Hello, All:

It's been a while since my last update, partly because there was a request to actually take this blog down. You know, "Removed by Request".

So, I took a hiatus of sorts, but the real reason is that I've been really busy. With work, and then I got sick. Then someone posted: "we need an update. i need my bulletproof fix...". I'm happy that there's a "we". So here goes:

1. I have Degenerative Disc Disease. The L4 disc is pretty bad, but the illness sounds worse that it seems. The problem causes severe back spasms, which can't be helped much because I am allergic to all sorts of pain relievers. I was on some leftover oxycodone, then switched to tramadol, and now am sick of taking medicine. I'm about 40% better now and am able to work at 2 hour spurts.

2. Launched: www.622design.com . If anyone needs design work, we're your guy. Don't worry about the DDD, it'll go away.

3. Aside from Sarah Palin, a few things have piqued my interest. Some of them include rumors of Manny Villar paying Noli de Castro not to run, and the crashing global economies. The good thing about that is people will learn to stop spending credit, and the American global socio-political hegemony will soon end.

4. Christmas is fast approaching. My mom's village, which now features almost 300 different structures, will be up soon and will be welcoming tourists. Closer to home, we bought our first Christmas tree.

5. Madge and Guy are divorcing. Bollocks! Who cares?!?

6. The melamine-in-milk fiasco has gotten me very upset. At home, we did get some of the tainted milk products, and I feel victimized. Where do I sign up for the class-action?

7. I agree with some of my friends, Peter Petrelli, for all his power, can't get a clue.

8. I bought a football for the beach. Anyone coming?

9. I had an idea for a horror novel. It came about when I was in the throes of pain while dizzied out by the oxycodone. It starts with, get this, a guy who is bedridden for a mysterious flu. He lives in a remote country villa, unloved by the locals and fears he was poisoned. He is surrounded by odd characters, like the local doctor who is treating him with potions and garden weeds. He then starts to hear things, like the termites in the ceiling, and the heartbeat of the neighbor's cat. Yun pa lang.

10. Francis Fukuyama thinks that whoever wins the US Presidential election will only be a one-term president, given all the trouble the US is in (war, economy, oil, environment), even though it's not his fault.

Bonus: 11. Oh, yes, sorry for the lack of posts.