I'll be the first to admit that my days of knowing everything about popular music ended at about the same time that I packed my bags and...

I took the girls out to see "Iron Man" last night. Excellent movie if I do say so. My landlord... or the fairer half of my husban...

Today, at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton's campaign will present the following twisted arguments : (1) ...

The most recent great innovation in television has been TIVO... which is the love child of the VCR and the home computer, making the recordi...

Several of you readers poo-pooed my happy optimism that the piso might have finally bottomed out, even telling me to brace myself for 25-26 ...

Zamboanga is the mountainous state out on the Sulu archipelago wherein live the 200 or so teenage (and younger) members of Abu Sayyaf... the...

Here in the Philippines there are lots of little miniature vans from China used for deliveries and are particularly popular as "multica...

(I know it's Tuesday. As Epril would say, I'm on Filipino time.) Vinnie is negotiating with a stork on shipping costs for a baby sis...

In case you didn't know it... Koreans hate America . They really , really , really hate America .

With all of the illegal immigrants being chased off by crazy rednecks in pickup trucks driving along the border, American farmers are findin...

Still not much going on. Mike and Marissa Turner had their baby's Christening last Sunday at church, and a party afterwards. That'...

There are 6 ways to count the popular vote in the Democratic Primary. In 4 of them, Hillary is behind. In 2 of them, Hillary is ahead. Here ...

In matchups in the general election for President against the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, it is quite true that Hillary Clinton...

What'll they think of next? Wind-powered boats? Of all the green technologies I'm excited about, solar power easily tops the list. O...

I can sum this movie up very simply: Our whip-carrying adventurer needs help getting out of quicksand, but manages to survive a nuclear expl...

It was Dimple's 8th birthday today. We bought her a cake and mom cooked enough spaghetti and pancit to feed the entire village. Dimple k...

This video may not be much to look at, until you think about it: What you are looking at is a manmade machine... a remote control toy car, ...

That's a 5.8% rise from 40.5 in 2½ months. I'm becoming optimistic that this may last. (The Thai Baht is turning around a bit too,...

"Think Locally F**K Globally" from Gogol Bordello... a band of Ukranian Gypsies playing punk rock with a lead singer who is a cros...

Life has been rather uneventful here lately. I go to bed at about 11:00, wake up at about 8:00. I surf the internet for a few hours while I ...

I'm quite sure that Republican bigwigs tune into this blog on a regular basis, so I'd like to offer a little advice: You know how yo...

Darrell Dickey spent a total of $45,000 to put solar panels on the roof of his garage, and buy an all-electric Toyota RAV4 EV. He took out ...

The Washington Post has a good article on how much racism people campaigning for Barack Obama are facing. Meanwhile, West Virginia — one of...

I used to have this weekly feature on my old blog . My sister would send cute pictures of her nephew, Vincent... one of the cutest babies on...

You wanted to know where your flying car of the future was? Coming right up . The Terrafugia Transition will go from road-ready to flight-re...

On Friday night, I went out to dinner at Laguna Café, which is one of Cagayan's fanciest Filipino restaurants. Nice enough place, and go...

I've been jonesing so bad for a sandwich. A sandwich here in Cagayan can be described thusly: Take two rather thick slices of sweetened ...

I was just sitting here reading about how the military dictatorship in Myanmar is making relief efforts for the millions of people within it...

I went out to lunch at the Turkish restaurant, Tourquoise, at SM today with Epril. After that, we did some food shopping at SM Grocery Stor...

OK, get this: Rush Limbaugh is this conservative/Republican radio talk show host in America. For the last month or so, he has been promoting...

Apparently when you grow up in the jungle in The Philippines, you have two ways to pass your time: You either learn how to sing, or you lea...

Sorry about not writing much lately. My priorities got out of whack, and I was focusing on work instead of where my attenion should be: Here...

Over the past 2 years, the Philippine currency, the Piso , has been strengthening against the weak U.S. dollar, as have pretty much all curr...

Korean firm Hanjin Corp. was just about to break ground on a $2 billion shipbuilding facility and airport on the outskirts of Cagayan (about...

The night Epril and I were supposed to fly to the Philippines, moving from Thailand, we wound up staying in a hotel instead of getting on th...

And they are taking orders now if you want one. ( Popular Mechanics article .)

Macahambus cave is about 200 feet from end to end, and this is the only part (about 2 feet) where there is a low ceiling. The back end of th...

After Hillary's 9.2-point victory (after starting with a 20-point lead 4 weeks earlier) over Obama on Tuesday night, I have to concede t...

An artist's rendition of the operating room at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu. The big news in The Philippines today is ...

I was up nice and early today, started work at 7:00 a.m., and by noontime had put in what I considered a fair day of work. (I wish all days ...

I didn't do much today... just worked, napped, watched some movies. The Korean international school and Cagayan Convention Center at th...

I haven't written a book report or a movie review in a while, so I thought I would toss this out for you. I recently finished Michael Cr...