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LitWit Challenge 3.7: After the after-party (Here comes the Yucch-meter)

Hearing the Nino Rota score reminded me of Fellini, which reminded me of La Dolce Vita (the film that gave the world "paparazzi"), which reminded me of the wild parties in that movie, which reminded me that we have two Bret Easton Ellis books to give away. La Dolce Vita by Sketchmovie Here is this [...:]

LitWit Challenge 3.7: After the after-party

Hearing the Nino Rota score reminded me of Fellini, which reminded me of La Dolce Vita (the film that gave the world "paparazzi"), which reminded me of the wild parties in that movie, which reminded me that we have two Bret Easton Ellis books to give away. La Dolce Vita by Sketchmovie Here is this [...:]

The morning benders for Wednesday

The one good thing about being sick and having to stay home: I discovered the morning benders. Their echomix 2 includes Nino Rota's score for Juliet of the Spirits, Harry Nilsson, Teen Inc and Paul McCartney/Wings. Get your echomix 2 download here. Before there was echomix 2, there was echomix 1. Steve Martin sings in [...:]

Chinese nosh for Tuesday

Long before China conquered the global market it colonized our taste buds. Everybody eats Chinese food. If you land in a strange country and you don't know what the food is like, just look for the nearest Chinese restaurant. Crystal Jade, the well-known Chinese restaurant chain which started in Singapore, has branches in Beijing, Shanghai, [...:]

Swords and ice

I don't know anything about The Game of Thrones, the HBO series that begins in 2011. I have not read the fantasy series by George R.R. Martin. But it has Sean Bean and swords! Boromir! I'm in. Did you cry at The Lord of the Rings movies because the fantasy realms of your childhood had [...:]

The winner of LitWit Challenge 3.6: 1,000 words is. . .

If you can join us in Makati on Sunday, drop us a line in Comments and we'll email you details. (I gather some of you live abroad.) You all better be 18 or older because I'm not drinking alone. Thanks to everyone who joined LitWit Challenge 3.6. We enjoyed your stories and the yucch-meter was [...:]

Bernal for Monday

James pointed me to this clip from an early Ishmael Bernal movie, Pito Ang Asawa Ko (I Have Seven Wives, or if you're finicky, Seven Wives Have I). Today Bernal is probably best known for directing Himala and Manila By Night, but he also made some killer comedies like the original Working Girls and my [...:]

They're heeere.

The little hardcover Moleskine 2011 Daily or Weekly Diary Planner in black, blue, red, pink, and green is now available at the Moleskine store in National Bookstore in Greenbelt 1 and at National Bookstore branches. I take credit for this: I nagged them into ordering the planners. Monday: They're not here yet. Tuesday: They're still [...:]

History of the Ingglisera: How to address the lesser Baldwins

In Emotional Weather Report, today in the Philippine Star. If the judge-inquisitor had been The Baldwin, Alec, instead of the lesser sibling, our answer would be: "None whatsoever since we are perfect, but the biggest mistake you ever made was marrying Kim Basinger instead of us. By the way, we actually love you more now [...:]

Don't look dooowwwnnn

An engineer climbs an antenna tower 1700+ feet high. No harness, he uses only his hands and feet. A thunderstorm is on the way. And we watch the video from a camera mounted on his head. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa In io9: The scariest video you have ever watched in the name of science.