Pounding The Keyboard

    “Your problem is you spent your life thinking there are rules. There aren’t.”                                                                                                                         --- Lorne Malvo                 I’ve just watched the first season (hopefully there’d be more seasons) of brand-new TV show Detective Hole and se...

       Today is Holy Wednesday, the day Judas betrayed Jesus, and here’s an experiment you can do that’s appropriate during this week, go to some popular public Facebook accounts, especially the political ones, where there's always heated arguments. And when you see someone swearing and commenting obscenely, rudely, harshly, and wickedly against the ones that they are having an argument with, or wishing them and their family the most cruel and tragic deaths, take a peek at these vulgar people accounts, the ones doing the cursing and the threats, and a lot of times, oddly, you’d see Bible verses there preaching about loving your neighbors or being kind and forgiving, or quotes about how they fear and love God.      Sometimes, you’d even see an image of Jesus on their cover photo.      So, what does the Bible say about these people? Titus 1:16 “They profess to know God, but they deny Him by the way they live. They are detestable, disob...

  She’d rise from the sea White as the sun, first creating a giant splash Before swimming for a few minutes, or an hour It would then dive deep into the sea again And disappear for hours, or days But he’d stay on shore, waiting to catch a glimpse of her majestic self again And when she didn’t show up for weeks He knew that she now rose in a different part of the ocean…

       Two siblings of mine just got back from Japan and brought home a roomful of pasalubong , mostly snacks like chocolates, tea, T-shirts, cologne, keychains and some chili oil and chili flakes. We love chili, yes. My share of the loot is in the photo above. The keychain is a merchandise from an anime I am not familiar with. Japan is nice, they say, not really polluted, people seem really disciplined, and it’s cold and seems safe. And the bullet train is really fast, but not as fast as a real bullet. Lol. And Mount Fuji is still majestic.      Meanwhile, in other countries, America is still being ruled by a madman who seems to be intentionally ruining the world economy, Iran is still bent on retaliating really hard, Israel is still war freak while in China, seven dogs escaped from a truck that abducted them and that was about to bring them to a dog meat market. A smart corgi led the group, which included an injured German Shepherd. One video I saw...

       Two siblings of mine are currently in Japan vacationing. I wanted to come but who would take care of the house? And the dog? The house can be locked. But the dog? So, I stayed home. Travel is nice, but taking care of the dog is nicer. Anyway, maybe, our dog and I could travel together sometime very soon, probably to a country in Middle East. Lol.      Anyway, they asked what souvenirs I wanted.      I thought for a moment, and then said, “A laptop.”      “Nope,” they rejected quickly.      “A phone?”      “Nope.”      “A tablet?”      “Nope.”      “A ref magnet?”      “Yes. Anything else?”      “A watch?”      “Nope.”      “A keychain?”      “Yes. Anything else?”      “A geisha?”      “Nope.”     ...

       Lately, it is a recurrent theme on her social media posts: Panic. She’s panicky. She’s panicking. And she needs to calm down. Why? What’s wrong? Maybe, she knows something a lot of people don’t know.      Maybe, she’s aware that the world will soon end.      Perhaps, an asteroid the size of Hong Kong will hit Earth before the year ends.      Or a nuclear war will soon erupt, initiated by a deranged president.      He wants to comfort her; tell her everything will be all right even though he has no idea what is making her panic. He is an ex-boyfriend. He wonders if it’s still his responsibility to mollify her during anxious times. He continues to feel something for her. But she’s too far away from him now, emotionally, mentally, and physically.      He also has no idea that she has some sorts of power. Like a third eye. Or the ability to predict the future.     ...