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Not Exactly At Level of John Lennon but

2025-12-15T14:31:00.000+08:00

I was a freshman in high school December of 1980. Recently inflicted with the disease of The NFL. That Monday night 45 years ago Howard Cosell told a huge audience on Monday Night Football that John Lennon died.

Tonight there were reports that two corpses were found at the residence of Rob Reiner. This of course shocked me considering how much This Is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing , Princess Bride and Stand By Me meant to me.

While there was that period of uncertainty , let the record show that during tonight's game between the Vikings and the Cowboys color commentator Cris Collinsworth let out a distinct : " Inconceivable!" And I really doubt the producers in the truck got in his head and told him in the middle of the game. If you know , you know.

This was the Google / AI result as I write this

True Story

2025-08-21T20:43:00.003+08:00

About 2-3 years ago I had this student who I felt was not trying hard enough. One day I decided to show her this video. The very first time , I could hear her mother laugh in the background. By about the 7th time ( a few weeks later) she cried when I played it. Maybe she had no idea that she made me cry on the inside with how little effort she was putting in.

The Seatfiller

2025-07-19T14:59:00.003+08:00

Ever wonder why you don't see empty seats at the Oscars? They employ people to sit in certain seats for a certain period of time and when the real occupant of that is ready to sit in that seat they get up and go somewhere else where they are needed. Seatfillers are not changing the world anytime soon. Seatfillers are not amassing a fortune. It is thankless work. They are simply there to keep up appearances . Convenience for the organization putting on the show. Window dressing.

For this blog , there will be no real names, no real pictures just real songs, real movies and real feelings . I met Cookie at a function a year ago. From August to May she simply became the person I interacted with the most. Good mornings, good nights , updates on the slightest things, meeting every Saturday or as she calls them "Saturdates" , frequent messages even when one of us was out of town. It was never romantic . I used to tell people who thought we were an item in front of her that she believes I am gay. In the NFL that might be called taking what the defense gives you. Suffice it say that I was enjoying the relationship enough that there was very little effort on my part to even hint at the next level.

What goes up must come down What must rise must fall And what goes on in your life Is writing on the wall

What Goes Up?

The Alan Parsons Project

In the words of the immortal Dandy Don Meredith or was that Willie Nelson "Turn out the lights, the party's over They say that all good things must end". The analogy would be totally appropriate for those of you who attended an evening party that gets interrupted by a brownout/ power failure that ends up lasting till the morning. Speaking of "till morning". The week we started texting we got into a phone conversation that did go till about 7 AM, starting from about 11 PM . As I got to know Cookie better , I found out that her normal bedtime is around 8 -9 PM. She called me "my photographer". I did enjoy when this relationship kind of had a life of its own. What goes up must come down ,what must rise must fall. The thing is the fall sometimes hurts.

"We're two of a kind Silence and I"

Alan Parsons Project (1982)

" Pride comes before the fall ".

Proverbs 16:18.

You might be asking what triggered the fall ? As I begin to write this five weeks after the fact, you might know more than me. I was obviously very fond of this woman. Yes she was attractive , nice and intelligent. Still my gut was telling me that she gives " be careful what you wish for .... " vibes. There was no argument. There was no ultimatum . There was no hint. There were no threats. There were no yelling matches. Just total silence. The last message to me involved confirming a dentist appointment she set up. The messages were more spaced out ( in terms of intervals) than they used to be. Less details. Ironically there was also this:

This is obviously a very nice pasalubong / souvenir from her recent trip to Japan. Maybe too nice. We did a lot of eating out plus some movies and some museums. Again nothing romantic yet the division of financial responsibilities very strongly resembled the traditional male / female dating ritual. Something I accepted as the price for being around a regular friend whose company I enjoyed every week. Someone who I was always in touch with. More than one person mentioned we were "bagay" ( good fit) . You know that you really click with someone that when something comes up and they are the only person who will get the situation. A few weeks ago one of my favorite students I christened " Evil Genius" resumed our sessions. I had nobody to tell. Cookie once mentioned in writing totally unprovoked that I was a blessing. Some blessing I turned out to be for her. An Irish Goodbye is a parting gift for a "blessing"?

Every person who asked about this eventually ask "did you call her?" . Even if I did talk to her I assume I would not be talking to the same person I spent all that time with. When patterns change something is up. Something another friend years ago found out the hard way. It is almost like she is Trump and I am Elon Musk. Knowing what we know now- if you told me that the payoff for all those Saturdays of getting together was Cookie disappearing like the Statue of Liberty with David Copperfield less than a year later , a better use of my time would have been rereading the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan series.

You ask, "What have I done to deserve this?"

Well, you haven't done a thing

Falling in Love - Randy Newman

If you asked me what might be the one thing that is bothering me about this ( run on sentence alert) I might say that at some point Cookie made the conscious decision to sever all ties with me and after all we have been through it will be unilateral and no explanation necessary or offered. There are two sides to every story . You are hearing mine. If you hear hers then that makes one of us.

It's times like this I feel have to quote from that great philosopher John Rambo. In this relatively tranquil scene from the movie our hero hits upon something that is so obvious in real life : many of us are there not because we are valued. We are there because we are in the words of the Monkees "Stepping Stones.". We are there because we are "expendable" . Maybe it was my late brother Marty who pointed the significance of this scene out to me. I was probably too focused at the time on Julia Nickson.

For the sake of argument , let's say that no matter what is going on in her side, she would really hate to outright lie to me. One way not to tell a lie is to say nothing. Not even good morning . It seems like this course of action also excludes any scintilla of gratitude or anything resembling So Long, Farewell. Sam Kinison ( God rest his soul, Sam was a former preacher ) once told an elaborate joke how to get liquor in a sleepy town at 430 AM. He tried convincing the hotel manager to serve alcohol past the time the law would allow. Inspired by his self proclaimed genius he called up a limousine service and asked for a ride to the airport. He also clarified that the cars had their own bar for the guests. Two limousines show up at his hotel , the drivers are financially compensated then he reveals the charade. There is no ride to the airport and thanks for coming . We just want the liquor. In the end the limousine drivers received honesty and gratitude. In the words of that great musical Hamilton " It must be nice! ".

"And the fun never ends

That is, as long as I'm buying"

Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx

"Friendship is all I have to offer." She said this early on in the relationship. I really gave her no reason to overtly remind me since then. My best friend for that period of time doesn’t care I am lamenting her loss. So I am lamenting it here in this blog. She said that friendship is all she had to offer. Considering she made like Amelia Earhart seems like she also offers ghosting at no extra charge.

The dreaded Youtube algorithm. You run into something interesting and you watch it then maybe it can be used in a blog that seems unrelated. The eye catching title was : At 78, Steven Spielberg Names The Six Actors He HATED the Most You learn about actors that have had prominent parts in Spielberg films and could have been more. When you actually watch the video, the word "hated" is really clickbait. There is no documentation of the director ever going on record about the six actors mentioned. It seems the reoccuring theme on how it all ended was there was no fight and the phone stopped ringing. Quoting from the video " walks away without a word." Remind you of anything?

The beauty of having an uncle who is a cinephile is you get invited to watch movies you normally would not watch and a lot of them turn out to be really good. Some of those movies even ended up here. There was this movie that came out in 2012 called The Attack. With a worldwide gross of under three million dollars , I doubt many of you have seen it. The main character is a respected surgeon who happens to be a Palestinian that lives in Tel Aviv, There is a huge explosion and he is devasted to learn his wife was in the market where it happened. During the investigation process the surgeon is totally blindsided when the authorities suspect his wife as being the suicide bomber behind the blast. You can guess that the rest of the movie is spent on the main character wondering what went wrong and why he couldn't see the signs and wondering who he was really married to. I was not married to Cookie or anything like that but I find myself relating to the surgeon just a little bit more with what unfolded in the last year. I find it interesting the tagline of the film is " Do you ever really know the one you love?"

How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?

Dire Straits

I kicked this off talking about seatfillers at the Oscars. The reigning Academy Award for Best Picture belongs to Anora. I was curious if this was worthy of the Oscar. Buying it online was quite cheap too . 50 pesos more than the 149 pesos it cost to rent. Come to think of it Cookie made me feel quite cheap with her hot potato stunt. The story involves a woman who works in a gentlemen's club who really gets involves with one of her customers. Since it is quite a recent movie, I will not overtly spoil the story with my next point. You will need a PC and a mouse to highlight the following text. We spare no expense at My Twisted View Of An Already Twisted World :

Ani works at the kind of place where husbands do not let their wives know they are going. A very young and very rich Vanya strolls into the establishment. He has fun with Ani. This leads to sessions outside the club and an invite to a New Year's Eve Party in Vanya's high end family home by the water. Eventually all this leads to a wedding in a Las Vegas Chapel.

At some point what goes up must come down . His parents could not have amassed all that wealth without being control freaks with goons. The parents fly out eventually to oversee an annulment. In between all this it becomes apparent that even if Ani ( Anora) is trying to avoid the goons and the family so she can remain married it seems Vanya was only interested in eluding the former. When the parents eventually get their way Ani sees her ex husband for the shallow jerk he really is. At this point I actually envy Ani. At least Vanya said "sorry."

Because of my quandary , I have to resort to
philosophy from TV's most popular serial killer

The TV show Dexter will always be a classic. One of the most memorable scenarios in the second season was the titular character faking a heroin addiction. Dexter is a bull$hit artist. The one person in the whole precinct who saw through his bs was Sgt. Doakes.

"Because why would someone pretend to be an addict. if he's not. unless he's got something a hell of a lot worse to hide."

Detective Doakes

Spoiler alert but Dexter was using the resources and access of Miami Metro to be the judge , jury and executioner of Miami's worst criminals. He would never admit to that so he faked being a serious heroin addict. Maybe Cookie has something to tell me as a friend that she can't . So one solution is to stop being friends. Just like Dexter admitting to be a heroin addict. BS about something serious so she does not have to confront the reality of something else serious. If I was being optimistic about Cookie ,then maybe this is a Kobayashi Maru. The no- win scenario for her. If I am being realistic then I am a pocket pager and she got her hands on an Iphone 16 Pro Max .

Earlier this year I introduced Cookie to someone I have known for a decade and a half. I was looking forward to the two of them meeting. Cookie and I were promised books my friend appeared in plus an introduction to her significant other. None of that materialized to this day. What did manifest the night of the meeting was an exorbitant bill even for one person. I was on the hook for two heads. I had zero say in the restaurant or what was ordered. I had no idea who the other people were other than those mentioned in this paragraph. I only bring this up because Cookie upon learning the facts the next day thought someone in that group took advantage of me. Looking back on the ashes of what was once our friendship , I remember a famous line from Julius Caesar.

I come to you, defenses down

with the trust of a child

Red Rain - Peter Gabriel

In the classic film The Wrath Of Khan , the Reliant was able to hurt The Enterprise because of an error in judgment by James T. Kirk. There was a distress call from a scientific research space station Regula 1. Kirk's ship responded to it and on the approach runs into another Federation starship called the Reliant. Communications were not established and the Enterprise continued their approach. Kirk did not err on the side of the caution. He assumed a fellow Starship officer was in command . Khan Noonien Singh was actually in command. A man seething in hate for James T. Kirk. This mistake lead to crippling blows from short range. No time to defend. That is exactly the point when you get close to someone. Your shields are never up. They can hurt you far worse than your enemies can. You are comfortable with your friends. Once in a while phasers and photo torpedoes go right into your unshielded hull.

Why write this? Besides the obvious answer of catharsis? I am a far cry from a comedian. Try looking at some popular ones whether it is Rodney Dangerfield, Eddie Murphy or Chris Rock. The great Gus Borden once said " Tragedy + time = comedy ". The inspiration for their material comes from being in uncomfortable situations. Cookie's out of nowhere trip to the Bermuda Triangle definitely made me uncomfortable. Aristotle said "Nature abhors a vacuum." I really have no information on this but something tells me Cookie is not exactly experiencing a vacuum. A logical explanation that results in me being discarded unceremoniously.

Was I the limo service that Sam Kinison was talking about earlier? Pressed into duty under false pretenses only for the real agenda to be revealed later? Life is balance and life finds balance. Maybe this was a market correction. It was Elvis who said

" You know someone said that the world's a stage and each of us must play a part"

As far as Cookie is concerned the part I must play is the part of seatfiller. At least I saw enough movies.

Annual Monday Morning Full Blown Party

2025-01-24T12:52:00.005+08:00

It is a weird premise: early Monday morning party with the possibility of beer. Now how could it be fun even if one could care less about the NFL?

Food and Drink Really Early

My friend Alan and I have been going or attempting to go to Super Bowl viewing events in Manila since around 2005/ 2006. At some point during the game we order beer and wings. Some places will have a buffet . Some places will just serve their regular menu. These places will usually have something for every one. Even draft beer at 7 AM. Warning : you know it is a crucial moment in the game because the waitress is more likely to ask you if you want one more.

Unique Atmosphere

The United States has the best professional basketball, hockey and baseball in the world . Yet the interest in those sports ( based on US TV ratings) is dwarfed by the interest in the NFL. A sport that has no significant corresponding league overseas. In 2024, of the top 15 most widely viewed programs in the US - 13 were NFL games. The other two were the Oscars and the Biden- Trump debate.

The good thing about watching the Super Bowl in an Asian country is people care but not too much. There will be cheering and yelling during certain events plus liquor is served. What I have never seen is people who are so passionate about a team that arguments erupt or even worse. Some places will have promos . Prizes I won over the years include a Philadelphia Eagles cap that I won in 2006 that I still wear today and an ESPN 5 shirt .

Goes without saying that the Super Bowl is big in the US. People love football . It is an honor for the teams to play in it, the announcers to call it , the cities who host it and even the musical performers who play during halftime. In Philippines even the guys let alone the females don't know the difference between the punt and field goal. They however will mention that the only thing they know about the Super Bowl is the halftime show. The ones I talk to assume that the halftime show is why the Super Bowl is successful. Why not? They heard about the musical acts playing and they only watch games with a shot clock. They are of course wrong. The tail does not wag the dog. First of all review that stat I gave you earlier about the Top 15 TV events in 2024. I hate to bring logic and empirical evidence is an a piece about passion but how about this nugget? The halftime performers in the Super Bowl do not get paid. They get promoted in a way that they never have been promoted and never will be promoted. The performers want the Super Bowl more than the game wants them.

"I am not a morning person. Except the second Monday in February. "

Best Commercials In One Place

YouTube has demystified commercials that are done better than ones we find locally in the Philippines. Last year it cost $7 million to air one 30 second commercial . To put that in perspective. The PBA in 2022 earned a record income of $3.5 million Normally commercials during a game are a good time to go the bathroom at your friendly neighborhood pub. You have no idea what you will miss when you leave for the can during the Super Bowl. I seem to remember hosting a few friends decades ago making club sandwiches and this came on during the pregame. I remember this cute Volkswagen ad. ( Google their founder) This commercial is even more epic considering the foreshadowing of what happened with a certain celeb couple. John Keating (Robin Williams ) said "the human race is filled with passion". What is strange is that in a country where the general population only knows a team sport with a round orange ball, I see that passion every year on a Monday morning in February. You get to witness that passion at a sports bar near you Feb 10 , 2025 . Show up with a football literate friend or two and learn some new things and maybe have more fun that you ever thought a Monday morning could be.

CSA in the 70s through the lens of my dad

2024-08-23T11:49:00.001+08:00

I went to CSA from grade 1 to grade 6 always in section C . I enjoyed the reunion in July more than I thought possible . Thanks to Mon Dayrit and Joel Arcenas for getting me to the reunion in the first place . I spent grade 7 in Southridge with Adrian Hernandez , Manoli , Tonton Mapa among other CSA transplants . High school and undergraduate in Canada . Masters in DSLU Manila . Been planning to share these pics for a while . I will add more to this album when I find more . Thanks to my dad who is a shutterbug and my mom’s organizational skills with the albums for 7 kids . If there is anyway I can contact people like Rene Khan, Albert Medalle, Edgardo Katipunan etc that would be cool . Events include our first communion in 1974 and Cub Scout kerchief ceremony I think .

Eduardo Pertiera on the left

With Philip Hagedorn extreme right

Mrs Agraviador of 2C SY 1974-75 . Her daughter Michelle who was in grade 1 and an “ angel “ for our First Communion who probably had the good sense not to be fond of me.

The late Adrian Hernandez visible here.

CSA 40th Reunion

2024-07-12T09:27:00.004+08:00

I am so thankful that word got to me about a reunion with people I didn’t graduate with. What do you do when you have over 170 pics ? Put it in your seldom used blog instead of flooding people ‘s viber . Thanks so much for people who remembered me and people who were so welcoming last night . I had a simple motivation for going . A chance to speak to people I have not seen since the 70s and achievement unlocked .

Two Kinds of How Are You?

2023-03-26T20:11:00.001+08:00

Some people ask how are you and could care less what your answer is. Even people who have known you for years. I am sure I was guilty at times.

1) I honestly care about your condition in this world . You are saying please let me know what is going on in your life.

2) I really do not care how are you. Just say something that I won't care about the answer so I can tell you what I want from you.

Oscar Tweet

2022-03-28T21:05:00.004+08:00

“I’m overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world” 🤡#Oscars #Oscar2022 #AcademyAwards #Slap #WillSmith pic.twitter.com/yR8upb6DXs
— Thomas Hässler (@9takesT) March 28, 2022

Hazy Memory of A Modified Quote

2022-03-25T22:40:00.004+08:00

I talked to a lot of kids over the last 6 years and none of them have told me that listening to the radio is part of their life. Without radio I can not tell you what I heard on it so many years ago that I never heard again.

"Failure is never final and failure is never fatal and the most important part of that equation is it's not whether you win or lose, it's how good you looked"

The immortal David Lee Roth

Immortal Alex P Keaton Quote

2022-01-07T17:26:00.003+08:00

I can't find this anywhere in Google. Immortal quote. Alex P Keaton on the show Family Ties. About 36 years ago.

Quality TV

2021-10-24T18:37:00.002+08:00

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhEguvmo7mSPSEjIEeesrtb4HUchC174F

Philippines Finally Has A Gold Medal

2021-07-27T23:05:00.004+08:00

I Have Been Curious About This For Eight Years

2021-06-27T23:47:00.000+08:00

I keep hearing about how a certain recently departed public figure did wonders with the national economy. My simple question is how?? If a person is getting credit for an achievement that defines his life. I would like to know how he did it. Nothing wrong with wanting to know the truth right?

Let’s set the record straight on economic accomplishments. This went unanswered 6 years ago and it will go unanswered in 2021 pic.twitter.com/SQuQ8OKG48
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) June 25, 2021

Love You Tito Jeri

2021-05-04T21:35:00.011+08:00

My life has intertwined with Tito Jeri so many times in 55 years . My earliest memory of him was he came over to the house in Mahogany street to watch NBA with my dad . In the 70s my brother Marty and I would often spend the whole weekend next door in 45 . One particular weekend when Lola Jess and Lola Lita were abroad , Adela the yaya of Ninoy Benny died and the logistics had to be handled by Tita Dee and Tito Jeri. That Saturday night there was a mass in the lower driveway . My first opportunity of many to serve mass . That was with Father Douglas

Besides the many lunches we shared in the 4th floor conference room , my special kinship with Tita Dee and Tito Jeri goes a little beyond that . We are all products of Langara College and Simon Fraser University .

When I think of Tito Jeri I think of times I was in the car with him over the decades. He was driving the first time I laid eyes on Vancouver August of 1980. He was driving during the aftermath of the death of Tita Vicky in 2006. We did some errands immediately after it happened. He drove me from the funeral to the internment of Ninoy Benny in 2017 . I remember him picking me us up in the airport in Bacolod in the mid 80s. If you think I am kulit at 55 , I was even more kulit when I was 14. I twisted his arm to drive me on a Friday night to my first varsity football game in Empire stadium.

The only time the shoe was on the other foot was May 1996. We were in the borrowed van of Boy Lim. His then family of 4 visited Vancouver but he was flying out of Seattle. Normally those duties fell on T Pepet but there was a passport complication if I recall. I still remember at least one of the CDs I bought in Tower Records with the tip he gave me. We always had the love of music in common. He remembered me being into Kiss in 1979 and asking me a few later if I was still into them. Well, I am still into them. I remember that day Tito Jeri told me that Boy Lim died.

In a way he kind of did some mild form of arm twisting on me decades later . My MBA studies were dormant for 5 years . He encouraged and helped me to resume . So he you can say he had a major part in a miracle when I finally graduated in 2015 . You just need to find 2 more miracles before you contact the Vatican.

Tito Jeri was my only older relative who I was able to discuss the intricacies of the NFL, major league baseball and college football with. I would often watch the conclusion of world series games in his office . We even discussed golf and I believe I was the only one who did that with him in the 4th floor of Liberty. I will miss his deadpan sense of humor. I will always appreciate the evening of January 6 2015 when he was supposed to be a wedding and there was with us in Lola Ose's final hour. Him and tito Pepet both dressed for a wedding. I love him and I will miss him and I am sad that I had to write this. If he was still here he might dismiss this as exaggerating.

The Best President We Never Had

2020-12-09T12:32:00.006+08:00

https://www.facebook.com/Clanwolf/posts/10221781168789873

Right Ed Lopez.
Posted by Darwin Cañete on Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Photography Crib Sheets

2020-11-27T23:10:00.005+08:00

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

2020-09-27T10:52:00.007+08:00

https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2020/01/15/whitney-houston-in-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/

https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2015/04/19/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-inductees-2/

You Had Your Chance

2020-08-09T11:22:00.002+08:00

https://www.facebook.com/Clanwolf/posts/10220900851822499

Original post is here.

Posted by Darwin Cañete on Saturday, August 8, 2020

Flawless

2020-08-04T12:34:00.001+08:00

Posted by Darwin Cañete on Monday, August 3, 2020

Nothing Is Impossible

2020-07-25T13:42:00.000+08:00

https://www.facebook.com/Clanwolf/posts/10220776772000581

Posted by Darwin Cañete on Thursday, July 23, 2020

ABS CBN Anthology

2020-07-10T18:57:00.000+08:00

Were they standing for respecting our labor, broadcasting, SEC and tax laws ??? Simple question https://t.co/1EU6rmgR0u
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 10, 2020

"ABS CBN has no political agenda " . Carlo Katigbak . They should have closed the matter the moment a CEO utters those words expecting anybody with half a brain to believe that .
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 10, 2020

As lawmakers what message would they be sending to an institution that seem to flaunt many of those laws : labor , tax , broadcasting , ownership. https://t.co/UtYm6P7mJ1
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 10, 2020

When you see a supposed defender of the marginalized passionately defend the Economic Elite. Jusko kadiri. #ABSCBNhearing https://t.co/WwXsMoLx90
— ThinkingPinoy (@iMthinkingPinoy) July 9, 2020

Indeed... "One would be hard-pressed to put up a eulogy to #ABSCBN painting it as a paragon of virtue. It makes money off low quality unoriginal programs that have long known to contribute to the intellectual bankruptcy of Philippine society." https://t.co/atCejZttcB
— benign0 (@benign0) July 10, 2020

There needs to be an intense baduy detox. And that’s assuming another bastion of baduyness doesn’t rise in its place and the other outlets don’t pick up the slack from the vacuum of baduyness left behind #baduyness https://t.co/Bi18hhtWez
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 9, 2020

pic.twitter.com/lFTRWUJRO9
— Che Lejano, M.D. (@lejanomd) July 9, 2020

Money is desperately flowing from the ABS-CBN treasury!

Imagine, they can afford not to pay taxes owed to the Filipinos for years and yet they can certainly short circuit the process by bribing our legislators. https://t.co/rC5oUkhHiC
— DUTERTENOMICS (@Dutertenomics) July 9, 2020

Of course not . People keep quoting labor , SEC, broadcasting and tax violations ( plural) . Let’s start with that OJT . https://t.co/mK1seswU1X
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 9, 2020

The ABS CBN franchise issue boils down to either a conscience vote or conscience bought. 😅
— Darwin Cañete (@canete_darwin) July 8, 2020

"As we have written before in this paper, ABS-CBN’s past has definitely caught up with it..." https://t.co/dfHXRcbPs7
— Roman Surtida (@rsurtida) July 7, 2020

Did u notice that ABSCBN officials are always well-prepared to even the remotest questions of allied congressmen...

But can't remember the answer to the most simple questions of Marcoleta, et. al. ?

Pati ba naman sa hearing may script or was it part of d deal?#VoteNoToABSCBN
— Jaguar (@jaguarkuyaipe) July 6, 2020

Owsheyt!!!! Carlo Katigbak just said that they never violated any law. Huh! Then how do we expect them to change if they still couldnt acknowledge their mistakes!!!! I am beyond angry.
— gabriela silang (@gabriel00609109) July 6, 2020

The arrogance of ABSCBN is legendary. Their arrogance made all their lies become them. I can’t seem to see even a bit of humility from their side.
— Wynston Bront (@BrontWynston) July 6, 2020

I find it funny that people stress " calmness" but say nothing about things like you know transparency, sincerity , honesty , law abiding. Things like that. But you know what Billy Joel says about honesty 😂
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 7, 2020

You know @Noel_Dolor this reminds me of a Mathis / Williams duet
https://t.co/RNoVNrZXkO
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 6, 2020

Violation of the 100% Filipino ownership of mass media is one of the accusations against ABS-CBN, and there are so many others like labor laws, tax evasion, etc. The man’s grace, calmness in appearance, and always with a smile on his face are irrelevant to the violations. Tse! https://t.co/OefNQWnRfF
— Reyna Elena (@reyna_elena) July 5, 2020

This is how dumb Carlo Katigbak thinks we all are . Even pro ABS CBN people didn’t even try to talk around this one . “ no political agenda “ https://t.co/78MJo2ZBss
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 6, 2020

Carlo Katigbak “ ABS CBN is not political “ . 1. Who is here ? 2 . Who employed them in 2016? 3. Is it political ? 4. Any internal memo ? https://t.co/VKxhWFIXYb
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 6, 2020

If a nil achieving onion skinned , insecure President -Elect in 2010 immediately hired 2 ABS CBN on air staff were they really doing journalism uncovering his accomplishments or just a$$ kissing on air? To be fair who wouldn't want to kiss that?
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 6, 2020

“Grace “??? He said with a straight face that ABS CBN is not political. That is grace in a way I guess . Long known as a “ kingmaker “ . All their stars appeared in that joke youtube Mar Roxas fast forward . 2 on air employees immediately on Aquino staff in 2010. Not political? https://t.co/1fAveSuMeF
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 6, 2020

Any journalist who becomes part of a president ‘s team wasn’t much of a journalist to begin with . https://t.co/EH0A5Fbc8j
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 5, 2020

From my friend who was responding to the idea about pitying the employees . I believe he is not on Twitter . pic.twitter.com/umUBfOGyBW
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 5, 2020

ABS CBN. In service of the Filipino. By educating them on laws of all types by breaking them in the process of their operations.
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 4, 2020

You know what’s really painful abt the ABSCBN tax avoidance issue?

It’s the fact that they saved billions and billions and yet deny the regularization of thousands of their employees.

The math checks out. Hindi sila malulugi sa dami ng perang natipid nila.

GREED.
— Doctor_EVL (@Doctor_EVL) July 4, 2020

So you are saying they did not break any laws whether broadcasting / tax / labor ? 100 % in compliance ??? You know this was cooking since last year . The pandemic is Feb 2020. License expiry date was well known https://t.co/7UZZknoq2L
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 4, 2020

Claim not to be political after years of being proud of being known as the “ kingmaker “ https://t.co/ywV2um7sJJ
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 3, 2020

They didn’t complain when INC block voted the blockhead in 2010 . https://t.co/k56QoyjNNR
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) July 2, 2020

ABSCBN saved around P3B worth of taxes from 2016 - 2018 from Big Dipper alone.

That is the amount AVOIDED by ABSCBN.
— Jaguar (@jaguarkuyaipe) July 2, 2020

Isn't it funny how EVERYONE claims God is on their side? If this were true and God is one everybody's side, then how in the world can anyone take God seriously? 🤔 https://t.co/XBZA05DFPi pic.twitter.com/qPAwY43qX5
— benign0 (@benign0) June 30, 2020

If you have 10 to 20 years employees, not regularized because they are not deserving. Then, management is to blame for failure to train them properly.
— littleboy (@little_b_o_y) June 30, 2020

And they have the goddamn gall to ask for “FAIRNESS” when they fail to comply with regulators and labor laws, and unscrupulously avail of loopholes to avoid paying taxes.
— Dagr2013 (@Dagr_2013) July 1, 2020

😱 I therefore conclude that Liza Soberano doesn't know that the PH has three branches of the government. https://t.co/kQGPZnNDkx
— Igorot Lakwatsero™ (@theigorotkid) June 30, 2020

But do they have a license ? https://t.co/C1wIJk6abS
— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) June 30, 2020

How To Plan A Weird Birthday Party

2020-07-09T17:42:00.001+08:00

It was a Sunday night and the group was plotting an evil scheme. A friend's 30th birthday was coming up and we could not let this pass without some unforgettable incident. I forget the exact restaurant where we were in Richmond but it was March 1996 if I recall.

Plan A

have a cop come , read him his rights, handcuff him and start stripping. Of course the cop was going to be a guy. Then someone objected because knowing Anthony like we do , the cop will likely be punched. On to

Plan B

We will get Dana in a Marilyn Monroe dress and sing Happy Birthday Mr President of the softball league just like what happened to JFK. That was nixed. We decided to go the other way.

Well it's a good thing we have video of Plan C.

The Beauty Goes To The Joint

2020-06-17T11:48:00.000+08:00

https://time.com/5853556/maria-ressa-rappler-cyber-libel-philippines/

Which cheery sounding songs are actually disturbing when you listen to the lyrics?

2020-02-10T19:31:00.001+08:00

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The Lights of LA County by Lyle Lovett. After having the CD for 15 years I head a few words that didn’t make sense in context then I realized I was the one who got the context song. Listen to it and you will get caught up in it’s playfulness , optimism and joy. And like me you might not pay attention to the lyrics.

Cold Ethyl by Alice Cooper . He doesn’t really try to hide the meaning or anything but it is a subject I doubt anyone of us will be comfortable as a song topic. Hence : shock rock.

Everyone’s Gone To The Movies by Steely Dan. Actually I wonder if the infamous Different Strokes episode titled The Bicycle Man was patterned after this song. Mr. LaPage will forever be a code name among those who I define as hip.

Note I never said exactly what was those disturbing topics were and please feel free to listen to the songs and discover yourself.

Never Has A High Profile Beauty Ever Bestowed Such Attention On Me

2019-12-07T11:36:00.000+08:00

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