Man On A Street

"I would rather be hated for what I am than loved for what I am not." ~André Gide The author appears to know the problem but still needs time to work on the real solution. Advice: You do seem to know you're obnoxious (and that's good because knowing the problem is half the solution). But if you say you don't want to be plastic about it, then, for once, can't you try to be really—actually—uhm—lovable? That would make the world a better, safer place. No, the world does not really hate you—it doesn't have the time. How can one truly hate/love what one doesn't truly know? The world just does not love you. It saves time. The real opposite of love is fear. One fears what one does not understand. More blood has been shed because of fear than because of hate. Strike now, sort out later—that's been the way for many. Real hate should be reserved for the incorrigible. If you are one, then consider the hate well deserved. My real enemies—and my real friends—ar...

I like Joe Talisic's design for the Proudly Pinoy logo: It bested 297 other entries. I've always thought the best symbol linking these islands is the sea -- and the gem of the seas would be a pearl or a shell -- like the Department of tourism logo I agree with their jab at the London Olympics 2012 logo ("it's not a logo, it's a brand" my @$$): "really really awful." July 4 is almost here. Happy Independence Day (from America) Philippines! Edit Feb 17, 2010: The proudly pinoy website has been inaccessible for some time.

Don't go gentle . . . I am fascinated by the fact that human beings laugh; they are the only animals to do so. They are also the only ones who know they are going to die. ~Umberto Eco (in an interview by James Runcie, 1989) And don't forget tears: Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might have been. ~William Hazlitt