Today was simply a gorgeous day. It was so incredibly clear that we could even see the distant mountains off to the southwest across Macaja...

It actually was up and running before it died — my computer. Sometimes it just ran so slow that a reboot was in order. So today at about 9...

On June 15, 2003, for the first time, I turned on my work computer in Asia and said a little prayer: "Please start." Every day s...

Just a few photos...

Epril left this morning for a 36-hour trip with the expat wives to Camiguin Island, which is The Philippines' smallest province located ...

Dimbulb . I'm hardly one to discourage somebody enjoying a toke. But, as always: If you're a foreigner in The Philippines and you ar...

Right in front of my house... the incumbent candidate for mayor put on a rally. Before speaking, his campaign people played over and over a...

The silence... lack of election trucks driving around blasting music... of the last week has been replaced today by a loud and boisterous re...

I had been wondering about this, and now I have my answer: Do wind farms kill birds? Yes... but in incredibly small numbers when compared to...

Some things I accept at face value. This is usually for one of two reasons: (1) The issue/fact isn't important enough to me to spend my ...

I was reading this interesting article by Jonathan Rauch which expounds on a premise set forth by two family law professors in their new re...

We went to CDO this evening. First stop was Warren's house where the kids were swimming in their new pool. After that, it was out to din...

I was thinking about this today: The short film "C'Était Un Rendez Vous" by Claude Lelouch. It really is the best car chase ...

I've mentioned this before: The "Obamacare" that Republicans are screaming about as "socialized medicine" and a ...

I like to think I'm the smartest person I know... but I'll be damned if I can't figure out what a derivative security is. I ple...

Tonight everybody (me excluded) snacked on The Philippines most famous weird food: balut. Balut is a fertilized egg — a duck fetus — halfwa...

Arrivals at Bangkok's airport are down 33% because of the political violence gripping the capital. Obviously, tourists (probably nothing...

I've always liked to use the term "Liberal Leaning Libertarian" to describe the political synergy at play in my mind. Basicall...

From the New York Times , the number of American expatriates renouncing their U.S. citizenship is skyrocketing: Still, 502 was the largest q...

My new blender broke after 3 days. Blame Canada: I figured that the white "Made In Canada" text on the red maple leaf would have...

Very little has been happening this week. On Sunday, Epril and I went in to a birthday party in CDO. Then afterwards we went shopping at L...

If you are a history buff, InfoPlease has a fantastic At-A-Glance World History summary . It breaks down thusly: Ancient History 1–999 (A.D....

If you ever wanted to know how fat people are today, just take a look at our past . Here is a photo of Barnum and Bailey's sideshow frea...

Yes... I have a strange last name, "Wrinkle"; here is the onomastic source. "Wrinkle" almost certainly started off as ...

Courtesy of Mr. Farrell, I've discovered a new blog about CDO development, called " Progress Watch: CDO ". It's a truly f...

It looks like somebody has it in their mind to build the Mindanao Railway System through and past Jasaan . As I said before , they should j...

I imagine that more than a couple of Americans in Pattaya I know wound up with a couple of bottles of Chang in their tax refund. But what Wa...

Winscape : At first, it seems kind of dorky. Hang two televisions on your wall and set up a computer to display a vista on them so that you...

The New Republic has an excellent article up on the unmitigated disaster looming for the Republican party if they continue to follow their o...

A Federal judge has ruled that America's National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional based on the fact that, "It goes beyond mere ...

Look at this graph from Nate Silver : This is an illustration of the problem that the Republican party faces in the next presidential electi...

( Again .) What I'm noticing is that a large portion of the lies told about President Obama are based on differences between his tenure ...

Not too much was going on today. Charity stopped by with Nathan the Rent-A-Baby. At 10 months of age, Nathan is already over 30 pounds, an...

Posted via Mr. Kline on the Yahoo CDO Expat's Group: appreciated and worthy of republication (without permission) in full here: Yesterda...

Expat's Ladies Husband Ted Trenholme gets some help unloading the food from Jim Cunningham. Donna Trenholme and a hungry kid! Everybody...