A Pinoy Blog About Nothing

Quick and *ahem* dirty thoughts I have right now which I can't really talk about at length: * Alleluia for small mercies: our former congressman, Dennis Roldan got arrested for kidnapping. * Paris Hilton is becoming a cautionary tale for safeguarding electronic privacy: her phone got hacked and her (very) private pictures are scattered across the Internet along with *gasp!* phone numbers of her celebrity friends and her private notes. ...

Nostalgia can be dangerous. And also profitable. Some marketing geniuses are "reimagining" - Hollywood's current buzzword for recycling old materials - Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang. See picture and video. (via MeFi) Bugs isn't just the smart-mouth rabbit with a penchant for cross-dressing anymore - he's to be known as Buzz Bunny and he's got laser eyes and martials arts training! Oy! Call me old-fashioned and ...

Hey I got tagged by Ms. Gigi. Thank you! Once in a blue moon I jump onto one of these memes (hah!). Anyway I had fun doing this and so without further ado: Random 10: Placed the player on shuffle and we came up with: 1. Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine 2. '97 Bonnie and Clyde by Tori Amos 3. Mandala by Kitaro 4. Beautiful Days by Fantastic Plastic Machine 5. It's ...

Wordpress v1.5 coming at ya! So pardon the mess, I'm still tweaking. Let me know if you run into some funky stuff. Or even if you prefer this layout. Update: Okay I have to lie down. Them crazy folks behind WP put in a lot of nifty functions but they also moved things around a bit. I have to figure it all out again. Haven't found any kinks during ...

The Abu Sayyaf sent PGMA a morbid 'Valentine's Gift' as it claims to bomb buses in Davao and in Makati, Manila's primary business and financial district. What they're hoping to accomplish? I wouldn't know. It certainly doesn't endear them to people. Total war in the South? Guess what? They're trying to bring it on the streets of Metro Manila. Then again watch the government over-react and over-compensate for ...

Expect heavy traffic this Valentine, MMDA tells couples - PDI Bwahahahaha! Feb 14 is just one of those days which you know Pinoys have it good. Crisis? Nah. You can't tell by looking at the crowds during Valentine's Day. I think it's the busiest Manila gets outside of Christmas. People spend a lot. Some companies even release payroll before the 14th. Hell, even the government gives out bonuses ...

Hitler and the Vatican : Inside the Secret Archives That Reveal the New Story of the Nazis and the Church by Peter Godman With Pope John Paul II falling ill and missing Ash Wednesday mass for the first time in 26 years, concerned Catholics have begun wondering whether he would be retiring soon. The last pope to abdicate the Throne of St. Peter was almost 800 years ago ...