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Ikaw Ay Akin: Portrait of a Threesome as a Socialist Manifesto

By Noel Orosa in BusinessWorld 23 February 2016 IN THE late Ishmael Bernal’s 1978 masterpiece Ikaw Ay Akin, Teresita Valdez, the horticulturist played by Nora Aunor, unwittingly foreshadows the love triangle that she will soon be a part of as she explains to her long-time companion Rex Aguilar (Christopher de Leon), a sky diving jeepney […]

Hey Packyou, you’re also wrong about animals

Few creatures can boast of devotions so deep as greylag geese. Most are monogamous; many spend their decade-long adult lives with the same goose, side-by-side in constant communication, taking another partner only if the first should die. It’s a remarkable degree of fidelity, and it includes relationships of a sort that some humans consider unnatural. […]

Culture Shock and Awe: A diary of National Arts Month

A scene from the Met Opera’s Bluebeard’s Castle ON SUNDAY we ran into Grace at the ballet at the Cultural Center, and on Wednesday we saw her again at the opening of the Art Fair. “Uyy, culture!” she said, and there has been an unusual number of arts and culture events in February. I know, […]

Gods of Egypt: The battle of the insanely ripped

We need only one reason to see Gods of Egypt, and it’s Nikolaj Coster Waldau in a leather tank top and tight shorts for 80 percent of the movie. The other 20 percent he’s wearing ceremonial robes or turning into a shiny metal CGI beast warrior. Are you interested yet? Nikolaj darling plays the god […]

Shut the fuck up, idiots.

Your feelings and beliefs about lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans people do not matter. Tapos na ang boksing, nanalo na si Mayweather. This is not open for negotiation. This is not a choice. You will give the LGBT community the respect that is due them as Human Beings, period. You will acknowledge that they have […]

Monday Morning Vent by Roni: Are telcos in competition for who can give crappier service at a higher cost?

Of course civility flies out the window. Nothing gets us furious faster than slooooow internet. by Roni It was back in October when I received word of my Wimax connections’ death sentence. Overnight, my router was sent back to the time of Edsamail where the normal dial up speed was 56 kbps. I would need […]

Let’s turn our backs on Pacquiao. Erase him from all your social media accounts.

Ordinarily we ignore the pronouncements of people who get hit on the head a lot in the line of work, no matter how ignorant, vile and barbaric they are. But this person is running for office, this person we have looked upon as our champion. We will not stand for this. You don’t fuck with […]

We held our Free Workshop last night. It was a blast and nobody was killed.

Yikes, I look demented. Ninety-five people attended last night’s almost-instant Free Workshop at the WSI Corporate Center. I had a blast, and I especially enjoyed listening to the participants’ story ideas and pointing out the approaches and directions they can take. Many thanks to our friend Juan for letting us use the WSI conference hall, […]

Poldark, And Then There Were None: Men Without Shirts

Maeve Dermody and Aidan Turner in Agatha Christie’s And then there were none Before long they start dying one by one, and no one suggests that they all stay in one room to watch each other. However, at some point they search the rooms, giving Aidan Turner an excuse to take off his clothes. I […]

Meanwhile, here’s Paul Rudd vs Stephen Hawking at Quantum Chess

Keanu Reeves narrates. . .from the future. By the end you will understand quantum mechanics. Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter collaborated with Trouper Productions to create the short in celebration of its Quantum Summit, an event where experts discuss the future of various quantum technologies. So the short film serves as advertising and […]