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When the last lecture has been delivered
I have not given much thought to this, but after delivering my last lecture for this year I became aware of the vulnerability of the entire intellectual pursuit and the people who are involved in this… more →
Going against the current
When the last lecture has been delivered
John Ryan Recabar wrote 20 hours ago: I have not given much thought to this, but after delivering my last lecture for this year I became a … more →
Floating thistle
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 day ago: I’ll try to post something nice and light this time that has nothing to do with politics, rage … more →
The president, where is she?
John Ryan Recabar wrote 4 days ago: The president, according to her aides cannot attend the joint session of the House of Representative … more →
Having nothing to write about
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 6 days ago: Whenever I am confronted by an aggressive, blank, white page, whether a piece of paper or computer s … more →
I feel like poisoning the president
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 6 days ago: http://magixl.com After having posted this for more than half an hour without any accompanying text, … more →
On why it is difficult to say smart things all the time
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 week ago: In a middle of a heated conversation about a generic topic (examples would be the weather, recent ha … more →
Iloilo in the morning
John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 week ago: http://freewebs.com Iloilo City is in the extreme opposite end of the dialectic Miagao inadvertently … more →
A new addition to my 'hatest' list:
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 week ago: Christmas carols sung by college students who never bothered to practice. They sing stupid songs lik … more →
Tattooed
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 week ago: There is only one thing that arouses animals more than pleasure, and that is pain. Under torture you … more →
Rage
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 2 weeks ago: http://newsday.com I am consumed by this rage I feel inside. I want to banter endlessly until I go h … more →
For Umberto Eco
John Ryan Recabar wrote 2 weeks ago: This feeling I am secretly keeping is somehow similar to that of a school girl’s infatuation for her … more →
One afternoon we drank Redhorse beer in plastic bags using plastic straws
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 3 weeks ago: After almost two years, I met him again three afternoons ago. I just finished with my writing class … more →
How to organize a rock concert destined to flop
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 4 weeks ago: I have a high regard for rock artists. This does not mean that I am a fan of rock stars. They are al … more →
Initial public offering
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 month ago: http://salin.wordpress.com I once accompanied my friend, Chi Le, to one of the many ‘street bookstor … more →
Transit
John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 month ago: http://raconteurist.bravejournal.com From where I am seated I could see the bluish gray mountains of … more →
Queer Filipino mind
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 month ago: There is something explicitly funny, if not implicitly fishy, in the way we Filipinos think. An ABS- … more →
My ‘semi-pagan’ parents
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 month ago: http://life.com Today is the 1st of November, All Saints’ Day. People in the Philippines remember th … more →
Lessons on resource mobilization
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 month ago: http://powerofgiving.com I was a witness to my parent’s power to mobilize resources at quickest poss … more →
Stars on the ceiling
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John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 month ago: http://glowforum.com Every time before I sleep, I would stare at the phosphorescent stars and moons … more →
