From Bangkok Post:“The as-yet unnamed planet is only about one-and-a-half times the size of Earth and five times more massive, a team of European astronomers announced at the European Southern Observatory in Garching, Germany.” If the planet is only about one-and-a-half times the size of Earth, how on Earth can it be five times more… Read More »
Freelance copywriting job for Sony several years back (2003 to be precise): Ad in January 22, 2007 issue of FORTUNE magazine: Coincidence?
Where is your conscience, my friend?Killing millions, occupying their landGathering other people’s property in your hands How can you sleep, or rest, in peaceWhen others have really nothing to eat Where is your conscience, my friend?Suppressing opinions, brainwashing young menPurging oppositions to further your own ends How can you eat and not feel sickBy the… Read More »
You know, sometimes when you are reading the news, and you go like “Damn… I could have written the headline!” Here are a couple that I have been toying with lately: “Guess what? She’s dead!”About the sudden departure of Anna Nicole Smith “Rollin out of Dell”About the not-so-sudden departure of Kevin Rollins Of course, I… Read More »
1. Never use one word where ten will do.2. Never use a small word where a big one will do suffice.3. Never use a simple statement where it appears that one of substantially greater complexity will achieve comparable goals.4. Never use English where Latin, mutatis mutandis, will do.5. Qualify virtually everything.6. Do not be embarrassed… Read More »
A Filipino Romeo offers one of the most explicit yet poetic sets of reasons.