Because Miss Zafra is wickedly twisted.
In this week’s LitWit Challenge we’re giving away a couple of titles in our beloved Tintin series by Herge: The Castafiore Emerald, and Tintin in Tibet. Like many of our favorite characters, Tintin…
Wait a minute, I am the spelling police, and I don’t recall ordering the new Quentin Tarantino movie Inglourious Basterds pulled out of Metro Manila theatres for misleading schoolchildren about…
Nine years ago I interviewed Jaime Augusto Zobel for TODAY. The elegant Manny Goloyugo (who was wearing those checked scarves in the early 90s) took the photos (”kumu-Clooney”). Today I interviewed…
From Globe corporate communications: All new Globe Broadband Tattoo Prepaid sims (The sims that come with the dongle) and all new Globe Tattoo Prepaid sims e.g. What used to be known as GHP Prepaid…
This weekend I had the opportunity to watch a master manipulator at the peak of her powers. The master: my niece Mika, who just turned three. Mika was named after the Formula One driver, so she…
For a long time, the field (of cannibalism studies) was dominated by a curious variety of négationnisme, most famously spelled out by William Arens in his 1980 book The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology…
Contemporary visual art that actually aspires to the condition of beauty: What a shocking concept. It’s so old school it’s practically revolutionary.
This painting just stopped me in my tracks….
Manila panorama by Uro de la Cruz
Here at last are the winners of our LitWit Challenge: Gatsby in Filipino: hyacinth and pelikula76. Congratulations! Please post your full names in Comments under…
T-shirt with illustration by Mariano Ching, P600. To order, email Raymond at elmondray@yahoo.com. Other designs by Mariano and by Louie Cordero are also available. The Low Expectations Movie of the…
In More Intelligent Life, a new gourmet offering that’s high in protein, low in fat, and available everywhere: Insects. Stir-fried bell peppers, broccoli, scallions, chilli paste, and roasted Jing…
So I like books. In many cases I like them more than people. Anyone who says that no book is more exciting than a human being obviously hasn’t read enough books. Nothing personal but if I had to…
The winners of our LitWit Challenge: Revolting Scenarios are…
infradiggit for postulating People Power III (or IV, we’re not sure what numeral we’re on) leading to an ecclesiastical regime,
Roger…
Vitrine at La Cuisine
This week’s LitWit Challenge: Revolting Scenarios is now closed. Winners will be announced tomorrow, along with the rules for the next LitWit Challenge.
About the Gatsby in…
