Sunday, November 30, 2008

Australia & Dreamtime

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We saw the movie, Australia, a 2:55 hour epic-style movie that focuses on the period 1939 til the outbreak of World War II. The first part ...
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Menu, Thanksgiving Dinner

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We had our pre-Thanksgiving dinner last night. It is not low-cal. Menu follows: MENU BRAINARD DINNER, NOVEMBER 23, 2008 Relish Dish – Green...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

MORE THOUGHTS ON US POLITICS

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Thought #1: I watched Greta Van Susteren's interview of Sarah Palin last Monday. It was part 1 of 2; I didn't watch the second part...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

OCTOBER EVENT IN PARIAN, OLD CEBU, PHILIPPINES

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While I was in Ireland, I received this from my sister-in-law, Terry Escano Manguerra. She is talking about more development in Old Cebu - ...
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Monday, November 10, 2008

CATCHING UP TO DO

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I have a lot of catching up to do. I got caught up with US politics, then went to Ireland, then got caught up with US politics again. I...
Thursday, November 6, 2008

SARAH PALIN - HE-HE-HE!

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I know I should get on with my life, but I can't help smiling at how the McCain aides are now smearing Sarah Palin. First, I am fully aw...
Wednesday, November 5, 2008

BARACK OBAMA ELECTED 44TH US PRESIDENT!

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Even though the polls and pundits suggested Barack Obama would win, I never really believed mainly because I was afraid to believe. I kept w...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008

BEST & WORST US PRESIDENTS

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I got the following from TimesOnline: 10 Worst Presidents: James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce, Martin Van Buren, William Harrison, Richard Nixo...
Monday, November 3, 2008

YOUTUBE VIDEOS - Election theme and More

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To tell the truth I'm so tense about tomorrow (Election Day), so instead of filling my brain with more political stuff, I found these in...
Sunday, November 2, 2008

TUESDAY ELECTION - MUST VOTE!!!!

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This has been one of the most nerve-wracking and at the same time, interesting presidential campaign. My brain is overflowing with so much ...
Friday, October 31, 2008

Education - Political candidates

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The following information is interesting. I knew Obama and Biden were highly educated but I didn't know that McCain was at the bottom o...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

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Happy halloween! Enjoy the pictures!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

IRELAND - #2

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What will I remember about Ireland? I will remember the green fields with stone walls, in the western part of Ireland; I will remember the 5...
Monday, October 27, 2008

More Re A La Carte - National Book Award Finalist

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My friend and co-editor of A La Carte, Marily Orosa, informed me that A La Carte is a finalist for the National Book Award in Anthology: FIN...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

IRELAND - #1

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When I was growing up in the Philippines, there were many Irish priests and nuns, and so I knew that Ireland was this Catholic country that ...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

HELLO FROM THE EMERALD ISLE

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This will be a quick one - hello, from the Emerald Isle where Lauren and I are. We are enjoying ourselves - spent a few days in Dublin, and...
Thursday, October 9, 2008

TIME OUT FROM POLITICS FOR ME!

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Time out for a couple of weeks from politics, and just in time, because I'm getting really caught up in it - constantly reading CNN blog...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

WHO WON THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?

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Second presidential debate done in the Town Hall format, which did not appeal to me. The candidates (McCain and Obama)repeated what they ha...
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NEW DOLLAR BILL

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Dear Readers, You can guess that I've been consumed with political matters here in the U.S. It is difficult not to be involved especial...
Sunday, October 5, 2008

ALASKA WOMEN REJECT PALIN RALLY

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I got this email, which I'm reprinting here: Subject: Fw: Pics of Biggest Rally in AK history I just came back from gorgeous Alaska. Af...
Saturday, October 4, 2008

REFLECTIONS - FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE & LETTERS FROM EGYPT

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I saw this very handsome book, Letters from Egypt: A Journey on the Nile 1849-1850 , by Florence Nightingale, and bought it. It was publish...

KEY PEOPLE IN MCCAIN CAMPAIGN

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I found a more comprehensive list of the people running the McCain Palin Campaign- from Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action . I've hig...
Friday, October 3, 2008

WHO ARE THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN?

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I'm compiling a list of the people running the McCain campaign. I am not sure if these people are still in his campaign as McCain has a ...
Thursday, October 2, 2008

Vice Presidential Debate Sarah Palin & Joe Biden

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I'll admit that a part of me wondered if Sarah Palin would lapse into her Couric-interview mode, but she held up fine for the vice presi...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

More Thoughts on Bush, McCain, Palin, Obama, Biden

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I have watched some of our friends support and vote for Bush. Even when it became apparent that Bush had done a lousy job, they continued t...
Monday, September 29, 2008

CEBU OCTOBER 11 FASHION SHOW & MUSICALE IN THE PARIAN

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I just learned from my sister-in-law the following: From Terry Manguerra: " Val Sandiego and some of his friends are planning a big ha...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

Maryknoll College 68 classmates at home

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Maryknoll College class of 1968 classmates were over for some good old Filipino comfort food and catching up. Top photo shows: Lucy Adao Mc...
Friday, September 26, 2008

MICHAEL GENELIN - READING/BOOK SIGNING OF SIREN OF THE WATERS

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YOU HAVE TO GO TO THIS LITERARY EVENT!!!!! Michael Genelin, author of Siren of the Waters, will be doing a literary reading/book signing as ...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Salman Rushdie pictures

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I found these pictures of me with Salman Rushdie at a PEN Conference in Barcelona. He was hiding at the time these pictures were taken. I c...