Neither Do We
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” Actual quote from a prepared statement. Think about it.
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Feel the Vitality!
My highest-received SpamAssassin score thus far has just arrived in my inbox: 31.55, with subject line: “hi there brother – feel the vitality!” The message tells me to “BE A MAN,” and promises three extra inches in length, 20% additional girth, and rock-hard “Eerect1ons.” Funniest choice bits from the SpamAssassin content analysis: “0.1 – HTML_FONTCOLOR_RED […]
Introversion and Ennui
Found via Valerie, a couple of missives on introversion: Musings of a Former Wallflower and Musings of a Present Introvert. My friends from college and after-college can attest to my gradual transition from relationally clueless introversion to relative witty sociability through the course of the years, owing to the influence of a girlfriend plus a […]
Mikoid at the Palace
Very nice: Mike over at Rush Hour Hell is rubbing elbows with people in power at Malacañang (the Philippine Presidential palace), and got some clandestine photos while he was there. I’ve been to Malacañang just once, on a field trip way back in fifth grade, in 1987, just a year after the EDSA revolution. The […]
Divisoria Building Collapse
A building collapsed yesterday in Divisoria, Manila’s classic bargain street-shopping district. The building owner himself is claiming that the collapse was caused by multiple excavations in lots adjacent to the property. That would not surprise me at all; there are construction firms in Manila who could not care less about the effects of their digging. […]
oneMoTime
Good news: (Yay!) The mobile blog, aka “Mobrownpau,” is back, running on Blogger via my GSM phone. Right now it’s on a default template; that will change when I have time to work on it. Bad news: (Boo!) Blogger’s email-to-post feature can’t take image attachments from MMS, so I’m limited to plain text entries just […]
Watch Repair
Just got my old watch — a 14 year old Casio Quartz dive watch I’ve had since high school — fixed and tuned up by a sociable old timepiece artisan in Downtown Washington. Full service: new leather strap, new battery, and a new O-ring, with waterproofing gasket gel, all for cheap. (Well, cheap for DC, […]
No time, no time
Once upon a long-ago, I had much more time for designs, redesigns, and weblogs. Four years ago, I was a fairly “tertiary” creative worker: employed by a post-production house, serving the advertising industry, in a struggling Southeast Asian economy. Clients were few and far between, and the work came in spurts: little bursts of frenzied, […]
Happy 4th!
Happy 4th! Amy and I braved the threat of rain and thronging crowds on the National Mall to catch DC’s 9:10pm fireworks display, and we were not disappointed. Security was quick and hassle-free, and despite thousands of people, there was plenty of space to sit on the grass near the Vietnam War Memorial and watch […]
Sunset of the Photolog
I’ve come to a decision about my photolog. You’ve probably noticed that there is no longer a “BPBP” thumbnail in the sidebar. It’s simply been too much trouble in terms of templating and maintenance to handle two separate weblogs for journaling and photography. So, effective immediately, “BPBP” is no more. Anyway, I walked home from […]