January 2011
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November 2010
1 post
Harry Potter and the half-crazed bureaucracy. →
mlq3:
A truly delightful, even marvelous, paper by Benjamin Barton.
Abstract
This Essay examines what the Harry Potter series (and particularly the most recent book, The Half-Blood Prince) tells us about government and bureaucracy. There are two short answers. The first is that Rowling presents a government (The Ministry of Magic) that is 100% bureaucracy. There is no discernable executive or...
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
3 posts
Watchalas-dos:
This is one of the very last Apo performances of “When I Met You”, taken at their 3rd-to-the-last concert at Music Museum last night. This video has a lot of *ahem* special features. :-)
The Greatest: NOW THAT WE'VE VOTED. →
Can we please go back to respecting each other?
I’m tired of seeing people say “OMG Filipinos are such morons” or that “We’re a country of idiots”
Seriously guys, THERE’S THE DOOR, don’t let it hit your christian ass on your way out. I’m sure Iran would love to take you in.
To those who REALLY…
April 2010
2 posts
March 2010
8 posts
Watch 1903's Alice in Wonderland for free. →
synecdoche:
Alice in Wonderland (1903), the first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll’s tale, has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive and premiered at a celebration of the history of the classic story at the British Library.
Made just 37 years after the novel’s publication and eight years after the birth of cinema, the first film adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and...
February 2010
21 posts
"Accounting Lang ang Tunay na Mahirap"
macaronigirl:
kickthecan:
Nakakuha ka na ba ng grado na basura? Nagsunog ka na ba ng kilay hanggang umaga? Yan ang tanong namin, 65 nga ba ang passing? Naisip mo na ba, bakit nag-aral ka pa? Todo effort tayo bakit walang pagbabago? At mas mabuti pa kung natulog tayo!
Accounting ang tunay na mahirap Accounting ang tunay na puro pasakit Accounting ang may kakayahan na malimutan ang...
Things to help you make an informed choice
quarklovesyou:
mlq3:
Friends have been asking me for information on the candidates and I’ve been sending them links. So I decided to reproduce them here, too, in case voters will find them useful. Here is the official Comelec list of presidential candidates; the official Comelec list of vice-presidential candidates.
I. Background on the presidency
I prepared this chart comparing the careers...
January 2010
40 posts
“You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words...”
– Nicholas Sparks (via justbesplendid)
Roxas and Cayetano on the findings of the Senate...
mlq3:
(Sen. Mar Roxas and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano Januar 25, 2010) MAR: Sinasabi ni Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, bakit natin tine-take up dito? Dahil may isang senadora dito na nagsampa ng kaso laban sa kanya. May ebidensiya. Tinake up ito sa ethics committee, nagreklamo kayo, ang sabi ninyo ang mga nakaupo dun ay mga miyembro ng iba’t-ibang partido, mapupulitika. Ano ginawa? Imbes na...
