Six Degrees Could Change The World

Mark Lynas author of Six Degrees, joined by climate experts, chronicles what each increase of a degree celsius could do to our planet. Their estimates on when will this take place? Over the next century. Far too long? Maybe for your lifetime, but not for mankind. 

According to Lynas, the changes would no longer be gradual. Greenland’s glaciers and some of the lower lying islands would start to disappear. At 3ºC higher the Arctic would be ice-free all summer, the Amazon rainforest would begin to dry out and extreme weather patterns would become the norm. An increase of 4ºC would see the oceans rise drastically. Then comes the twilight zone of climate change, if the global temperature rises again by another degree. Part of once temperate regions could become uninhabitable, while humans fight each other for the world’s remaining resources. The sixth degree is what is called the doomsday scenario as oceans become marine wastelands, deserts expand and catastrophic events become more common.

Catch in on National Geographic Channel on these dates. 

SATURDAY, 29 MARCH, at 02:00 AM

WEDNESDAY, 23 APRIL, at 00:00 AM

What Ever Happened to Solid Harmonie?

Remember the late 90s hits like "I Want You To Want Me" and "I’ll Be There For You". 

Make It Across The Board!

There has been a major exodus in the office, not from our department though, wherein for one team of 200 peeps, 80% percent have hancocked on a different company letterhead. All to the tune of 60,000 brown peso (USD 1,500) per month.

People from of my job description is the primary target of the other company. With my tenure and skills, according to a team mate who’s already there, I could easily jump in their boat. So, it is quite logical for our company to create a "retention plan." I’m about to get a sizable amount every month, no additional work needed, all I need to do is stay. Well, if you compare it, its really big, the allowance is almost half of what I’m getting. However, it’s still a far cry from the 60,000 pesos. And to make room for this abrupt and untimely funds allocation by the company, the allowance of the managers will be chopped. All to their dismay. I dread the day that there’ll be conflict of interest in our company with this inproportionate movement of funds to address a dwindling employee headcount. If they’ll give us an incentive, I hope they make it across the board.

As I’m writing this, my friends, who are managers, are now drinking the inept management memo. As for me, wheels are turning, I paid my dues. I had my share of corporate inadequacies. So the allowance is a very much welcomed development. 

People Who’ll Give Mariah Carey A Run For Her Whistle-Money

Im gay and I’m a Filipino.

So when I log into Youtube, and try to view my idol Regine Velasquez’ live performances, I know what I’ll see alongside her actual videos –tons and tons of comments from screaming fags. No offense, I also am a fag and screams alot, believe me! But my friends from that shore argue alot about who has the best voice. Their measurement most of the time is the range of the singer’s voice. The higher the better. They fill the comments space with personal attacks on either singers or the other people who comment. I smile at the word fight. I just dont know of the implications of them to othe people.

In general, gays like me idolize female singers. Locally, it can be Regine Velasquez, Sarah Geronimo, Sheryn Regis, Jonalyn Viray. In the US, we like Madonna, Mariah, Celine or Kelly Clarkson. We always look forward to seeing their live performances if they were right on the notes, if they outsung the original singer, if they hit flat. Some youtube frequent commentarist of Divas have acquired a knack for knowing the notes that this singer hit. They’d comment: HOLY GUACAMOLE! THAT WAS A D7 ! And then the other one would say: NO, ARE YOU DEF OR SUMTHIN THAT WAS JUST A SHITTY G#7! And then of course the verbal assault follows.

I was browsing today. I planned on searching for Regine Velasquez’ version of the song ALONE. I watched it and she never fails to amaze me. She’s 36 and can still sing the way she did when she was 15. Anyways, I glanced upon that side of the webpage where you see the related videos. I saw: GUINESS Record for highest male note. He’s Adam Lopez and in a live Guiness audience he squeezed everything he can to hit C#, breaking his own world record when he hit D7. OMFG! Lets watch him.

At one point the host actually indirectly asked if he still has he’s penis. Very bad joke!

SO, if there’s a male record holder, there must a female contender to this dismal category in Guiness. I clicked on a link titled Georgia Brown Highest Notes. And then I remembered that shes the lady my friend Rex has been telling me. How effortlessly whistles high notes. How Mariah should’ve retired already from mere shame at the existence of a Georgia Brown. Be my guest mah friends. Earplugs very much advised.

Personally, I dont think it’s healthy if you listen to this on a daily basis. 

Im A Shrink!

March 25, Tuesday. 

One friend in the middle of my at-work slumber jolted me back into reality with low eyes. She said that her pseudo BF is breaking up with her. We’ve talked about that guy over banana splits and beer. The guy’s also a friend. So I’m the best person that she can talk to about him and her messaianic efforts to bring a polygamist to come into her terms of a serious monogamous relationship. To cut the saga short, playful guy meets my girlfriend at work. Guy has a girlfriend of some years. Girl is a novice with the machinations of love. They  clicked with classic flicks. Us being aware of guys ways with girls, felt it right, over more beer, to remind the guy that he’s messing our girlfriend. However, girlfriend managed to somehow to pull it through with idealistic life. Until lately, guy said that his ex wants a sequel to their relationship. My girlfriend, with a broken, left the deciding part to the guy alone. 1 month ago, the guy out of nowhere, well actually I egged him to tell us, that they are now a lovely emo couple. AWWWWWWWWW! More beer!

Fastforward to today. Girlfriend discovered that Guy is feeling cool with another vagina. Yesterday, she woke me up. And I know when I need to share a smoke with her down the building. Yesterday was one of those days. Girlfriend said that Guys blaming her why his relationship with his ex failed. Had my girlfriend not entered their lives, he and his girlfriend god would still be in beaches surfing. These finger pointing happened after the tears and mental agony that my girlfriend has gone through just to stick it up with him. I advised her to stop thinking about it. Dont text him. I advised him to cry drink and do weeds for one day. Do everything crazy for one day until she feels like sheve made a fool of herself and stop. The best way to get out of a failed relationship is to do everything to highlight your stupidity.  I belive that a person can shun shame coming from the outside, but it’s different when you feel shame from within yourself. It’s the best wake up call.