I was a bit surprised (as I'm sure you would be) to read on Malkin's site that Democrats on a Senate committee had rejected an amen...

The thing about the Grateful Dead is that my grandparents could have enjoyed this music... my parents... anybody. It's low-impact, folk...

We were all up nice and early today. I was, as per usual, up to get to work. Susan and Epril were up early because we were having the dirt i...

... Y'all can't touch this. That's accomplished with nothing but several hundred people standing in jackets with different front...

(taken and edited for clarity from here ) The funny thing is, down here in Cagayan De Oro, we all like to talk about how cheap it is compare...

Another story by Jigger and Herbie today in the Gold Star Daily. This story covers the testimony by 2 witnesses who talked about the incid...

An interesting article . This makes sense to me. Right now, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, it costs $13,575 to insure the averag...

I've learned a lot working for my company, not all of it related to the medical industry. One of the neatest things I've learned abo...

Well, Fox News lies a lot... but this is a bit de trop . Fox News printed this full page ad in several major national newspapers (The Washin...

One thing that is important to remember about this whole saga is that, contrary to what people in Gingoog might want you to believe, this re...

Check out this pop quiz of Oklahoma high school students: How much do you want to bet that there are 10 million Chinese and 10 million India...

Jigger and Herbie over at Gold Star Daily have another front page story up on Randy and Cherry Stirm's ongoing saga against the Navy an...

This video below works for me on 2 levels: First, it really captures The Philippines perfectly on so many levels: The people, the culture, t...

The world's best crossdressing comedian, Eddie Izzard, has raised £200,000 for charity by running (seriously) 43 marathons in 52 days. ...

I mentioned here how Democrats might finally be deciding to go "fully partisan" on the Healthcare plan because no matter how much...

I was up nice and early again. I'm also starting to eat breakfast again, which is a change from just coffee. Jun stopped by early to pic...

Payday yesterday, so shopping and paying bills today. Now broke again until next payday. Sigh. Tatay (my father-in-law, Eddie) is now guardi...

So the folks at Gingoog have finally pressed charges against Randy: Active fishing in municipal waters. Randy says he's innocent of th...

I was up again this morning at 5 a.m. There was an e-mail from my supervisor stolidly asking why I wasn't working my scheduled hours lat...

I've been getting up at 5 a.m. for the last 2 days, and starting work at 7. I've been telling myself for years that getting up and ...

I was a judge tonight at a beauty pageant... the first in about 7 months. This girl, Ayan, puts on these shows and will invite 6 local busin...

People don't send me those political pass-it-on e-mails anymore. The reason is because if (inevitably: when) they send me a bogus e-mail...

How many of you have heard of " The Straight Dope "? It's a website that attempts to answer various questions. Do you rememb...

I talked with Randy again yesterday. He was thrilled about the newspaper article yesterday which was essentially an unsolicited tacit sign o...

Today was a holiday in Jasaan, "Araw Ng Jasaan." There was a big parade through town this morning, right by my house. It seemed ...

I found Randy and Cherry a place to stay in Cagayan De Oro, so they aren't shelling out money for a hotel every night anymore. I talked...

Epril went today with the other Expatriates' Ladies Charity members to Bukidnon Province to visit the the Bethany Christian Home for Chi...

National hit variety show WoWoWee was taped in Cagayan De Oro yesterday , and 50,000 people showed up for the program. Interestingly, suspe...

I didn't do much today... mostly sat around and watched TV and played video games. I had some paint shipped to me here in The Philippin...

Another ineffectual day of work. I need to get started earlier, work straight through lunch, and then I can eff-off in the afternoon. In the...

Old car restorations are becoming popular in Cagayan De Oro. Car import taxes are based on age and engine size. You could go to America, b...

If Obama's new healthcare plan ("Medicare for all", I call it) is implemented, would it cover me here The Philippines? If that...

Okay readers, I went all Walter Winchell on your asses and interviewed Randy by phone and asked every question I could ask and got every ans...

I've been having a lame week of work so far. Ugh. For the record, my job is now almost 100% speech recognition, which means that I...

Randy told me today that the Gingoog City Government has finally filed charges against him: Only one charge actually, the use of "activ...