Archive for November, 2007

Insightful conversations with Mom #1: The Nativity

I had the pleasure of having this tragically annoying, albeit funny conversation with my mom this morning, which I am, against my better judgment, reproducing here in verbatim so you, my readers could have a few cheap laughs at her expense. Also, I am a terrible son and I’m probably going to hell. My Mom: [...]

The Anatomy of a Really Bad Morning

3:08am Was the time displayed on my macbook’s clock last night before I finally decided to call it a day and sleep despite being awake since 7 in the morning the day before. Another battle with insomnia compounded with panic attacks and anxiety I summarily lost. 4:14 am The time on the clock when I [...]

Data, Voice and Video: Happy Telecom’s Triple Play Service is Every Web Worker’s Wet Dream

“Anytime, Anywhere” is Happy Communications‘ Chief Marketing Officer Marvin Cruz’s proposed tag line for his company’s soon to be launched consumer WiMAX service. Anytime, anywhere what? Well, anytime, anywhere 2MBPS Data, VOIP and Video that’s what. I met with Marvin over dinner and I must say that from what he describes the service to be, [...]

BeerCast: Ang Show na Walang Katulad

What happens when you put 5 cases of San Miguel Beer, a group of alcoholic bloggers and a microphone together? Well: A lot of cussing. A lot of racist jokes. A lot of dicking around. Bim, having an emotional breakdown as he regales others with stories of his childhood replete with sexual abuse and incest. [...]

Quitting beer, top 5 lies, drunk

I’ve done something incredibly horrible over the past few weeks. I tried to stop drinking. Worse, I kept it a secret from you guys. I am not going to regale you with a dramatic story of triumph because the way I used italics several sentences back, It’s obvious that I’ve achieved nothing but utter failure [...]