tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85399092011-07-31T02:44:55.366-04:00and unto dust we shall return.grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.comBlogger10771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-35413713596906599122011-07-11T16:11:00.000-04:002011-07-11T16:11:24.075-04:00

let's break some rules here. the blogosphere is rife with the news that once again, Philippine entertainment is scraping, nay, licking the bottom of the barrel, exerting their creative juices by making a version of Gossip Girl. bringing myself to watch the teaser trailer, it is as cringe-worthy as you might imagine. i don't care if they are merely playing characters - i want to kill these

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-50693441900254559652008-10-05T08:25:00.003-04:002008-10-05T09:10:50.703-04:00

due to the events of the last few weeks (no, not the emergence of her dumbness Sarah Palin), i've come to conclude that i won't be able to post in this blog as much as i would like to, as i need a lot more time these days to get my head into writing something substantial (as if i do that anyway). this blog has encompassed the personal and the outside view, the important and the mundane, the funny

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-6952404117602701822008-09-24T09:00:00.003-04:002008-09-24T09:00:00.825-04:00

first, i would like to greet all my family, relatives and friends who are here with us, and in spirit, during this trying occasion.i will be the first to tell anyone how much i would like to be here right now, and not recording this to be played at the funeral. unfortunately, these kind of circumstances cannot be projected or scheduled. it will be something i will always remember with regret,

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-80631712345975173752008-09-13T21:55:00.003-04:002008-09-13T23:41:54.445-04:00

let's see ... the Golden Boy is out, Vick's heir apparent is suicidal, its lights out for San Diego, the Rams and Raiders are still pathetic, and Ocho Cinco should be renamed Siete Cinco. that's only week 1.Week 2Tennessee @ CincinnatiGreen Bay @ DetroitOakland @ Kansas CityNY Giants @ St. LouisIndianapolis @ MinnesotaNew Orleans @ WashingtonChicago @ CarolinaBuffalo @ JacksonvilleSan Francisco @

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-34216108173921872342008-09-13T20:27:00.004-04:002008-09-13T20:53:49.888-04:00

with the emergence of a new player in American politics, the event which created a massive media frenzy not seen since maybe Hurricane Katrina, the Republicans have turned the tables on the Democrats and the American people are now flocking to the next American idol.it does seem eerily similar that a woman could potentially take the presidential seat given the right circumstances. in 2005, ABC

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-3787575377951369752008-09-06T20:33:00.002-04:002008-09-13T20:36:30.668-04:00

Here we go again (and on that note, kailan kaya ako magkakaHDTV?)Week 1Washington @ N.Y. GiantsDetroit @ AtlantaSeattle @ BuffaloN.Y. Jets @ MiamiKansas City @ New EnglandTampa Bay @ New OrleansSt. Louis@ PhiladelphiaHouston @ Pittsburgh Jacksonville @ TennesseeCincinnati @ BaltimoreCarolina @ San DiegoArizona @ San FranciscoDallas @ ClevelandChicago @ Indianapolis Minnesota @ Green BayDenver @

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-76679638156991243872008-08-28T13:05:00.001-04:002008-08-28T13:05:00.769-04:00

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-62962231700363205762008-08-27T13:19:00.001-04:002008-08-27T13:19:01.312-04:00

in the past week or so, i've had some kind of contact from old friends from my short stint in the late, maybe-not-so-lamented Urban Bank. for those who still remember, Urban Bank was a solid pillar in the Philippine financial community until an unfortunate series of events brought it crashing down to earth. 10 years later, i feel like part of a seminal rock band, which kind of broke up just

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-37316293145632928302008-08-26T16:20:00.005-04:002008-08-27T11:06:54.633-04:00

and i miss my well-worn copy of Zander Hollander's Pro Basketball Handbook. he made the reader so familiar with these strange tall men. so we'll just say goodbye to Duck. sorry you ran into that certain Chicago God, er ... guard.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-87791592093101285352008-08-24T02:54:00.009-04:002008-08-24T04:38:15.424-04:00

breakneck pace in first quarter woke me up faster than a cup of joe. playing more of run n' gun, the Spaniards played right into the hands of this generation of Yanks who really like nothing better than to shoot.speaking of the Spaniards, some of their jerseys read: "Rudy", "Ricky", "Marc", "Bernie", "Raul" etc. sounds like Menudo to me, if only Pau Gasol wasn't a familiar face. and on the topic

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-41477457867726368912008-08-20T12:36:00.002-04:002008-08-20T12:39:19.757-04:00

there's allegedly a jumper on the roof. stay tuned.update: after 20 minutes, looks like nothing happened. booooooooooo.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-53181834171080821862008-08-14T09:50:00.006-04:002008-08-14T22:38:41.483-04:00

here's TMQ's prediction on Brett as a Jet. Jet fans, you have been warned!If Favre can retire then nonretire every year, why not every week? Below is a weekly agenda for the Jets' season:Sunday immediately following game: Favre tells reporters he's "considering" retirement. Says he will come back if all networks agree that cameras will show no player except him.Monday morning: Favre's agent says

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-55310073919191018832008-08-10T20:35:00.001-04:002008-08-10T20:35:41.199-04:00

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-29541255786294703322008-08-08T18:03:00.002-04:002008-08-08T18:08:20.288-04:00

not having opened iTunes in a long time, doing so today resulted in an installation of Apple's Safari browser. sneaky Jobs.i do like the Safari in my iPhone but i don't really need a third browser in my office laptop. but then again, it may have its uses. hmmmmm ... (but its still operating within Winblows ... arrghhh).

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-88763712353066593842008-08-08T07:54:00.002-04:002008-08-08T07:57:27.740-04:00

TIBET! TIBET! TIBET! TIBET! TIBET!why are the Americans kowtowing to the Chinese? politics and money.we have a Chinese Mainlander technician onsite now, and he's been adamant about things Japanese, World War II, and their current business practices. i've restrained myself so far about discussing Tibet with him. someone might go postal.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-69517972789098521502008-08-07T22:19:00.005-04:002008-08-08T00:28:28.358-04:00

is this really the future? (for my young countrymen, at least)"outsourcing" and "call centers" became two of the very important catchphrases at the turn of this century. the latter in particular becoming an overnight industry that spread like wildfire over the globe, with the maturation of the Internet and the reduction of (most of) the world to a true global village. and for (still) developing

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-53710541966795494032008-08-07T07:12:00.004-04:002008-08-08T06:40:45.543-04:00

the legend/brat from Green Bay will now be throwing for the Jets.that's a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your point of view.either way, he'll be selling a lot of jerseys. my question is, will Madden 09 be updated in time?-----update: i guess that is that.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-63091474842773034222008-07-29T10:31:00.000-04:002008-07-29T10:32:21.662-04:00

the fascist pig is being investigated. investigated schmestigated. fire the asshole and plaster his face around the city! tarred and feathered! drawn and quartered!update: the cop's name is Patrick Pogan and his badge and gun have been taken away from him. but he can still push cyclists anytime with his beautiful sexy hands. and what about his partner? they both arrested the victim who was

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-91611055054001815442008-07-27T10:19:00.001-04:002008-07-27T10:21:07.160-04:00

why did the Internet wait to be born till after i finished college?and why did my college install airconditioners in the classrooms after i left, for that matter?@#&&!$%@%@$!!!!

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-23528389039171626162008-07-20T18:15:00.000-04:002008-07-20T18:16:09.661-04:00

does this text look smaller?

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-44971085187031863772008-07-15T15:44:00.002-04:002008-07-15T15:57:05.969-04:00

welcome back, time bandit. this office is now is majority old school (emphasis on "old").oh, wait, your former employers seem to be headed this way. they're packing serious heat.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-28462689710322933792008-07-13T00:41:00.004-04:002008-07-13T00:52:12.965-04:00

there's nothing like hearing your stroke-disabled father, singing Nat King Cole's Mona Lisa, from what remains of his memory, live over a faulty internet line, from over 10,000 miles away.i feel the crush in my mother's heart as she bravely encourages him to sing.and i feel happy that he does get through the song.here's the one song i always felt i could sing to him, although the lyrics may not

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-52449835132916550922008-07-11T11:52:00.004-04:002008-07-11T12:10:14.969-04:00

the Jesus 2.0 comes out today!and expectedly, more morons people have waited in line for a week, grabbed their spanking new 3G devil's tool iPhone, and found out that they can't be activated.we really can't stem the tide of lemmings early adopters, especially when its been hyped that the price is 1/3 than what the early early adopters paid for this time last year. what the pundits have been

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-40239643542290253112008-07-08T10:43:00.003-04:002008-07-08T10:58:21.372-04:00

better late than never.in just 10 minutes i got:It's a Mistake - Men At WorkPeople are Strange - Echo & The BunnymenBaby's Got Rockets - Dancing HoodsA Gentle Sound - The Railway ChildrenWrong (Todd Terry Club Mix) - Everything But The Girla great selection, one i would play on my iPod.go look for your favorite (dead) station on Live365.com. sadly, 99.5 RT isn't among the carcasses. and skipping

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-86202444102602789672008-06-26T13:31:00.001-04:002008-06-26T13:32:43.045-04:00

in tribute to the late, lamented Deadwood (i'm 2/3rds finished with its stellar 3-season run).

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-15645734985834704422008-06-26T07:34:00.002-04:002008-06-26T07:42:10.929-04:00

update 1, update 2, to my earlier post.hopefully, the charges stick and their lawyers won't be able to get them out in 25 years at least.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-13110521994334151672008-06-25T12:11:00.002-04:002008-06-25T12:13:52.357-04:00

and she traveled all the way here for this.bravo, Madam Prez. hope you get a couple of million at least. as long as most of it don't go into some fat pig's pockets.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-52890966849321686452008-06-22T18:11:00.004-04:002008-06-22T18:34:40.718-04:00

last Friday, Brooklyn cops swooped into my street and raided two notorious houses, resulting in arrests and general glee among my neighbors. had I known, I should have taken the day off and you would be watching YouTube clips instead of my boring prose.these dens of iniquity (not obvious from the facade) housed what I called the "PBA" - the Puting Basura Association; in other words, white trash

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-27583228706815492652008-06-22T08:07:00.005-04:002008-06-22T18:10:14.350-04:00

i have to find ones with the salmonella, no doubt.our President goes on a junket while the country just finished another round with a typhoon.... jetted off to San Francisco en route to Washington and eventually, New York, with the objectives of her trip still up in the air. Meetings with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (widely whispered to be no fan of the President) and with candidate

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-85082412360178531972008-06-19T10:40:00.004-04:002008-06-19T11:05:12.771-04:00

with the frenzied opening day of the IKEA in Brooklyn (Red Hook) behind us, let us give a toast to the Big Blue Box and its controversial appearance in the borough, by running this.originally appeared in Esquire Magazine, June 2006oh, well, just like the normal people, i "need" to grab a couple of things. how's saturday sound?

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-50155825447213537682008-06-19T10:31:00.004-04:002008-06-19T10:46:15.680-04:00

holy Marty Markowitz! the venerable brownstoner linked to a photo of mine!Thanks! Brooklyn, baby!!!!

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-2147649482122997732008-06-17T23:50:00.003-04:002008-06-17T23:51:07.148-04:00

am sure he still wants to be Green.Celtics achieve what the Patriots can't.Kobe is NOT better than Jordan.Ray Allen has the last laugh.Doc Rivers, championship coach? unbelievable.Phil Jax may want to quit at 9.Sam Cassell should shut up now and return to his Alien Mothership with 3 rings.The Finals MVP should be shared by the Big Three: Paul Pierce, Allen and Kevin Garnett.Boston thanks Kevin

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-50530279354518774092008-06-17T14:29:00.003-04:002008-06-17T14:48:11.299-04:00

do we or do we not? what's going on?ok, i see a green light. but then, when i tried, i got what i expected:oh, well, i've been running an FF3 release in my home desktop for a month now (bundled with Ubuntu). i guess i can wait a few more hours.ps. go Celtics! goodbye, Tim Russert!

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-76095339438171629472008-06-13T09:59:00.000-04:002008-06-13T10:00:36.864-04:00

that game was for the ages.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-54228455614368412342008-06-05T09:22:00.004-04:002008-06-05T09:42:49.110-04:00

1984-87 ... that seems so long ago. and even though i was a barely-than-casual NBA observer back then - it didn't become a full blown interest until Jordan won his 1st championship in 1991 - it was like these two were the only teams that mattered (Bird vs Magic, always, all the time). in a small town in a Third World country (of course, the 1992 Dream Team would usher in a new age).looking back

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-83927402207324755342008-05-30T10:09:00.003-04:002008-05-30T10:24:31.783-04:00

this is a funny post, but in my experience, i did it myself. i get sick with all the dust coating the DVD boxes, so i decided to move them on to sleeves instead (you can find lots at x-tremegeek.com). even the CD cases went away (really, all my CDs have been ripped to digital format anyway, but i still kept them in library binders). the racks and towers were left for donation. but i'll admit

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-54979848944221382002008-05-24T16:23:00.001-04:002008-05-24T16:23:01.272-04:00

after a couple of weeks of usage, i'm turning in the verdict for the gift i got from my family, the Archos 705 Mobile DVR.really, i just wanted something to watch my movies in a larger screen, during my commute. the iPhone doesn't cut it (not if i want to save whatever eyesight i have). this baby does a lot more, but it does the basics and does it well. for that alone, i'm giving it a thumbs

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-67743004498729938342008-05-19T21:29:00.003-04:002008-05-19T21:37:44.905-04:00

well, from the home desktop at least.no, wait, i still might need to install VMWare to put in a guest XP box to run my DLink Media Server. i still have to find a way around that.but otherwise, Hardy Heron has seemed to do for me what Edgy Eft couldn't do two years ago (get the proper display drivers, for starters).cheers, Ubuntu!

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-86427879151936340182008-05-07T17:39:00.004-04:002008-05-07T17:52:43.484-04:00

unearthed from the last century!i remember getting addicted to this when i first played it. its as addictive as the drugs you "peddle" in whatever metropolis you choose. note that this is the crude DOS version, and is much fun even if it isn't the Windows one.by the middle of the month, i remembered how to sell, managed to pay off my loan, and even banked some money. hoooo-haaaaa!by the last day,

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-7822968798994964952008-05-06T00:01:00.001-04:002008-05-06T00:01:01.543-04:00

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-30216864266474495272008-05-02T19:51:00.002-04:002008-05-02T19:54:23.424-04:00

iI don't know if there's such a word, but it sure describes my blogging from a bar.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-50273523805419444482008-05-01T16:34:00.002-04:002008-05-01T16:45:32.419-04:00

i always love a delivery guy when he has something for me.my effusive thanks to my bro, sis, mom and dad for sending this my way! dropping hints in a blog can be effective - i kid, i kid. salamat pong muli!!!

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ch-ch-changes.goodbye again, Mavericks. 2008 COY Byron Scott exacts revenge against J-Kidd, Dirk is still looking for his heart, and Dallas is once again out in the first round. Mark Cuban, its time for the R-word. and i don't mean "reload". the Li'l General is on shaky ground too.hello again, Orlando. back in the playoffs, i see. shed the curse of Shaq, why don't you?speaking of Shaq ... bye-bye

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-66395665802709614522008-04-29T01:14:00.000-04:002008-05-08T16:16:27.087-04:00

this, specifically.drop me an email so i can tell you where to ship it, generous souls.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-83149811933506612022008-04-27T21:56:00.006-04:002008-04-30T11:44:04.925-04:00

here's a little story about my spring cleaning. deciding to remodel my teeny weeny apartment without spending much (in fact i even gave away stuff), much of the weekend was spent moving furniture around and throwing/giving away stuff. like the CD towers. and the weaker-than-weak stand fan. i'm still weighing on the magazine collection (yes, soon). which then brings us to a few VHS tapes i still

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-41082613204281080192008-04-24T11:17:00.004-04:002008-04-24T11:58:56.598-04:00

first of all, kudos to my man KG for winning the DPOY award. i still keep my TWolves cap, for old times' sake (God forbid i get targeted by Mike Bibby or worse, the local crowd) - he's the only reason i bought it anyway. Lakers-Celtics for Finals! bring back my early high school daze.second of all, and the best basketball event so far: Isiah has been fired, and good riddance.looking back at my

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-63950454200444803152008-04-22T16:01:00.003-04:002008-04-22T16:19:06.786-04:00

49% Geek 49%and i won't survive the moon:50%and almost a seventh of a million died while i lived:132,276 Peopleand my typing skills are nonexistent:71i blame jego for these quizzes.

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-1580278126936937222008-04-18T11:28:00.000-04:002008-04-18T00:08:26.799-04:00

2008 NBA Playoffs begins tomorrow.too bad we're at the NYCC this weekend.do i have to ... oh well, alright ...East:Boston vs Atlanta ... Celtic revival parade will run over the HawksCleveland vs Washington ... Gilbert Arenas will be 0-3 in career series with Bron BronOrlando vs Toronto ... i'm guessing it won't be Andrea Bargnani's coming-out partyDetroit vs Philadelphia ... can i imagine a

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-70196688060281823582008-04-18T07:09:00.001-04:002008-04-18T07:11:23.878-04:00

congratulations, time bandit!!! i am now checking the menu for Tropic Zone.

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time to break free of Windows Media Player and iTunes.an open source love child of Mozilla and WinAmp, Songbird seems poised to be a solid alternative to those media players (WMP needs a bunch of codecs to play other formats while iTunes is notoriously sticking with their own). right out of the box, this beta 0.5 version already plays the high res .MKV files, something you can't do with WMP. this

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aside from inanities involving dogs, here's what was on CNN.com a couple of hours ago:on one hand, be glad it wasn't their headline. on the other hand ... is this even news? what's next, "Oprah's cat* has asthma"? i hope you choke on that grease money, CNN.* ask Gayle King; she knows about that

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the Bigger Kahuna, Pope Benedict XVI (as opposed to the Big Kahuna, our St. Patrick's Church pastor in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and the Biggest Kahuna, the Lord God Himself), has landed today on American soil, the first such visit since 9/11.among the issues he will be tackling during his visit will be the molestation-via-priest scandal (i expect heads to roll, il papa), pumping up the slumbering and

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scenes from an afternoon along Park Avenue South ...my boyhood idol (even more than Captain America) - those who want to tag with me on the opening screening, raise your hands.Will Eisner lives!!!!i don't care what you say, this is not to be missed as well.how come no one told me about this?? that being said - photochopped!!! Jenna doesn't look like that anymore.i read recently in Time Magazine

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... 'cause the sweeping's about to start!i wonder how Isiah can still manage to think he's going to survive this one. is he preparing the dirt on Jim Dolan right now? or has Dolan secretly bribed all media outlets not to accept any material from Thomas? the next four or five days will be interesting, but more so for the pundits and journalists and talking heads who need to be the first to get the

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this one's still a secret, because we don't want certain people in our management to know until its ready to be said but ... here's my whisper to the trees in the digital forest ...congratulations to my colleague, who finally received notice of the approval of her much-awaited tarjeta verde. it took 7 years but i guess that's still a good thing, considering much of what happened to honest people

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i've been seeing this all over town, but as usual, i only get to check it out around 8 weeks later.i thought it was some kind of horror/suspense thriller - turns out its a romantic comedy. the fake blog is a little hilarious, and it reminds of another douchebag blog whose URL escapes me at the moment.i don't mean to be shilling for the movie, but hey, its Kristin Bell. duh. you won't see me

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so far, my phone hasn't turned into a brick (yet). i keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, but not as much like the first two weeks. there was one time it rebooted itself, but that was when i was watching Rambo IV (right during the final firefight). maybe the electronics couldn't take that much testosterone. you wouldn't find the Rambo crowd sporting iPhones anyway.i haven't really installed

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-12512279092518036922008-04-09T10:33:00.005-04:002008-04-09T13:18:49.975-04:00

for those who fell (April 1942)

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last Sunday, cops came to my apartment (building).yep, NYPD.relax. i didn't commit a crime.finally, someone (not me!) called the cops on our next door neighbor, a single mother with two teenage daughters. this family never fails to have screaming matches at any given moment, day or night.i kind of symphatize with the mother, who seems to be at her wits end on how to deal with her daughters, who

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so the real reason i was able to get a Jesus Phone is ... like duh, its a mystery.i think even if i had the money (which 99.99% of the time, i don't - see post below), i wouldn't be an early adopter. opportunity just slips under your nose, and that's it. so even if Jobs springs his new spanking line of Jesus 2.0s, i'm happily keeping this one i got.unless ... it turns into a brick.or it gets

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everyone has all but called it a recession, but face the facts, and please say it: we're in a recession. thanks, George W. Bush. what a way to bow out of office. i hope you get your dickipedia entry soon (right now might be too obvious).given the subprime mess, mortgage meltdown, and escalating debt, banks really don't care - they keep offering credit cards to anyone who's desperate, crazy or

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the rumble is finally back, reports Gizmodo. well, its about time, baby! just roll out that PS3 bundle with MGS4 and i'm good to go.

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with the recent news that ATA Airlines has suddenly filed for Chapter 11, i found myself flooded with a few memories and a lot of smirking.now, ok, am not exactly smirking for those employees who'll be losing their jobs - well, maybe some of them. those in particular responsible for me (and my boss) being stranded in Chicago back in 2002.to make a short story long (or was that the other way

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i'm not sure why, but i was vaguely thinking of Filipino action stars from my childhood, and the first name that comes to mind is Dante Varona. maybe it was because of his infamous San Juanico Bridge jump. or because one of my grade school classmates misspelled one of his movies as "Hari ng Stand" (Stunt). or because i used to refer to my pal Jego as Bathala (from one of Varona's flicks, "Kung

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finally, someone in the New York Knicks finally displayed some sense and brought in Donnie Walsh to run the basketball operation.this means current coach and suddenly ex-team President (and all-around sneaky character) Isiah Thomas is now on shakier ground, his atrocious two-year .341 winning percentage not winning any games or fans, turning the once-respected Knicks into a joke. Peter Vecsey has

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on a previous post, i mentioned a customer who's fond of being a know-it-all (but really knows nothing) and likes to point fingers when the going gets tough. turns out i have an email thread where he once again, for the gazillionth time, pissed me off, but i had to maintain a professional attitude and keep myself from sending sarcastic emails, especially since like this pig, i have an acerbic vit

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-63006337666163044592008-04-01T12:37:00.005-04:002008-04-01T14:07:55.796-04:00

manning the software help(less)desk, you get to meet all sorts of people. of course we all hate the dumbass one. another would be the one who keeps saving his ass and throws you under the bus at every opportunity, to make himself look good with his management (and not get fired). we actually have one who is both.anyway, i have another customer contact who's kinda a little slow. i think whatever

grifterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556411916511473678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8539909.post-47555734829554770542008-04-01T12:06:00.002-04:002008-04-01T12:19:22.193-04:00

sorry, i got this from Chuck Klostermann in a recent column sidebar for Esquire.22hey, if those kids were zombies, you gotta do what you gotta do!

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Accelerate, R.E.M. (WB)what? R.E.M.? these old codgers are still making albums? and its not for free? never fear. why are you reading about this then, considering i'm not a member of the select few who are given advance copies? (wink, wink)Michael Stipe has long abandoned the mumbled vocals of his early days, and going down that way as well is the band's habit of playing slow funeral rock. it's

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i saw this article, and i'm thankful my own maze of cables and wires at home do not approach these proportions. however, it does lend a fantasy about a completely wireless environment. that would be almost possible, except for the absence of ... broadcast power.broadcast power has long been a holy grail of sorts, extolled in sci-fi novels and doggedly worked on in real life. imagine full

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(or how the Jesus Phone was rescued from AT&T/Apple Lock Hell)The following takes place between Wednesday March 19 and the Easter Weekend.Wednesday morning@work: my 3-year old Nokia 76xx rings. its my brother in law, Eric (i still am getting used to having a "brother in law"). he excitedly tells me that its time to get an iPhone. refurbished ones, but still an iPhone. i was skeptical. he tells me

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what, you thought the bunny was being cute on days other than Easter Sunday?

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adios, Anthony Minghella.have i seen your films? some i have. did i enjoy them? mostly. at least you got a reaction out of me, and that, is what directors aim to do.The English Patient (1996)i confess i never saw it. it seemed a snore from the get-go. but maybe one of these days, i just might.The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)the complete title was The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely

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i keep seeing posters of this upcoming movie on the subway, and for some reason it keeps catching my eye. oh yes, Reese Witherspoon won't be at the premiere; she'll be busy swapping spit with Jake Gyllen-ho. speaking of whom, did he say anything when Heath Ledger kicked the bucket?Stop-Loss is a drama about a soldier (Ryan Phillippe) who's about to be sent to his second tour of duty in Iraq.

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i have no love for McCartney, but this really sucks. i hope she spends those millions quickly within a few years then become a forgotten peg-legged drug-addicted hag. or here's a thought, Sir Paul: hire a Hitman.cue in that Kanye song.

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yes, i got that DVD for a mere $15, a cheap bargain considering it will be a classic down the road and i even the scales a bit with all the others i downloaded "procured". so get off my case.but that's not what am talking about here. for double that amount, they issued a Hitman trilogy, compiling those three games that matter in the series (Hitman 2, 3 and 4). i don't mind playing games even

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so many words have been written in the last 72 hours on Gollum Eliot Spitzer's fall from grace (grace? he was in a state of grace?), and mine wouldn't even matter. we started this week with a dumb girl, and we're ending it with a dumb gov. or maybe something much more spectacular would happen this weekend.too many people jumped at the chance to rattle off their 10 cents worth, and we should be

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and we can barely get three people approved ....

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are you glad you don't have one?and also ...aren't you glad you take one at least once a day?

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... Hammerhead is dirty!!"damn, i should have taken the first flight to South America!"

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no, i'm not back to being single.i'm just being literal.with some bad viruses downing a couple of my colleagues ... sorry, those are all the colleagues i have! ... it falls upon me, your humble blogger, to hold the fort so to speak. holding the fort in this case means, being the sole person responsible for the office. can you imagine this? a decent company earning a modest black bottom line has

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there's an iFilm article about Brad Bird - sorry, Oscar winner Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles, The Iron Giant) - bemoaning the death of the cinema experience in a 2005 Pixar lecture. it mentions how he "hopes the theatrical experience won't completely go away", and he is placing the blame on that on the onset of technology that includes iPods and on-demand movie downloads. i could say

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r.i.p., jeff healey

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ever since the wife started watching Food Network, i've always been kind of up-to-date as to what's going on in that channel, whether willingly or not. we enjoy watching "the professor" Alton Brown, never miss the Next FN Star Contest, and place bets on who beats Bobby Flay in whatever his next throwdown is. she follows Rachael Ray (whom i make disparaging remarks about), and she turns the tables

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i guess i should be glad i don't work for CNN?

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Shadowcat wins!Best Actress, Juno.ok, not. its Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose.

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PM, Piece of Paradisemay have been a one-hit wonder, but that works out for you, you only need one file to give me.

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blogger now available in Pinoy!

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yes, they're a boy band, they dance like doofuses, and most of the time i can't understand what they're singing.but Greatest Hits: End of Part One was one of the records that kept me sane in Nanjing, China back in 1998. so am giving Wet Wet Wet their due.go look for Love is All Around yourself.

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when you want to dance, you only need one record - Bomb the Bass' Enter the Dragon. my college classmates used to make funny faces at me whenever they saw this cassette tape in my collection.spread the LOVE! (and give me this album)

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Michelle D's 'last call' song during the end of her hours at DZBM. ah, the late 80s.and the rest from the Sea of Love album ...... wait, that's it? no more on YouTube? pity. i like almost all the songs.so any givers? happy valentine's to all!

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Max Q, Way of the Worldhard to imagine i bought the album years ago. and now i don't even have it in my library. oh sure, i have it in MiniDisc, but i don't wanna go through the hassle of converting everything from that format to Windows media. unless you have some kind of IDE/ATA or USB MiniDisc drive. do you? R.I.P. Mike

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if anyone can give me the full "How Green is Your Valley" album in MP3 format ...... you'll be my BFF forever.

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yeah, i saw this in its entirety last night, and so far it never gets old.first we have Mr. Chip on His Shoulder still having a chip on his shoulder:look, let's just give him a plaque that says "#1 Artist in the World", and get it over with. his mom wants us to do it! seriously!!now here comes the country boy with balls ...you can almost feel the rage behind those glasses, probably wanting to

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after remembering these ads from my childhood ...... almost 30 years later, here i am about to have my first taste of the much-maligned Hostess Twinkies (and with good reason).so what's the verdict?eeeeewwwww. that's disgusting. apparently, the fried version seems to be a kind of a cultural hit, despite the Twinkies's unhealthy rep.well, that's my first and last one. i know we can't totally avoid

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it has begun. prepare for an avalanche of Manning Brothers commercials for 2008.next thing we know, Gisele Bundchen dumps Tom and hooks up with Eli. TMZ Alert!!!

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i'm pretty much wiped out from last night ... but here are some thoughts i had while drifting off to sleep despite the honking and merrymaking outside my Brooklyn neighborhood.1) the Boston area and Tiki Barber must be waking up feeling queasy this morning (to put it mildly)2) your turn, Philip Rivers3) never, ever, ever bring your celebrity girlfriend to a critical game (just ask Tony Romo)4)

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(this is a running post on SuperBowl XLII. updates will be appended at the end)i didn't want to be stuck on the bed all day (TV's in the room), but what the heck, i'll just check from time to time (like every 2 minutes).earlier, my bro-in-law Eric called and pointed out to me that Pats linebacker Tedy Bruschi is half-Filipino. holy crap! really? must've dozed off on that one. can anyone tell me

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wow. this is the first season i haven't blogged much about football, and the only one i had was even before the season started. since then, we had another copy of Pro Football Prospectus, Spygate, HGH, steroids, broken records, Sean Taylor R.I.P., dogfighting (i wonder if my Madden 2004 would fetch any value in eBay someday), Bootgate, and my brother-in-law catching up with me in football and is

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