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Predicament: The Season Re-liveth by Paul Cuenco 3/21/2012 7:49:56 PM
It’s Spring again! Close to a month ago, I saw buds from my plants beginning to sprout. It was late in the evening that I doubted myself but now, it was undoubtedly near Spring. The buds of the trees turned pinkish red and although the leaves had ... more
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Predicament: Time Had Forgotten About by Paul Cuenco 3/20/2012 7:52:39 PM
This woman. She was chubby but not in a cute manner; nor was she atrocious in her demeanor or appearance. She was just plain. Her face was scrubbed clean but her hair was unwieldy like an unmade bed in the morning and never meant to be made. She ... more
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Predicament: Closing Time by Paul Cuenco 3/19/2012 7:01:17 PM
It has been crowded here at Greater Trumps this Fridays and Saturdays that the bar maids had stacks of glasses four to a trolley, and more. I could not even order another glass of beer lest I waited for quite some time. When I raised my glass or ca... more
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Who IS That Man? by Dorien Grey 3/19/2012 5:48:28 AM
I often share the average two-year-old child’s firm conviction that the sun, moon, and stars revolve around me—which is hardly an attitude conducive to a writer expecting to attract or hold readers. However, I suspect, if you have been read others of... more
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Predicament: Hasan Baharin by Paul Cuenco 3/18/2012 8:47:45 PM
He was one of those who invented fusion or east/west cuisine, Hasan Baharin.
Hasan was PDX Mike’s best friends. He was Mike’s mentor and Mike talked to me a lot about him. He was a very interesting guy, born in Singapore but his parents w... more
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The Municipal by Lucille Bellucci 3/18/2012 8:11:34 AM
Rio's major Carnaval event... more
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Predicament: A Pimple of my Nose by Paul Cuenco 3/17/2012 7:27:45 PM
I have a pimple on my nose. It started this morning when I was looking at the mirror and there it was a red blemish, devolving into an absolute red humpback right of the very tip. It has not yet accumulated some puss. In fact, sometimes, the pimpl... more
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Predicament: What is Mike Cooking? by Paul Cuenco 3/16/2012 9:06:40 PM
Oh boy, PDX Mike is typing away on his blog, “What is Mike Cooking?” One night he asked me with whom I published my blogs. I said that I publish it with numerous outlets but I guess Blogspot is the first he should explore. So he conjured up topics... more
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New toys! by Edward Austin Averill 3/16/2012 6:03:01 AM
Ah, the joy and delight of new toys!
I picked up a refurbished Dell laptop for a portable writing machine for CHEAP, and it's being delivered today - wheee! Between that and buying Jutoh for my eBook publishing needs, I'm a happy camper!
b... more
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Predicament: Papa Eriong by Paul Cuenco 3/15/2012 8:58:28 PM
My grandfather died in the 1986 at young age of 79. He went back home to the Philippines from Oakland, California and there, he died. They said that that night, he cough and cough and was brought to the hospital; and there, he met his ultimate deat... more
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Predicament: Kind Words by Paul Cuenco 3/14/2012 9:28:29 PM
When I lost my job, I wouldn’t know if I should make it part of my blog or not; for it was too personal to write about it and post it in public. After all, everyone in the blogosphere and even the circle of friend I had will know about it and judgme... more
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Bits n Bobs by Edward Austin Averill 3/14/2012 6:18:06 PM
Ah, the little things you forget need to be done!
I found a decent program to take my writing into eBook format, called Jutoh - handles adding cover art, publishing to several formats, and is CHEAP! Came highly recommended by an author frie... more
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Predicament: Music and Whit 2 by Paul Cuenco 3/13/2012 9:05:39 PM
So, Whit just came in from a symphony, dressed well in cuff links and tie. I noticed it when he came in but I guess he did not hear me when I yelled at him. As I mentioned he proceeded to smoke his pipe at a table, far from where the regulars were ... more
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Carnaval by Lucille Bellucci 3/13/2012 9:28:42 AM
the big faroo... more
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Gas Prices by David A. Schwinghammer 3/13/2012 7:18:38 AM
Latest polls blame Obama for high gas prices.
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Predicament: Music and Whit 1 by Paul Cuenco 3/12/2012 6:59:50 PM
Whit came into Greater Trump slightly with less humor than usual. I knew him to have joie de vivre. He was a man who has this wry sense of humor that you would love to hear him caw. So, he sat at a seat by himself while the whole group of Trumps cu... more
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Predicament: What You Want to Be by Paul Cuenco 3/11/2012 8:56:59 PM
He was one of the ugliest men I’ve ever seen. His hair was disheveled. His beard was scraggy. He wore dilapidated pants and shirt. But when he talked, he talked with authority, directing another disheveled and scraggy gent to do his bidding. He ... more
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Predicament: Father and Son by Paul Cuenco 3/10/2012 10:29:57 PM
I did not know how dad ended up in the Philippines. All we knew was that dad had ended his trip and was on his way back to the United States but he would be flying back to Las Vegas directly. I told him to visit me at my condominium and divert his ... more
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NUNDA FUN DAYS – PT II by Robert A. Mills 3/10/2012 6:28:03 AM
I trust you read and fully digested Part I last week, but if you didn’t, it’s archived at the bottom of the page.
It was a year or so later, in 1966, that I founded Bob Mills Travel Bureau, Inc. and became its president and CEO. I took on t... more
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Liza's Life Plan by Paul Cuenco 3/9/2012 7:13:11 PM
I was awakened by a loud ringing. I thought that I was still dreaming, and then I thought that my alarm clock was that ringing sound waiting for me to be awakened. But I looked at the phone and it was neither. It was actually a call from a friend ... more
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