My first taste of computer gaming was with the Nintendo family computer. I used to take turns with my eldest son, who was about six years old at the time, on the castoff unit from my sister, who had upgraded to the latest version. We had game cartridges for Mario, Galaga, Bomber Man and such. [...]
I first met Professor Bienvenido Lumbera in 1985, when I attended the UP Writers Workshop in the summer of that year. That was 23 years ago. As with most well-loved teachers, Prof. Lumbera possesses the rare gift of wearing the years well. He looks exactly the same in this video as I remember him then.
I found this widget on a blog on one of my entrecard hops. I’ve put it here for Maia to play with when she’s on my blog. You can play with it too if you like.
A life insurance sales rep, an administration clerk and their manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp.
They rub it and a genie comes out in a puff of smoke. The Genie says, “I usually only grant three wishes, so I´ll give each of you just one.”
“Me first! Me first!” says [...]
