Archive for February 21st, 2010

Cantal: The Lost Presidentiable

Cantal: The Lost Presidentiable

Felix “Peck” Cantal is very forthright with his Presidential bid.  He’s not campaigning with sweeping proclamations, vague platforms, and promises that will probably be forgotten.

James Jimenez says that the election laws are silent on the matter; there’s nothing in the law, it seems, that a candidate declared a nuisance cannot come out with a campaign advertisement.   Then again, he’s doing a much better job at being honest compared to our other Presidential candidates.  Cantal pulls no punches or strings: the standard-bearer of the Philippine Green Republican Party is campaigning on a very simple, passionate premise: “Maawa po kayo sa akin.”

Now that’s what I call an honest campaign.

February 21, 2010 7 comments Read More
The Rime of the Ancient Waterboy

The Rime of the Ancient Waterboy

Water, water, everywhere.
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

I sometimes imagine the journey of the Mariner and his crew taking place not in the troubled high seas, but in an ocean made entirely from iced tea, cola, or perhaps beer (in retrospect, a giant wave of Pale Pilsen is awesome).  There would definitely be enough to drink there.  No need those reverse osmosis machines and seven-step purification processes they have in water refilling stations.

February 21, 2010 1 comment Read More