Daniel Abbey https://danielabbey.com/ Good writing is clear thinking. Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:34:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://danielabbey.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-da-logo_BW-32x32.jpg Daniel Abbey https://danielabbey.com/ 32 32 3 Reasons to Be a Better Writer https://danielabbey.com/2021/08/3-reasons-to-be-a-better-writer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-reasons-to-be-a-better-writer https://danielabbey.com/2021/08/3-reasons-to-be-a-better-writer/#respond Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:50:13 +0000 https://danielabbey.com/?p=1492 Ever had to write a letter, speech, or company report and the whole time it felt like squeezing blood from a rock? Ever had to write because your job required it, but stabbing your eyes with a fork felt like a better proposition? Ever started a blog post and then abandoned ship because it sounded […]

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]]> https://danielabbey.com/2021/08/3-reasons-to-be-a-better-writer/feed/ 0 Learn To Say No https://danielabbey.com/2021/06/learn-to-say-no/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learn-to-say-no https://danielabbey.com/2021/06/learn-to-say-no/#respond Sun, 27 Jun 2021 15:06:00 +0000 https://danielabbey.com/?p=1122 Today, a parable. Last Monday, my two youngest kids, aged 4 and 5, asked to be carried upstairs to bed. It’s customary in our household. I do it because I know they find comfort in being gently whisked to the bedroom. Also, I’m the Best Dad Ever™. So when my kids ask me to make […]

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]]> https://danielabbey.com/2021/06/learn-to-say-no/feed/ 0 WATCH NEXT: The Movies That Made Us https://danielabbey.com/2019/12/watch-next-the-movies-that-made-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-next-the-movies-that-made-us https://danielabbey.com/2019/12/watch-next-the-movies-that-made-us/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 02:53:59 +0000 https://danielabbey.com/?p=328 Stars: Watch it on Netflix There’s a point in each episode of The Movies That Made Us where you go, “It’s amazing this film ever got made.” And that’s what makes this Netflix mini-series a fun retrospective look at four of the greatest films from the 80s and early 90s: Die Hard, Ghostbusters, Home Alone, […]

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]]> https://danielabbey.com/2019/12/watch-next-the-movies-that-made-us/feed/ 0 WATCH NEXT: Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator https://danielabbey.com/2019/11/watch-next-bikram-yogi-guru-predator/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-next-bikram-yogi-guru-predator https://danielabbey.com/2019/11/watch-next-bikram-yogi-guru-predator/#respond Sat, 30 Nov 2019 02:35:42 +0000 https://danielabbey.com/?p=309 Stars: Watch it on Netflix In Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator, Bikram Choudhury is a man of hyperbole. Famous for being the founder of Bikram Yoga, one of the most popular exercise practices in the world, he makes fantastical claims about his origins, yoga techniques, and even his passage to the United States from India, involving […]

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]]> https://danielabbey.com/2019/11/watch-next-bikram-yogi-guru-predator/feed/ 0 The Race of Our Lives: Thoughts on a Manila Grand Prix https://danielabbey.com/2019/02/the-race-of-our-lives-thoughts-on-a-manila-grand-prix/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-race-of-our-lives-thoughts-on-a-manila-grand-prix https://danielabbey.com/2019/02/the-race-of-our-lives-thoughts-on-a-manila-grand-prix/#respond Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:19:40 +0000 https://danielabbey.com/?p=298 A Manila Grand Prix would be a dream. But first, better sewage, right? The most tantalising news in the past couple of weeks has got to be that Liberty Media, the owners of Formula 1, applied for the trademarks of “Philippine Grand Prix” and “Manila Grand Prix” with the Philippine Intellectual Property Office last January. So, is […]

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]]> https://danielabbey.com/2019/02/the-race-of-our-lives-thoughts-on-a-manila-grand-prix/feed/ 0 Rogue One: The Restoration of Star Wars https://danielabbey.com/2016/12/rogue-one-the-restoration-of-star-wars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rogue-one-the-restoration-of-star-wars https://danielabbey.com/2016/12/rogue-one-the-restoration-of-star-wars/#respond Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:41:02 +0000 https://danielabbey.com/?p=243 At long last, a prequel that doesn’t suck. Major spoilers for Rogue One follow – if you haven’t watched the movie yet, get to a theater near you! Much has already been said about the Star Wars cinematic universe so let’s get this out the way quickly: the originals are gold, the prequels suck, and […]

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]]> https://danielabbey.com/2016/05/interview-rico-hizon/feed/ 0 Artist Interview: Lala Gallardo https://danielabbey.com/2016/04/artist-interview-lala-gallardo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artist-interview-lala-gallardo https://danielabbey.com/2016/04/artist-interview-lala-gallardo/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:50:00 +0000 https://danielabbey.com/?p=217 Gallardo’s latest exhibit “Days” is a quiet, four-piece rumination on the ordinary Days is the recently-concluded solo exhibit by Lala Gallardo (held at Vinyl On Vinyl Gallery, Pasong Tamo, Makati). At only four pieces it is a short but revealing look at the seemingly mundane life of a woman, half naked, in various states of routine. In The Hundredth Stroke, […]

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]]> https://danielabbey.com/2016/04/artist-interview-lala-gallardo/feed/ 0 Weezer: The White Album https://danielabbey.com/2016/04/weezer-the-white-album/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weezer-the-white-album https://danielabbey.com/2016/04/weezer-the-white-album/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:44:00 +0000 https://danielabbey.com/?p=213 Peppy nerd-rock for beach bums and summer lovers everywhere Weezer have been around, believe it or not, for 24 years. You’d think a band that traffics in 90s/millennial alternarock would have conked out long ago. And yet, with the release of their fourth self-titled record (and 10th of their career), it seems Weezer are picking […]

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]]> https://danielabbey.com/2016/04/weezer-the-white-album/feed/ 0 Kevin Max: Starry Eyes Surprise https://danielabbey.com/2016/04/album-review-starry-eyes-surprise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-starry-eyes-surprise https://danielabbey.com/2016/04/album-review-starry-eyes-surprise/#respond Fri, 01 Apr 2016 15:45:00 +0000 https://danielabbey.com/?p=209 The specter of dcTalk always looms over the work of its now-solo members but Kevin Max is content to frolic in its ever-present shadow. Starry Eyes Surprise, Max’s 7th full-length album, is the latest in a body of highly eclectic solo work – a record that’s both quintessentially Kevin Max and yet unlike anything he’s done before. Fans […]

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