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June 16, 2011
Auntie Janey's Old Fashioned Agony Column # 17: Chaos or stability?
Dear Auntie Janey, I like him and he likes me but every time we're together we end up arguing about stupid stuff. I try to be nice, but everything I say seems to tick him off. He has some wonderful qualities, but he really has the power to annoy me. Should I just forget him [...]
June 15, 2011
Jessica Rules TV, Episode 2: Goodbye, Korea
In this week's episode we talk to the two scrum-halves of the Philippine Volcanoes at the A5N tournament in Korea: the ever popular Jake Letts, seen here with winger Matt Saunders, and a new Volcano, Fil-Aussie James Price. To sum up the Volcanoes' A5N campaign, here's national coach Expo Mejia. That's it for our coverage [...]
Magritte: The artist who forged himself
Seeing double: The Flavour of Tears One is an original. The other, evidently, a copy. But René Magritte was a Surrealist, and the truth behind The Flavour of Tears suggests he was enjoying a huge – and probably lucrative – joke. The canvases – both dated 1948 – come together for the first time in [...]
Lynn Barber sort of implies that Rafael Nadal is gay. Tension, anyone?
Rafa's Armani ad Anyone for tension? He's the tennis superstar who has netted a fortune, has hordes of admirers and is happy with his girlfriend. Yet something's bugging Rafael Nadal Lynn Barber Published: 5 June 2011 If anyone else tells me what a lovely lad Rafael Nadal is, I shall scream. He is not a [...]
June 14, 2011
Saffy is 11! Today she is The Oracle.
Happy Birthday, Saffron Sassafras Saoirse Schmitz Zafra Safin-Sprungli! Ask your questions and they shall be answered.
X-Men: First Class and the Outcast Fantasy
X-Men Popart courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox We have always loved the X-Men. How could we not? It is the ultimate outsider fantasy: You mock me, you persecute me, but secretly you fear me. In your darkest hour, only I can save you. If I feel like it. Read my column at interaksyon.com, the Channel [...]
June 13, 2011
Next on the reading menu (Updated)
Studies show that merchandise looks more appetizing to the consumer when displayed on a table. Like food. This is my reading backlog at the moment. Fine, I can't lie to you, it's a quarter of the backlog. I've been preoccupied lately. From the top row, left corner: The Hare With Amber Eyes is a non-fiction [...]
Next on the reading menu
Studies show that merchandise looks more appetizing to the consumer when displayed on a table. Like food. This is my reading backlog at the moment. Fine, I can't lie to you, it's a quarter of the backlog. I've been preoccupied lately. From the top row, left corner: The Hare With Amber Eyes is a non-fiction [...]
June 12, 2011
The Weekly LitWit Challenge returns! 6.0: The Sequence
Here are some random snapshots. Your assignment is to weave these images together into a story of 1,000 words or less. The images may appear in any order. 1. Gothicky chandelier. We spotted this at a new restaurant in Greenbelt 3 called Cerveseria. They serve tapas, paella, Iberian chicken. The interiors are dimly-lit Spanish-Gothic, with [...]
June 11, 2011
What Samwise said
The Philippine Declaration of Independence, from Wikimedia Commons. Philippine Volcanoes win big in Asian rugby; Pinoys still don't notice. In Emotional Weather Report, today in the Philippine Star. Writing doesn't happen in a vacuum; you draw from everything you've read, seen, heard. I'd like to acknowledge some of my models. Time for a rock analogy. [...]
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