What's in a name

Caster Semenya is a female South African Olympic champion runner. Being hyperandrogenous or having a high testosterone level, she has appealed for case before the European Court of Human Rights.

Saturday Night Calls

The French cable network TV5 Monde featured this documentary about doctors being summoned for emergency house calls in the past. Women who undertook home abortions claimed to have fallen down the stairs or carried heavy load. It was also timed so that we could rest the next day.

MACROASIA

The airline caterer has diversified into down-to-earth food servicing, after some tweaking. "Dishes served on flights are more seasoned because the high altitude alters one's taste buds."

Lao Tzu

"New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings."

Alex Trebek

His "Jeopardy" wardrobe lives on in the lives of homeless men trying to apply for jobs. Giving even in death.

Time

"As long as we have memories, yesterday remains.

As long as we have hope, tomorrow waits.

As long as we have love, today is beautiful.

As long as we have God, anything and everything is 

Possible."

Mattress Mack

McIngvale opened his huge furniture store and restaurant complete with generator to evacuees from the recent snowstorm in Texas. His showroom suddenly had live models!

Coco Chanel

While lending her double C logo to Prince  Charles and his Camilla, Coco traced her sewing skills to the nuns in the orphanage she grew up in. Could the habit they wore also have inspired her updated little black dress?

China or US

Each country is pointing to the other as having started Covid.

Put Stress on Faith

"Stress makes you believe that everything has to happen now.

Faith reassures you that everything will happen in God's timing."

Judg-mental

VP Leni rightly states that the people and not DU30 will judge if she is qualified or not. 

Yet Again

What were they thinking? Now, cinemas would open ahead of schools! 

Survival

 "It is not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change." (Anon.)

Patsy & Loretta

FOX Movies depicted the rare relationship between two country singers. The goodwill between them all started when Loretta lovingly sang one of the hit songs of Patsy, who was then recovering in a hospital. Asked to visit Patsy, Loretta thought she would be told off. Instead, their friendship and unconditional support for each other blossomed till Patsy's death. Loretta named a daughter after Patsy and continued to look after Patsy's husband. Rare story in show business!

Sin Covid

Fr. Orbos adapts the Covid safety measures to ways of avoiding sin. 

1. Keep away from occasions of sin. (Social Distancing)

2. Prayer (Faith Mask)

3. Frequent Confession (Washing of Hands)

Happy February 2021

"Your wife will talk less. Only for 28 days."

Leni's Reasoning

If she has no chance of winning the presidency in 2022, why are they spending time and money against her?

Firefly Lane

"You don't get married to be happy. You get married to share your unhappiness. "

Apology

"Without repentance, it is just manipulation." (Anon.)

Mother Teresa

"Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity."

Rebellion

Netflix' take on the Irish fight for independence from British rule in 1916 depicted difficulties of espionage then. If rebels needed documents, they needed to get through a government official's secretary to bring the papers by herself to their lair.

Perspective

NATGEO's Earth from Above featured a balloon ride over the pyramids of Egypt. Some space travel!

Testimony

Fr. Nic Austriaco plans to solicit Pinoys abroad to announce their uneventful COVID vaccination to convince local relatives and friends to follow suit.

Plank on Eye

China is slighted by a tee-shirt of Wu-Tang Clan referring to Wuhan made by a Canadian Embassy staff.  However, its incursions into the China Sea on 5 other countries' sovereignty is no cause for regret.

Scarce Seat

Don't get the logic. While minors are not allowed out, cars should have special seats for them!?

Like Father

We again have a reluctant daughter being convinced to "Run, Sara, Run" for President 365 times in a calendar that is going around.

Comparison

 "An orchestra conductor chided a drummer who was not doing well by saying, 'When a musician can't handle his instrument well, they take it away,  give him two sticks and make him a drummer.' A whisper was heard from the percussion section: 'And if he can't even handle that, they take away one of his sticks and make him a conductor.'" (Fr. Jerry Orbos)

Reagan's Russian Joke

There were three dogs- American, Polish and Russian.

American dog bragged, "When I bark in the morning, I get a breakfast of meat."

Polish dog asked, "What is meat?"

Russian dog asked, "What is bark?"