JHP

Christmas has been perverted into an orgy of merry-making and gift-giving for those of us who can afford to do so. Whether we are believers or unbelievers, Christmas was about God assuming human form, born in a manger, to redeem mankind. All of us, whether or not in a religious sense, need redemption. Including those of us who are ill, in pain, in distress, on the street, starving and homeless. The least of our brethren. Maybe Christmas is about remembering them, and giving them some comfort as a measure of redemption. For themselves and for each of us.

Merry Christmas.

Hahaha! These things need first-hand knowledge, so count me out. Will leave it to the experts.

i don't suck dick, but go for it dude, do your thing!

Steve Jobs. f#&k, i hope he made gazillions. Duh.

i'm the boss. People think i'm an assh*le. Duh.

Got a brand new Toshiba 520 mini-notebook about just over a week ago. The battery would drain after charging the next time you turned it on. They replaced the battery with a new one. Whoa, same problem. They wanted me to write out a report, but i was getting pissed off, so i told them to write the report themselves and left the unit behind. Later they called to say there was a Toshiba program for the battery in the unit with a feature that had gotten disabled and that's why the battery was discharging that way. So if it was me inadvertently doing that, how the fcuk would that happen, since all i can change is the "balanced" or 'eco" consumptions mode? This is my fourth Toshiba, the first three others have been full-size laptops, and i never had trouble with them.

Would appreciate any thoughts from the IT-savvy guys and girls here.

TIA.

Bro,

i've said this before. You have got to let go, if only for your own good. Frankly, it's stupid to keep beating your head against that wall. Look, i know you really did fall in love with her and she's a wonderful person, but i'm afraid you were just passing scenery as far as she was concerned, i'm sure i've told you that already. It's simply the stage of her life where she's at. Whatever feelings she may have had for you, all of that is gone. Kaput. Face the fact, painful as it is, you ended up as roadkill. Happens to all of us. And if you really do love her, you'll keep doing so without wanting anything in return, even if you're out of her life. But for God's sake, move on with your life, brother. You owe it to yourself.

Yes. Sometimes i can't even save myself. Reminds me of the distinctly oh-s@%t, totally unforgettable, profoundly frightening sensation that you get in the heartbeat before a serious crash or a major-major close call on the bike. In that instant you don't know what the next moment will be like. That's very much how it feels. All i can say is, f#&k it.

There's a place called Handlebar near the end of Polaris St. off Jupiter St. in Bel Air, Makati. It's a biker-themed bar and always has a few bikers in it, Harleys parked out front. Lots of expats, different nationalities, Filipinos, mixed crowd, people leave each other alone. Great choices of food and drink. Like the bars you go to overseas, casual but people don't care if you come in dressed to the nines, rambling space, al fresco section out front, pool tables inside. They have bands that do classical rock wednesdays - fridays, about 10-1030 PM.

Love, love changes everythingggggggggggggggggg

How you live and how you dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Damn, who does that Andrew Lloyd Webber think he is?

Yeah, dude, things don't always go like you want them to. More often than not, in fact.

Sometimes a point comes in life when things have gotten so tangled up, or you've dug such a deep hole for yourself, that i can understand why some people think of packing it in, going away, and starting out anew somewhere else. Even in the next life, for some. But in the end, i read somewhere, the Hopi Indians say that life is a journey through one's soul, through one's self. You cannot escape yourself. So i will try to keep facing my demons and overcoming them. Just that there are moments when you get really low batt, sometimes dangerously so. Hell of an exciting adventure, isn't it?

When i was 21 years old, this beautiful girl whom i loved with the purity of youth was breaking up with me (i had only kissed and felt her up once or twice, and it was her first time; i thought to go further would have been less than honorable ). She was the one who said, "i must go and explore the universe," LOL. We were on their balcony where we had had such great times. When it became clear to me what was happening, i ground a lighted cigarette out on my palm and said, "i can't even feel anything right now." She winced. The scar's still there. Then entering our gate, i hit the concrete wall so hard that my knuckles were swollen something wonderful for a long time.

Now i can think back on it and laugh. Hahaha!

That was hilarious, wanting to shoot yourself, going back to your office where you'd left your gun. And finding out you didn't have your keys. Hahahahaha, dude!

Dear God,

i know i'm gonna go to hell, most likely. Sometimes i wonder if anything matters in the end. Does anything we do make a difference, us who are laboring ants? If you don't mind, would you let me know asap, please? Thanks. And oh, if you might send me some Jack while you're at it.

Dead.

Nyahahahahaha! Ang paggamit ng salitang "inis-talo" = argumentum ad hominem. Classic vHeRR-ism pag naiipit at kinapos na.

At magbasa ka ng grammar book, pag-aralan mo muna yung kaibahan ng kahulugan ng "a" moral code at "the" moral code. Nyahahahahahaha!

Unpredictable.

... at SINO ba ang NAGSASABI at NAG-AAKALA na "IT IS the WHOLE MORAL CODE"? :lol:

E di ikaw. Nyahahahahaha!

At hindi "the" kundi "a" ang sinulat ko. May malaking kaibahan yun. Nyahahahaha!

... TANGGALIN MO ang PANINIWALA na may DIOS na NAGBIGAY ng MORAL CODE sa TAO,

 

... TANGGALIN MO ang PANINIWALA na may NAGPAPARUSANG DIOS sa GUMAGAWA ng MASAMA,

 

... TANGGALIN MO ang PANINIWALA na may NAGGAGANTIMPALANG DIOS sa GUMAGAWA ng MABUTI,

 

... TANGGALIN MO ang PANINIWALA na TOTOO ang DIOS sa MORAL CODE na INAANGKIN NYO na INYO ,

 

... at ang MATITIRA ay ang MORAL CODE na HINIHINGI MO.

:lol:

Yahahahahahahahahahahaha! What a convenient, idiotic, stupid, sleight-of-hand, cop-out of an argument. Classic.

... HINDI MO ba ALAM ang "KAUGNAYAN" ng MORALITY sa "... existence of an EXTREMELY POWERFUL BOND between mothers and their offspring which can persist, remarkably, even after the death of the infant ..."?

 

:lol:

And it's a whole moral code. Duh.

i think VhERR's been saying that our sense of morality is innate. i'm impressed by his example of how mother apes and chimps carry their dead offspring around.

LOL

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.[/

Nothing wrong with him that a lobotomy wouldn't cure.

Wait, maybe he's had it. Hard to tell.

Hence, the battle between the sexes continues.

Sometimes i think it would be cool if i had both a big, long penis and a juicy, tight vagina that would be highly multi-orgasmic together, so i could f#&k myself silly at will. And a long neck so i could go down on either one anytime i wanted to. Then i wouldn't need to find dates. Hell, i could marry myself. But then maybe it might get boring after a while...

When i was young, i was full of certainty and thought i had all the answers. Now, decades and decades later, i have realized i was full of s@%t. And i'm not as judgmental of people for their foibles anymore. Except myself.

Everyday i reflect on the meaning of life. Sometimes i think i'm starting to get it, with all the nice-sounding platitudes one reads and hears. But in the end you have to face the blackness yourself and see what happens. Can't say i've found it. Much of the time it still eludes me. It's a constant struggle. Maybe it's meant to be that way, i guess.