Get Real: People still believe the DPWH is suing Adobe

Sometimes you just want to shake your head. A random search through Twitter tonight reveals that a lot of people still believe that satirical blog post that says the DPWH is suing Adobe for bad performance of Photoshop.

I guess I tried to do my part with this think piece I published on this blog. Even GMA News’ site had their own say (“Read More: Why You Should Really Click This Link“) but people will still believe what they want to believe.

In an ideal world, people actually read the whole article in the URL of a tweet before RT’ing or commenting. Well that world is the Planet Zorba. Not this one.

Here are a few zingers picked up from tonight’s fishing expedition:

Old-school Erap joke updated for social media

Since that old Ejercito guy is in the news again, so I thought I’d pass on this classic joke, updated for today’s social media:

Joke name: ERAP’s Facebook Password

FVR: Ano ang password mo sa Facebook?

ERAP: goofymickeymousedonaldduck

FVR: Ang haba naman!

ERAP: Ano ka ba? Kulang pa nga yan eh. Sabi nila at least 4 characters!

There’s probably an Erap Twitter joke or two waiting in the wings somewhere.

Joker’s Wild: Joker Arroyo on Facebook?

I just stumbled on Senator Joker Arroyo’a Facebook profile today. The guy is 81, so the inevitable question is, does he update his Facebook info all by himself? More likely, this is the handiwork of some “hip” staffer on his payroll who’s trying to hitch a ride on the social media bandwagon. Well let’s see if this post makes it’s way to Joker.

Based on his profile, here is what the man is into:

Activities: Legislation, Fiscalizing (sounds like fun!)

Interests: Fishing, tennis, camping, swimming. other outdoors activities, writing

Favorite Music: Classical jazz (not sure what this means, unless he means dixieland)

Favorite TV Shows: CNN. LAW AND ORDER.HBO.DISCOVERY CHANNEL.WEST WING

Favorite Movies: The untouchables, The green mile, Catch me if you can, Enemy of the State, The God father series, The Good fellahs, Independence day, Munich, Apocalypto.Blood diamond.Band of brothers.The Alchemist.The 39 steps, Icon, Eye of the needle, Enigma, Charlotte Gray.Behind enemy lines. (Plenty of blood and guts here!)

Favorite Books: Judge in the Senate, Be smarter than everyone else, Ask not, Open your mind and explore reality and beyond, The clock that talks and what it tells, Become a dissident, Forty years as a legislator, The unseen hand, The lawyer Legislator, Electing justice, Greatest speeches of President JFK, Guns, germs and steel, Beacon of freedom of expression, 31 Days, Legislators and Politicians, Experiencing politics, The education of a Senator, As they see it, Citizens as legislators, Republic on trial, Legislators, Leaders and Lawmaking, Shooting star, Keeping the people’s Liberties, Issue politics in congress, Ideology and congress, Lawyers, Legislators and Theorists, It pays to know your legislators, How would legislators do it? The broken branch, Deadlock or Decision, Presidential courage, Churchill, From suffrage to the Senate, Art of war, The house and the senate explained, When Presidents lie, State of denial, Collapse, 48 laws of power, Craft of intelligence, The Untouchables, King of the senate, The dysfunctional congress, Do legislators vote their constituents wallet?, The boobs in the house are men, Spectator in hell, Fools die, Inside the wire.The client, The summon, The sovereign individual, When news lies, The power of persuasion, The secret man, No holds barred, Dirty dealing, The politics of fear, Power in contemporary politics, Never to be lied again, Influence, The black swan, The 33 strategies of war

Favorite Quotations: “We must remember the past and Libel the present”.

Incidentally he’s not the only “Joker Arroyo” on Facebook. There’s another Joker Arroyo, also from the Philippines, from the class of Yale 2010. One would think that one Joker in the family is enough! And there’s also a (most likely unrelated) Joker Arroyo who hails from Providence, Rhode Island.

Possible 2010 Presidential candidate Mar Roxas is also on Facebook. Although in his case, I don’t know if he updates his profile on own, or if some alalay of Korina Sanchez does it for him.

This Area is Temporary Close

Just another one of those strange signs we come across in everyday life. This one was spotted at “Dampa sa Libis”, one of those fresh seafood places along C5 in Quezon City. When I saw it, I knew I had to shoot it with my phone and upload to my Flickr feed and Twitpic.

The sign begs for further reflection. Did the guy making the sign suffer from a relationship in the doldrums? Were they close once, but not anymore, hence temporary? Will they be close again? Soon perhaps? Talk about the fragility of relationships in the Internet age.