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The Great Raid isn't a spectacular movie. By today's standards its opening weekend is considered a flop. But what makes it enjoyable to watch were a) the performances by the actors were believable, maybe except for one over-the-top wince-inducing Pinay stereotype b) the Filipino guerrillas got portrayed as able fighters not some ragtag boys playing soldiers who needed to be rescued by the 'Kanos like in the ...

Which Trainspotting Character Are You? La lang. A quiz that's nine (!) years too late. Still it's a good movie and even a better read. Anyhoo some site news/updates. Skip if you like. Nothing to see. Move along.

Maybe there's a reason why I don't have any drawing skills. Probably because I'll abuse it this way:

It's been a year since I've arrived here in the US. It's a wonderful experience and an adventure only made more meaningful because I'm sharing it with my best buddy. But it's not always fun and sunshine here in the Sunshine State. You sometimes get the occasional local meanie or the ignorant or the arrogant Oreo (brown on the outside white on the inside). I especially hate the term ...

Got this one in the mail. At first I was a bit skeptical about it. I was never a fan of self-help books and cuddly-feel good literature like Five People You Meet in Heaven. But the writer raises some good valid points. There some simple things an "ordinary* citizen" can do. We forget that citizens also have responsibilities to the nation very much like elected officials. Italicized cynical ...

The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Will Eisner Foreword by Umberto Eco "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." - V.I. Lenin There's a reason that despite being presented as a graphic novel, The Plot is classified as a work of non-fiction and belongs under the category of history. The Plot was finished by author Will Eisner in the last month of ...