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Bo-bi, Salamat po.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 03/November/2025 @ 8:24 am
Aloysius, I was just listing the teams I used to watch and enjoy for old time’s sake. Nope, Jay/HIV quit the Hash years ago, too. Mo ain’t in the grave yet, but the SOB he founded is. Yeah, it was his pride and joy, but once he couldn’t promote it anymore, it withered and died on the vine.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 02/November/2025 @ 1:27 pm
Brian, Good points. Too much frequency and diminished quality are a bad combination. When I first attended, eight bars were competing. In the past few months, there were only four, and half of those might have consisted of two uninterested girls standing there, swaying for a few minutes. I guess 20+ years was long enough for the SOB.
There could still be a market for shows like this. As you say, make them monthly or even quarterly. Add some new bars and fresh faces to the mix. Do more promotion. Sadly, since the founder, Dave Fisher, is ill and seeking to sell his bars, I doubt we’ll see a resurrection.
For some reason, my zombie office worker costume doesn’t fit me now. Go figure.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 02/November/2025 @ 9:46 am
Terry, HaHa! No, I wasn’t naked, but I like the way you think! 🙂 I meant you had to imagine my regular clothes were a costume.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 02/November/2025 @ 9:39 am
Terence, you are welcome.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 02/November/2025 @ 9:38 am
Kevin, yeah, I got to where I was only attending once a month or so anyway. Oh well, we’ll see what happens next. Some other bars in town are doing an occasional “Battle of the Bars” thing, but I haven’t bothered to attend yet.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 02/November/2025 @ 9:38 am
Kevin, here goes:
When I was a child, learning French was difficult.
He stood seven feet tall, and the audience was astounded by the player’s height.
He was trying hard not to fart, but the class seemed interminable to the sweating Brandon.A total rephrasing would probably work better, but I wanted to stay within the framework you provided.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 02/November/2025 @ 9:55 am
Kevin, I’m sorry, but I don’t see the error. I think it would be clearer if I wrote, “but as an introvert, making friends can be difficult.”
Well, no killings at the SOB last night, but all the dancers were wearing scary costumes. Of course, scary and sexy are two different realms, so it wasn’t as fun to watch.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 01/November/2025 @ 8:33 am
Brian, the only issue I have with Loraine was her lack of honesty. She denied her involvement with someone else right up until the end. The blame is on me for not realizing that I loved her until I had lost her. So, “my brand new plan” was flawed because I’m a sucker for love.
Of course, my perspectives are different at 70 than they were at 60. The clock is winding down, and I’m going to make the most of the time I have left. So, remembering the past and learning from it is fine, but I’m not going to let what happened before negatively impact what is now.
Each new day is a gift to be enjoyed.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 01/November/2025 @ 8:27 am
Dan, nope —just cereal and milk with an apple and an orange on the side.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 31/October/2025 @ 5:50 pm
Aloysius, Stickman, will be missed for sure. I always appreciated his insights, and his column wasn’t always about the bar scene, though it was obviously the focus. Thanks for the link to Bangkok Seven, I’ll check him out.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 31/October/2025 @ 4:29 pm
Kevin, I’ll link to what happened in my post today. I got fucked, or I fucked myself, but either way, it was a blessing in disguise. I didn’t waste any more of my life on her.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 31/October/2025 @ 1:36 pm
Koko, nope, Gary is a married man. Sorry to disappoint you.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 31/October/2025 @ 9:30 am
Aloysius, naw, we didn’t part on bad terms. He told me to call him if I get a new girlfriend.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 30/October/2025 @ 4:11 pm
Dan, yes, Swan has already arranged for a friend to drive to the grocery store next week. My plan B is to make arrangements with a taxi. They actually charge less than what I was paying Danny.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 30/October/2025 @ 9:12 am
Kevin, I *think* the error is joining two independent clauses inappropriately. I could have put a period after ass kicker, or added an “and” after the comma.
Hmm, I’m overdue for my moment of Zen?
No, I don’t consider Danny a grifter. I tend to overpay my help here, but that’s on me. Lately, Danny has been asking for amounts that make even me cringe, so saying “no, thanks” wasn’t a problem. I suspect he’ll miss the 1200 easy pesos he made driving me to Olongapo for grocery shopping every week.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 30/October/2025 @ 9:10 am
Brian, I’m used to Danny’s driving. If I encountered him on the highway while driving, some of his tactics might provoke road rage, but he seems skilled. He’s driving the same car he was when we met over seven years ago, and it has no dents, so there’s that. There have been occasions when I wondered, Is this the day? Like passing on blind corners on a mountain road. That said, he was reliable, always arrived on time, and even sent a replacement if he was unavailable. He’ll be missed, but he can be replaced. I appreciate Swan intervening to prevent price-gouging.
I have no reason not to believe any of the “truths” presented, although swallowing spiders when sleeping seems unlikely to me. Maybe I think that to help me sleep. I saw in the comments that someone else uses peanut butter as mouse bait. Sounds like a trend!
» Posted By John McCrarey On 30/October/2025 @ 9:03 am
Kevin, no joke, just a typo I didn’t catch.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 29/October/2025 @ 8:35 am
Doing my best, Dan. As I’ve often said, my blog is not totally worthless; it can always serve as a bad example.
I had a blueberry muffin for breakfast.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 28/October/2025 @ 6:01 pm
Kevin, aren’t they all?
Beer is a preservative.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 31/October/2025 @ 4:38 pm
Kevin, I asked for the references because even though you said the sentences were wrong, I couldn’t see the errors. Hard to research when you don’t know what you are looking for.
• Life is good; live it while you’ve got it! (I changed the comma to a semicolon.)
• Are Jeepneys disappearing? (I added the “Are” to the question.)
•They are also building a mass-transit rail line from Manila to Angeles. (I put a hyphen in mass-transit.)I’m not sure whether those are the fixes needed or not.
I wish I were feigning forgetfulness. Grammar and punctuation rules are the least of my problems. I’m struggling to remember people’s names and places, and I’m having a hard time recalling how to do simple tasks that used to be easy.
My favorite clause has always been Santa. But the other kind is a group of words that contain a subject and a verb. Some clauses have rejected monarchy (independent) and others are on welfare (dependent).
Anyway, I’ll try to accentuate the posÃtive.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 29/October/2025 @ 8:55 am
Whatever you say, Pete.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 28/October/2025 @ 6:00 pm
Greg, we’ll be in and around Da Nang…
» Posted By John McCrarey On 28/October/2025 @ 2:03 pm
Brian, no matter how often an old joke is used, it will still be worthy of a Brazilian laughs.
As for getting out and about, yeah, I’m running out of time, so I need to do it while I can. Besides, my readers deserve to read my drivel from some new perspectives.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 28/October/2025 @ 8:17 am
Kevin, A student’s inability to retain what you have taught them doesn’t make you a bad teacher. So, stop slamming your head against the wall. Since I’m not intentionally failing, I don’t think the passive-aggressive definition fits.
I’d be happy to go back and re-read the lessons covering the cited errors if you will provide the BOE/PTOSP reference number.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 28/October/2025 @ 8:10 am
Pete, thanks for your support!
» Posted By John McCrarey On 26/October/2025 @ 10:14 am
Kevin, it must be some kind of allergy to La Union that makes drinking here a challenge.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 26/October/2025 @ 10:13 am
Grouphike is just a nine-letter word.
Kevin, keeping it clean and using an anti-bacterial ointment. I will survive!
» Posted By John McCrarey On 24/October/2025 @ 9:14 am
Brian, true that. When you struggle to make ends meet in the third world, all the problems would seem magnified. I guess that’s why they complain about a 90 peso beer that would cost twice that back home.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 23/October/2025 @ 4:15 pm
«« Back To Stats PageKevin, Damn. I get what you are saying. Still, it is ironic to make the mistake of using commas I don’t need rather than the other way around.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 23/October/2025 @ 4:12 pm