Archive for the 'Personal' Category

A good day for flying!

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

I’m back in The Philippines.  God, I love this country.  I had a local attorney, Douglas Rustila, meet me at the Cebu International Airport.  He happens to be best buds with the head of airport security.  I breezed through faster than I could have imagined, no standing in line, and they had my luggage waiting [...]

Fear and Lust in The Philippines

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Upon arriving in The Philippines for the first time, late July 2004, and switching from the international to airport to the domestic one, going through pre-flight inspections and paying the mandatory Philippines airport terminal fee, I found my way to the personal cell phone battery recharging area, to charge my PocketPC, when three young Filipino [...]

Blogging Disclaimer

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

I posted one blog entry. Just a bunch of photos. Then I got waylaid by a major incident in my life at SES New York 2006, and I haven’t added anything since. While not logging anything, I have thought a bit about what I would be writing and I imagine I will post initially mostly [...]

Mary Jo and Melissa, on Hollywood Beach

Sunday, September 18th, 2005

My step-daughter Maria Jose Rondon, and her bestest friend Melissa, frolicking in front of my apartment on Hollywood Beach. Mary Jo and Melissa Photo Gallery

Puppy Love Voilence

Friday, February 11th, 2005

When I was in first grade I used to have a crush on this red-haired girl in my class.  It seems that she was not well liked because a lot of people teased her about her bright orange hair and her highly freckled skin. But on the playground I would always try to spend some [...]