice and higher [...]
Continue reading 'The day I stop enjoying life is the day I start to grow old' →
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You can’t make Sam wear a T-shirt that doesn’t make a definitive statement.
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Many people say it isn’t good to provide children with their own computers and internet access. More say it’s a mistake to let them go online unsupervised. I say that depends on how you teach your kids to use the computer and the internet. And it depends even more on what example you show. If [...]
Continue reading 'I have a lot to thank manga for' →
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Last Sunday, Alex was washing her hand in the kitchen when she called to show me something. I looked and said, “Hold it, let me take photos.” These were taken with my tiny iXus so the resolution and colors aren’t so good but, hey, at least I managed to capture the moment.
The girls played with [...]
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Except in places where tattoos and tattooing form part of the indigenous culture, I never could understand why some people would want to go through the painful process of having their bodies painted that way — permanently, at that. The Travel & Living Channel now has three shows on tattooing — the original Miami Ink, [...]
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More than one reader has e-mailed me with a happy note that I seem to be returning to political writing. Not really. It’s sort of a breather. For weeks, talk in the house has been centered on history and mythology and, sometimes, I yearn to talk and write about something different. So, no, I’m not [...]
Continue reading 'Too much talk about gods and artifacts' →
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If schedule permits, Alex may want to enroll in the Cartooning Workshop of the RMPF group.
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Speedy set the bread on the kitchen island then sat down two chairs away from me. I asked him if he wanted a mid-afternoon snack. “A sandwich?” I asked. “What kind?” he said.
“Meat loaf. Here,” and I pushed towards him the plate that you see in the photo.
“Oh,” he exclaimed, “I thought that was a cake for tonight’s dessert.”
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