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On Theism

Posted in GLBT issues, Things I Don't Understand, Thoughts, tagged , , , , , on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Written in response to this urban legend…
I find it hard to reconcile a god that would provide water for Hagar’s dying child and yet allow millions of children to be tortured in Treblinka and Auschwitz Birkenau.
But then again, it’s not the concept of god I find abhorent. Some people need to believe in a [...]

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Have You No Sense of Fucking Decency?

Posted in Livin La Vida Manila, Rant, Things I Don't Understand, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A convicted felon is running for the presidency of the country I love, my home.
Have you no sense of decency, Joseph Ejercito “Erap” Estrada? Have you no. fucking. shame?
You are the second most corrupt president of the Republic of the Philippines, bested only by a tyrant who brought us from a position of power equal [...]

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Things I Don’t Understand – The Leash

Posted in Things I Don't Understand, tagged on September 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »

And yet you won’t allow gays like myself adopt children?
REALLY?

(PS: Deidre, I’m still workin on your meme. It’s a-comin)

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In Local News

Posted in Livin La Vida Manila, Things I Don't Understand, tagged , , , , , , on June 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Disclaimer: I may not be a full-blooded Filipino, but I hold the Philippines near and dear to my heart. I’ve come to consider Manila my city, my home. I don’t think anyone would call me unpatriotic, despite what this post may tell you.
Over the years that I’ve spent here in Manila, I’ve learned to [...]

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I Die A Little

Posted in GLBT issues, Things I Don't Understand, Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , on May 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

 Amidst the ensuing turmoil when California decided to UPHOLD Proposition 8, I couldn’t help but just fall on my  knees and cry hard. 
 Today, in California, and in many other parts of the world, I am a second-class human being. 
 In Seattle, I would have a hard time finding a place to grab a beer without the [...]

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Why?

Posted in GLBT issues, Rant, Things I Don't Understand, tagged , , on May 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »

On this especially gay episode of Things I Don’t Understand: 

The numbers:

18 years in service
$25 million dollars invested in training
trained 300 new air force weapons systems officers
30 awards and decorations
9 air medals
1 heroism award
2 years from full retirement with benefits

Fired for being gay. WHY???

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Things I Don’t Understand – Episode 001

Posted in Things I Don't Understand, tagged , , on February 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I don’t understand a lot of things, and I pride myself in being a nonstop learner. Even to the very last breath I take on my last day on earth, I’ll probably go “Ohhhh. So this is what dying is like”.
Of the myriad of things that perplex my mind these days, these are the top [...]

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