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To whom it may concern: After being optimistic that the high levels of participation in the 2016 elections might translate to a greater desire for unity after the polls, and after that ridiculous stunt that failed miserably to deliver on the promise of unity, I’ve accepted that our body politic is deeply fractured and that […]
30
Aug
Aug
They say that if you stay in one place long enough, you’ll meet everyone you know. Today’s been a very good example of that for me. Today, I was at a hotel in Quezon City, supervising a shoot for a voter education video my office is producing and, it seemed like we’d been there forever. […]
29
Aug
Aug
It’s a good idea, of course, to have a day set apart for the commemoration of national heroes. But you know what would be great? It’d be great if we, the People, actually knew more about our heroes than we were taught in schools and indoctrinated by pop-culture. Recently, for instance, a massively successful Filipino […]
27
Aug
Aug
The National Football League – American football’s NFL – says that if you know the rules, you’ll enjoy the game more. In the world of Pokemon, it’s not so much the rules that you should worry about since there aren’t very many rules anyway. What really matters is the PokeFight. Wonder why your beloved Pikachu […]
26
Aug
Aug
<p style=”text-align: center;”><span style=”color: #333399;”><em>If you’ve never had a panic attack, it can be very difficult to empathize with someone caught in the throes of it. </em></span></p> <p style=”text-align: center;”>===========</p> It’s different for everyone, I think. But for me, it usually starts with me waking up from a dream. It doesn’t matter what the dream is, […]
24
Aug
Aug
Two stylish gentlemen approached a vain emperor and told him that they’d developed a fabric so advanced and so beautiful, only the most intelligent and tasteful people could see it. Tickled at the idea that these stylish gentlemen – so well spoken and obviously oozing with cool – considered him intelligent and possessed of good […]
20
Aug
Aug
Interesting new research seems to show that zebra finches are able to influence the size of their hatchlings by singing to them while they’re still in their eggs! <img class=”size-medium wp-image-77 alignleft” src=”http://jamesjimenez.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/61ez6ir0pqL._SL1200_-300×300.jpg” alt=”61ez6ir0pqL._SL1200_” width=”300″ height=”300″ />This <a href=”http://phys.org/news/2016-08-baby-hot-birds-eggs.html”>article</a> quotes “(t)he study in the journal <i>Science</i> examined a peculiar habit of zebra finches, which sing to their […]
06
May
May
There has never been any shortage of people within the Commission on Elections saying, “maybe it’s time we do something about negative ads.” In a world that has somehow decided that it is better to be inoffensive than true to the ideal of freedom of speech, this sentiment easily resonates with many people. And in a political […]