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You can spend hours reading about Michael Jackson, and profiting from it. It’s the last time to appreciate the art that he produced at least.

The best piece that Ive actually read is from the New Yorker (where the photo is from)

Then this snippet from Esquire.

Not a big MJ guy — never was — but after listening to the nostalgia orgies of the past twenty-four hours, I’m reminded that art can matter. That the stuff of great artists — their songs, their paintings, their books — becomes a part of our lives, and that whether you’re talking about the first time you saw the "Thriller" video or the first time you tried to moonwalk, you’re not really talking about Michael Jackson. You’re talking about yourself. The art is just a marker, allowing each of us to find our way back to some earlier, happier, more carefree version of ourselves. — Richard Dorment

I remember insistently playing cassette 1 of HIStory (the best of portion of that album) in one Pants Sale we did during college, although the hip music during that time was already Duncan Sheik, etcetera. I cant understand why some of my younger younger orgmates cant appreciate any more for example that great blend of a duet I Just Cant Stop Loving You. Now, today, Ive heard the song thrice on radio.

Just considering the variety of sounds and melody of his compositions... Michael Jackson is undeniably a big loss on earth.

Pansisin mo sa MRT o LRT...

Hindi tumatabi o umuusog man lang ang mga kababaihan kapag ikaw ay bababa na. Walang nagpaparaan, deadma. Pag nabangga konti, sisimangot pa. Hehehe.

Kapag natyempo kang nakasakay sa dulong-dulong pinto ng mga panlalake, kita na sa kabilang salamin, ang coaster na pambabae, malilibang ka pagmasdan ang phenomenang ito. Lalo na pag may kasama kang bata o buntis at mapaupo sa ‘reserved’ door (yung sa pinto ng driver), masisiyahan ka talaga.

Bakit kaya ganito? Mas mapag-isip ba ang mga babae at ayaw maiistorbo sa kanilang pagmumuni-muni? Nasanay ba sila na mga lalake ang tumatabi sa kanilang dinaraanan kaya di sila titinag? O asar lang sila sa kapawa nila babaeng katabi at di talaga magbibigay… nagtatarayan ika nga?

Get a fucking cliché and juice it.

In a so-called ‘corporate environment,’ the cliché is all over. Here’s what you are destined to here:

Rough sailing
That proposal will have rough sailing in the Mancom
I actually heard or read this five times today!

There’s also ‘get on board,’ ‘as per memo,’ ‘kindly support,’ ‘this is for your information and heads up,’ and tons of clichéd adjectives. The last two are not actually clichés, but still they are annoying when you read it once a day. And some people feel that adding these things professionalize their email or justify their paycheck. Some might subconsciously count this wielding of cliché as a skill for promotion.

Then there’s also to the tendency to ‘acronimize’ everything… I didn’t know that CBA today means Cost Benefit Analysis. And then the stupid practice to acronimizing even names. Action: JPQ instead of just writing Action: Jim. I understand that this was devised so we avoid using Sir/Mam in every name, but even then there is S’JPQ that must be written—S’ for Sir. So no savings at all. Watdapak.