I’ve got a strange relationship with security. I get along with the guards I’m in contact with pretty often – those in the village I live in and those the places I frequent. Back when I had a desk job, I got along with the guards there too.
For the most part though, I’m [...]

A few months back, I wrote about the things I carry every day, and some of the reasons I carry them.  Back then, my pockets housed a multi-tool, a pair of lights, a whistle, and my keys.  Today, my pockets are a little more full – with the exception of the bracelet, all the stuff [...]

I’d like to make a point on the differences between nerds,geeks, dweebs, and dorks.
A geek is somebody who is passionate about or very knowledgeable in a specific field, or even a myriad of topics.  That’s why you have movie geeks, computer geeks, and other kinds of geeks.  You can also have basketball geeks, knife geeks, [...]

The image above shows some of the things that I always have with me.  They’re not in the car, or in a bag that I may or may not bring with me, or in another room – they’re in my pockets, or if I’m at home, within arms reach or very close by.  In short, [...]

With his recent demolition of Cotto, Manny Pacquiao has clearly proven that he belongs in the welterweight division.  Unfortunately, while this makes a meeting between Pacquiao and Mayweather the only fight that makes sense to any boxing fan, this also makes such an encounter highly unlikely.
Why?  Put simply, Mayweather has made it a habit to [...]

I’m a grammar freak – anybody who knows me can attest to that.   My sister, who writes a blog called Grammar Pulis (yes, the spelling is intentional), will attest to that fact too.  No, I don’t claim to have perfect grammar – I’m sure, for example, that some of you can point out at least [...]

I stumbled across this post recently and I think it helps prove its title – that Manila isn’t as ugly as we probably think it is.  Thanks to the emergence of bike messengers (see the poster on the right), is now a little bit greener.  Yes, the air is still filled with smoke, but at [...]

Thanks to Discovery Channel, this song is now stuck in my head.

Jason de Villa, a professor at my alma mater, recently wrote that “the best way to learn how to write is, well, to write.” My immediate thought: the second best way is to read.
I don’t mean to brag (ok, maybe a little), but my teachers (both in high school and in college) recognized that [...]