Another of John McCain's campaign ads criticises Obama for skipping a visit with wounded troops, ostensibly because the candidate wouldn...

I get half of my vocabulary words, and all of my snark skills from James Walcott . I don't pretend to be a jargon-gargling semiotician. ...

John Hinderaker at Powerline ponders the fact that the prayer that Barack Obama inserted into the Western Wall was removed from the wall a...

Just remember folks, you shouldn't watch a single political advert on television this election year without immediately going to FactChe...

I was checking out the new search engine on the internet, Cuil (pronounced "cool"). Their claim is that they search many more int...

I can't imagine why this would be the case — especially for a Justin Timberlake video — but I've noticed it on more than a couple of...

The government of the Philippines is going to add " peace education " to go along side of reading, riting, and rithmatic in public...

I've noticed that Epril has a problem common among Filipinos: An inability to judge time. Yesterday, when she was on her way out to visi...

According to GMA News, out of 64,459 nursing school graduates who took the Filipino version of the R.N. test, only 27,765 passed it. Additi...

Oops . In his interview with NBC's Kelly O'Donnell, which will air on NBC's Nightly News tonight, McCain questions whether Obama...

As of 2006, 8.2 million Filipinos ( 25% of the country's workforce ) are living and working overseas.

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/grammar_pretest.asp Here is a pretty quick 50-question grammar test. I managed to get 40 right. Ta...

Do you remember how at the circus, after some incredible feat of gasp-inducing derring-do — like a tight-rope walker doing a back flip on a ...

It was a rainy day here in Cagayan De Oro, and I was in front of my computer from 7 a.m. until 9:30 p.m. But I did get a great amount of wo...

It was about 2 weeks ago that I had my finger poised over the screen capture button, ready to catch the piso as it crossed up into 46 territ...

I understand that Senator Obama is having quite a grand time of things on his trip to Iraq. It has to be the ultimate demonstration of being...

I had a long day of work today... but fruitful. I need more of those. I broke out my "Civilization: Revolution" game today and was...

I'm not one to alter my meat-eating habits... but this article certainly does make me stop and think: If, every day at lunch, you eat a...

I've been working quite a bit lately, but summer time means that work is running out more often and sooner than it used to. For lunch, ...

Today, Epril and I were joined by neighbors Dave and Reynalda for lunch at Kingston Lodge's Sunday roast beef dinner. It's a good ti...

I went to high school with this guy. Pretty cool: It seems his schtick is to dress up as an auto mechanic, hop onstage with twin backup si...

Today, Epril's cousin Emilyn married her long-time boyfriend, Mike Bird from Alaska, out in Jasaan at the Basamanggas Resort. It was a n...

I was talking on the phone up on the balcony with my friend Mike today when this white guy went walking by outside on the pathway whom I...

...but are happy to know now that you know it: What happens when a non-Newtonian fluid is exposed to low-frequency vibrations. (To put it in...

The Skyhook is a terrific looking aircraft with eight engines. Four of them are vertical rotors that can give some extra lift, allowing the ...

Mike and Emelyn Bird came into town from the jungle tonight for a bit of oppidan divertissement . First, we had some cocktails at the house...

I took myself and Epril's father to the doctor's today for a checkup. I decided to go to Dr. Edmilao, the cardiologist who is our n...

Epril has a fine English vocabulary, but her pronunciation — especially of long and short "E" — isn't quite the best. Thus it ...

This time it is Albama's Attorney General , Troy King, caught in bed with his personal assistant by his wife. (Hat tip C&L .) Like I...

Hillary Clinton racked up $23 million in debt during her acrimonious attempt to snatch the Democratic nomination away from Barack Obama. Al...

Remember that tax rebate you got a month ago? You spent it on porn, didn't you? Yes you did . George Bush wanted Americans to go out and...

A friend of mine is building this house here in Cagayan De Oro. It's really amazing how big a difference there is between what it costs ...

"According to the Washington Post, Barack Obama and actress Scarlett Johansson are email buddies. Apparently they email each other back...

Only a fair morning of work today. Town Restaurant in Cagayan De Oro is the best fine dining in town, and very inexpensive. After noon, Epri...

I've always thought how wickedly cool it would be if, while "negotiating" with some of the world's largest douchebags, the...

Well, it took 3 short months for the Piso to go from 40 to the dollar to 45. That's really great news for anybody in The Philippines who...

Barack Obama will beat John McCain by at least 100 electoral votes this November.

What are they saying, Benny Lava? I hear Sylvester Stallone is going to be starring in a new Bollywood Movie. His nuanced phonemics should ...

Have you noticed how the right wing talking heads on TV and elsewhere have stopped hounding Obama about the fact that he didn't wear an ...

It is common knowledge that over the past few years, Republicans and other Family-First Fellows have been caught in some rather... uh... que...

The McCain campaign today sent Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas out to talk to the press about how Senator Barack Obama is nonpartisan, and n...

Question: What happens when you cross a 1964 Continental with a motorcycle? Answer: You get the 10-foot-long Yamaha Maxam 3000 Scooter. Un...

It would be 10 years before we would see a drop of oil from offshore drilling, and it would lower the cost of gas only 8 cents per gallon , ...

Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain will pick Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas to be his Vice President.

Take the test . First there are 20 basic questions about America found on a standard test for becoming an American citizen, and then 10 slig...

Even for those of you who are only taking a passing interest in the presidential election in America this year, the cannot-miss web site is ...

Ednil, Susan, and Epril all went out for the day. I had an off day of work. I got in a rather half-hearted morning of work, then had some in...

And when I say "tears right by my house", I mean missed me completely, skipped over me entirely. But everywhere else in The Philip...

Bet you thought you'd never have to listen to this again: Yes... for the rest of you: When I was young, I used to be quite the pianist. ...

Here are the rules: If you are running a presidential campaign, you can either opt to get some of the money for your campaign from the gover...

My work has been getting better and better. I've got some expenses coming up so now is as good a time as any to get on the ball. Maid ...

Today, Epril and I were invited to the wedding of one of her cousins, Kako and his new wife Aming, in Jasaan, with the reception held at the...

Barack Obama will pick John Edwards as his Vice President... assuming Al Gore says no. UPDATE: As usual, I'm ahead of the other great mi...

I suppose if life needs to suck for a certain period of time, one might as well cram it all into a weekend and get it over and done with. On...

The Sony Playstation 3 in full HDTV. The photo is in full resolution if you click on it to see the quality of the HD image. I received my Pl...

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) ...