Anals of Internal Medicine

That's no typo. Colonoscopy could injure or even kill! This method of "mass destruction" is now considered worse than its cure or prevention, at least. Sounds like litigation too.

Mediating Genius

CNN covered the Child Genius Olympiad for a $100k scholarship. Interestingly, there were more Asians and Indians than whites. And tiger parents bared their fangs, questioning rulings and complaining regarding difficulty of questions. In the end, the whites ruled over them.

Heel Billy O'Reilly

Fox's The F---tor host's shenanigans bared, to CNN's gleeful coverage. More than the ratings, the pull-out of bigtime ads decided his fate.

Horrors Cause

UP's offer of the honorary degree for DU30 was third degreed by its students and alumni.

Good thing, he mediated and rejected it. Was he also medicated?

Trouble in Island Paradise

How come during this tough-talking administration, the homeless take over government housing, and the Abusados go tourist island-hopping? Is this bullydog see, bullydog do?

Or are they all from the same kennel? Mediate, please Cesar Millan!

Driver Possessed

A bank repossessor acted like one while hauling away his catch.

The cops caught up with him, with unfortunate results.

DOM Development

Another impromptu decision of DU30- Department of Migration! For the birds?

Although, seriously speaking, a lot of trainors in the Cabinet, headed by their Chief!!!

Rela-thieves

A lot of Roas going on in the list of BBM contributors to his electoral protest.

Relatively speaking, just returning the favor of BBM support to DU30 campaign.

Moderating Greed for Power

"The authoritarian and his followers" article authored by John Nery analyzed the rise of DU30.

"First, limited political pluralism. Second, legitimacy based on emotion. Third, constraining of social mobilization. And fourth, informally defined executive power." Juan Linz

Alexa Koenig, Executive Director of UC Berkeley's Human Rights Center also warned that "authoritarians do not rely on mass popular support. They rely on mass passiveness, (on) passivity."

We are so alerted.

Armless Wilfred

We have a local re-abled hero featured by GMA News TV's Front Row. He chops wood, cooks rice, and does errands, aside from taking care of himself.

Wilfred could be a motivational speaker to beggars.

Sharks

Even these animals signal each other of nearby meals.

Loan sharks give them a bad name.

Jun No more

The Korean party-candyman slipped through the hands of the law. Were they greased?

Just proves that all this tough talk-h(ib)ang just that!

Easter Hunting

In Costa Rica, it's for crocs!

In PH, that should be done daily.

Coldplay

This British band who recently visited PH and a cancer patient has an apt Easter song that goes, "If you love someone, you should let them know..."

Or go?

Unplugged Nation

For Your Inspiration (FYI) features possibilities for detachment or being off the grid.

Or off the greed.

Love the Coopers

It's "Happy Hour" at Star Movies. The Fred Flintstone and Annie Hall actors portray empty nesters in crisis.

Love the copers!

United, They Fall

As the song goes, "How long has this been going on?" When United announced ,"Is there a doctor on board," they should have added, " And a mediator, too!"

Acrobatic Acronyms

In an emergency, one wouldn't be able to pronounce the initials to call out for help-NDRRMC! See? The followers of DU3O still on campaign mode, MRRD (Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte) something, the ones who issued a memo to him re DILG's former Secretary Sueno (meaning dream in Spanish) gave the latter a nightmare instead. Notice the reverse order of letters.

Break in case of fiery moves.

The Intern/ship

Mistaking it for the one featuring Robert de Niro as intern to Anne Hathaway's character, twas similarly about two unemployed salesmen who ventured into Google.  Among a sea
of nerds, the two street-smart losers contributed ideas for an app to protect users from drunken posts. They also nailed a contract with a pizza parlor.

Everyone brings in something to the mediation table.

Musical Play

This one tackled EJK. Noteworthy, thought-provoking and could lead to positive reaction. Much like those artistic effigies too beautiful sometimes to burn.

Mediation, on the other is a more direct way to solve conflict.

Dear Prudence

This song of the Beatles has added meaning nowadays with warnings not to leave your children, things and now even drinks unattended! The latter versus spiking.

So too in mediation, an ounce of prevention is worth more than the resulting perversion.

Downtown Business

Downton Abbey II is called Mr. Selfridge, complete with a carryover actor we spotted.  Now it's World War II that is a-brewing. But there is again the long list of characters in conflict with self, others, the boss and government.

Ever since the time of Jesus, there was a need for Mediation.

Mediating Mic

There was yet another scuffle over the microphone in a videoke. The Pinoy's favorite indoor pastime can also be a pestime.

Mediation advocates sharing the blame and the noise.

Rejecting the Stone

Yesterday's TV coverage of the earthquake's destruction of the Batangas church showed men gathering stones strewn on the basilica's frontyard. They picked up whatever they could carry but one chose to try moving a heavy chunk. He seemed to be calling for help but the others just passed him by.

Mediation is like that. Some decide to just pay attention to the small trivial stuff. The real issue might be something nobody else wants to touch.

Ghost in the Shell

This futuristic film starred Scarlett Johansson who could have been exorcising the ghost of ex-husband Ryan Reynolds, whose character coincidentally and ironically died in "Life." In her movie, though, android Scarlett seeks out theJapanese biological mother of the person from whom she was frankensteined.

Mediators are simpler ghostbusters.

Smurfs

Did you ever wonder that Smurfette was the only girl among them? Their new movie reveals another land with all the women!

Perhaps that was why both exclusive lands were peaceful.

Moving Trump

But he does this on things within his reach at table, as shown by news reports. OC? Or a shark establishing his territory?

Mediation welcomes sincere and productive movers and shakers.

Cats from Hell

A single woman's cat was showing fear and insecurity. Then, she admitted to putting her pet under her sweater for comfort! Problem solved- she was enabling her cat's emotional neediness and dependence on her.

Mediation likewise empowers wo/men to be masters of their fate.