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Beware! You may already be addicted! We use (or used) the substance habitually, often not realizing we were actually applying it since it was such a daily routine. Anyone who has tried to quit can readily attest that when you stop using, your lips become negatively affected for several days or weeks. The physiological dependency […]
Via Wayne: Funny, how Harold Camping is calling people to leave their “dying” churches because the end times are approaching. The Bible tells us otherwise: “…Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” – Hebrew […]
Is a government establishment (oh, say, an International Airport) obliged by law to pay property taxes to the municipality upon whose borders it sits? The City of Parañaque seems to think so, and is even ready to forcibly close down the airport’s runways and auction off airport property to get their hands on those taxes. […]
I’ve just finished Winter’s Heart, ninth book of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time. Recent installments in this fantasy series were wearing my patience thin, with too many minor characters and subplots, slow and monotonous plot progression, and lackluster character development. Through the first half of the book it seemed to be more of the same, […]
One of my favorite chapters in the entire Bible is John 6, where, a day after feeding five thousand people at Tiberias, Jesus addresses them about himself as the “Bread of Life.” He compares himself to the manna: the bread that God sent to the Jews in the wilderness, and yet more than that, a […]
Good morning, everyone! The times become more momentous with every day. Plans are whirling about me and falling into place, and I can only waterski the waves as best as I can, with the Lord as my speedboat. Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis. (By the way, these Ang Dating Daan people are hilarious. […]
That’s the best I can do for index47. It looks fine to me in IE5/Win at 800×600, though Opera5/Win breaks the whole thing beyond recognition. How does it look to you people of the world?
Oh, now here’s something out of the ordinary: someone from Ang Dating Daan seems to be mad at me. (Thanks for the note, Cornelius! :) Just for the record, I’m not one of the Bereans; I just offered them a domain and hosting space. I’m not “Justyn” or “abuGian,” but I do praise God for […]
Caution: Moral Snares Ahead: An LA Times Commentary recalling the last time US troops landed on Southern Philippine soil to combat Moro separatists — in 1903. Don’t get me wrong; I’m all for getting rid of the Abu Sayyaf, and American help is more than welcome in light of our military’s inability to deal with […]
Collision I rollerbladed around campus a lot in my first year of college. And once, I slipped and crashed into a girl walking in the other direction. Argh. She screamed, I said, “Sorry,” while picking myself up. Yes, I was a wiener freshman. Dead Pianist The church choir had been invited to sing at another […]