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It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Super… No! It’s Captain Barbell!
Perhaps the first-ever superhero, Superman (who debuted in comics in 1938) remains one of if not the most popular superheroes. In the comics world, a superhero is a character with superpowers or special skills
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Year Ender in Music for 2011, part 1: Rock
(On 55 New Rock Albums Released This Year) Last year I ended my music column with an article listing my recommended albums released in 2010, proving that the music industry in general has a
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Naniniwala Ka Ba na May Diyos?
(On Humans’ Ability to Do Goodness and Capacity to Commit Evil with or Without the God) Atheism, in its simplest definition, is the non-belief in the existence of the God or any other deity
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Doon Po sa Amin, sa Munti Naming Kusina
(On Some Kitchen Words and Their Corresponding Names in Filipino) The kitchen is many people’s most favorite part of the house, especially for those who love eating or cooking. Why not, when it is
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Year-Ender in Music for 2011, part 2: Metal (On 40 New Metal Albums Released This Year)
Many music fans and journalists claim that Metal—from Glam to Funk, to Progressive and Death—died in the 1990s. They’re wrong! Their interest in Metal music is the one that died, not Metal music itself;
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Ano’ng Hanap-hanap Mo sa Pilipinas tuwing Pasko?
(On Things Many Filipinos Abroad Miss in the Philippines Every Christmas Season) Kung ikaw ay dito na sa Canada nagkaisip, malamang hindi ka interesado sa Pasko sa Pilipinas. Subalit kung ikaw ay may-edad na
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Santa Claus and Rudolph Are in Town (Of Course! It’s Christmas)
(On Distinguishing Reality from Fantasy yet Still Maintaining the Excitement) A coworker asked me if I encourage my kid to believe that Santa Claus is a real being. I said, no. I prefer to
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Parokya ni Edgar Comes to Winnipeg (Nov. 16 at Republic Nightclub)
(On Supporting Touring Philippine Artists and Performers) Since the 1990s, the Philippine Alternative Rock music scene has been very diverse, prolific, and vibrant. It has produced so many interesting bands whose music encompasses genres
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What’s the Weather, Mr. Postman?
(On Some Filipino Meteorological and Geographical Terms) Being an archipelago and a tropical country, the Philippines has a national language whose vocabulary is rich in terms about the weather, the land, and the waters.
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Bahay Kubo, Kahit Munti, ang mga Prutas Roon…
(On Some Fruits Found in the Philippines and Their Respective Names) Fruits are common wherever you are, regardless if the country or region where you live is tropical or not, simply because there are
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