Dumpster

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The rim of the dumpster being above eye level, I was curious as to what might be in it, so I raised my pencam and snapped.

Photo taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP.

BADUY!

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I was in a rush this morning, so I sort of threw on my clothes without thinking: blue jeans, dark green t-shirt, white socks, navy blue jacket, and (ba-da-bum!) light brown walking sneakers. I feel so incredibly dorky right now.

Ninoy’s Martial Law

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Teddy Benigno tells us that, 30 years ago, Ninoy would probably have declared Martial Law too.

“Marcos saw a weak democracy as an excuse to plunder the country, rid it of his enemies, engage in massive human rights violations, perpetuate himself and his family in power. Ninoy saw a weak democracy as his stirring raison de’etre to engage in a life-long crusade to purge Philippine society of its many weaknesses and evils. Even if he would die in the process.”

And die he did, while his descendants and successors doomed themselves to repeating the mistakes of the past, even into the next century.

Philstar Archives

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Gah! It looks like Philstar news page links are only good for a day from publication, so all of my links to Philippine Star articles and Teddy Benigno columns have expired. If you want to direct-link a certain Philstar story, you need to hunt for the link from the archive calendar.

Neuroprosthesis Ad Hominem

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Man, this Neuroprosthesis News person sure is tenacious. My referrals show repeated visits all afternoon, going through dozens of pages, most likely him (her?) hunting for fodder to flamebait me with. Shows how skilled message board trolls are at wasting energy and resources — theirs and that of others — which is their aim to begin with.

Of course, all of the aspersions cast on my faith and maturity are completely off-base, so I haven’t been effectively baited (having been a message board moderator gives one a rather thick skin), but one has to wonder if someone can really be that foolish, or if s/he does it with an ulterior motive to disrupt the community.

The secret is not to get all superior / reactive / power-trippy just because a troll is acting like an idiot. That’s exactly what they want — more excrement to wad up and throw back. As they always say online, “Don’t feed the trolls.”

Don’t waste time coming up with intelligent responses to troll bait; rather, let them write their flames and ad hominems, then completely waste their time by not even reading them, as I am doing now. ;D Yay for post editing.