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Bear in mind that you may be outsourcing an important decision that could alter the course of your future…to a very snooty cat.
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from The Gothamist
We used to worry that kids were learning their history from the movies and picking up all sorts of misinformation from mushy biopics and overblown epics.
The situation is worse than we thought.
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On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the “unsinkable” Titanic (No, it was not brought down by Celine Dion’s singing, Billy Zane’s eyebrows or James Cameron’s ego), the History Channel presents Titanic: Mystery Solved, documenting the most recent expedition to the wreck site and the most thorough study of the wreck ever made. Premieres on Sunday, 15 April, exactly 100 years since the tragedy (which also kicked off the plot of Downton Abbey), at 2000 on the History Channel.
The only documents we want to see when we dine in restaurants are the menu, the wine list and the bill. Not a waiver absolving the restaurant in case you get sick after getting takeout or having your leftovers bagged.
That’s exactly what we got today after a late lunch at Mesa in the Atrium of SM Megamall. We’d ordered too much so we asked the waitress to put the leftover food in a bag, and she returned with this waiver. Of course we didn’t sign it. We like the food at Mesa but we don’t like this. Sure you can remind the customers that food taken out of the restaurant must be eaten immediately or refrigerated, but don’t get officious.
Has the establishment gotten sued for food poisoning, hence this waiver? We wouldn’t have thought it, but they brought it up.
Our holidays were so pleasant and restful that on Monday the thought that they were about to end made us sad. Not weeping-and-sobbing sad, just melancholy.
In the afternoon we took a long walk around the Ayala area, thankful that this summer isn’t as hot as last year’s. (We may have spoken too soon. Yesterday the cabbie informed us that according to the weather bureau next week will be hotter. To misquote the Starks, Summer is coming.)
We like Metro Manila best when the Metro Manilans are away. The quiet, the cleaner air, no stress rising from several million people crammed into concrete boxes. It’s like 28 Days Later minus the zombies. (Although more people have caught on that staying in the empty metropolis is more relaxing than taking a long drive on a crowded highway to an even more packed beach full of everyone you’re trying to avoid back in the city.)
Our long weekend was spent watching movies (Finally saw A Separation, which finds the tension and intensity in the most mundane domestic matters), cataloguing our libraries, putting our files and schedules in order, getting plenty of sleep and hanging out with friends.
We had the last dinner of our vacation at Greenbelt, where we were joined by a friendly ginger cat.
Cats don’t usually mingle with the diners, but they can spot a sucker when they see one. They know that if we’re within range of food they will get something. Also, we must reek of cat. Good thing our friends had ordered fish.
Winona Ryder and the bitches in Heathers.
Ten Other Things I’ve Wondered About Teen Movies
In Mean Girls, did ‘fetch’ ever happen?
In Pretty in Pink, did James Spader’s character ever admit his love for Andrew McCarthy’s?
Immature movie we can’t wait to see, based on the hilarious trailer we’re not posting because there may be kids within hearing distance of your computer and there’s nothing more tiresome than kids mechanically repeating profanities they just heard—takes the sting out of profanity: Ted by Seth Macfarlane.
From Uro: I bought this camera in East Berlin in the early 80’s. The leather skin was falling off. I found a fake LV wallet that I bought in Shenzen years ago. Ayan na, an East German camera with leatherette from China.
Is it gay? we asked our friend.
Of course not, he snorted. No self-respecting bakla would use a fake LV wallet. We can tell.
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