NOW AVAILABLE: Pocket Size Ruled Moleskine Notebooks!!!

Yes, you heard me right.

Moleskine Ruled Notebooks now come in pocket sizes! These babies are cute, believe me. They are 3.5"x5.5" and looks exactly like the proverbial black book.

Only Php600 each, these wee note keepers are perfect gifts for the professional or wannabe writer, the obsessive-compulsive nitpickers, or just doodle-happy penners. If you want one, just drop a message or call these numbers: 09175187770 (Peter) or 09178978562 (Jasmine), and we'll arrange a rendezvous for you to start your 192-page journey to mini-Moleskinerie.

Still available: Large Ruled Notebooks and Large Sketchbooks for Php750 each (for Biggie-sized Moleskinerie).

Moleskine Update! The Possibility of Pocket-Sizes!

Anyone interested in Moleskine pocket-size ruled notebooks (3.5" x 5.5")? I need at least 6 or 7 sure buyers so I can lower prices. I forecast that I can sell them around Php550 I guess. They would be perfect for Christmas gifts (hint*hint).

Large ruled notebooks and sketchbooks are still available at Php 750 each. If anyone's going to buy in bulk for Christmas gifts, let me know asap so I can arrange for a discount if ever.

I'm counting myself as one preorder. Who's with me? :)

Best Bat-Gadget. Ever.

How... uh.... ingeniously misogynistic.

From Superdickery.com

Trilla in Manila (Pen)

Of course there will be people who will take what happened last 29 November 2007 as laughing matter. Cases in point:

• Text messages. Someone sent me this the day after:

Lessons learned from Trillanes

1. Pwede pala maglakad from Makati Trial Court to Manila Pen.
2. Kasya pala tangke sa hotel.
3. Pag naposasan pala taga media, nakakalimutan ang nag-aaklas, sila na muna pinag-uusapan.
4. Di pala maganda si Pinky Webb pag walang make-up.
5. Kulot pala si Ces Drilon pag di nag blower.

• Pictures

With apologies to the gay community, I found this one lying around some site:

And of course, The infamous Wigged Magdalo Soldier:

I thought that the armbands were cool at Magdalo's first attempt. But the wig is taking it too far.

Why do you think that I still work for the government? It's a hell lot more entertaining than watching telenovelas.

-o0o-

Lumindol sa Senado!!!

Akala ko katapusan na ng institusyon na ito. Matagal din yung lindol, nagpanic slightly yung mga tao.

Eto yung weird: May budget deliberations sa Senate floor nung lumindol. Hindi natinag yung mga senador dun kanina sa lindol. Either mahal nila trabaho nila o manhid sila. Weh.

At least malapit kami sa fire escape. Nag-abang ako actually ng tsunami (meron kaming seaside view dito sa office). Buti nahiya sila sa akin, hindi nagpakita.

Back to work.

Dictionary.com's Word of the Day for November 22, 2007

deipnosophist \dyp-NOS-uh-fist\, noun:

Someone who is skilled in table talk.

At the age of six his future as a deipnosophist seemed certain. Guzzling filched apples he loved to prattle. Hogging the pie he invariably piped up and rattled on.
-- Ellis Sharp, "The Bloating of Nellcock"

Deipnosophist comes from the title of a work written by the Greek Athenaeus in about 228 AD, Deipnosophistai, in which a number of wise men sit at a dinner table and discuss a wide range of topics. It is derived from deipnon, "dinner" + sophistas, "a clever or wise man."

Retro Gaming

The gamer in me can't help it. I have to have new games. I'm currently thinking of buying a PSP, but most probably that would be a project for next year. For the meantime I'm thinking of putting a new game in my laptop. Nagsawa agad ako sa NFS Most Wanted, hindi ko na rin tinapos dahil hindi naman talaga ako racing gamer. I'm also contemplating in installing GTA San Andreas soon (I know I'm a late bloomer, but I was loyal to the original GTA3, but what the hey).

So for instant gratification, I downloaded emulators of old skool consoles. I went back to my first love: the Sega Genesis. Wonderful memories. I also went back to my favorite genre, an almost forgotten one these days: the beat-em-up.

My crop of games to download were obvious: Golden Axe III and the Streets of Rage series. I then followed with Shinobi and the Thunderforce series (side-scrolling shooters are a close second favorite), along with a few platformers.

First acheivement: after more than 12 years, I finally finished Golden Axe III