Monthly Archives: April 2007

Tweets for 2007-04-27

By deebeedee | Published: April 27, 2007

Watching Ultimate Fighter. BJ Penn is too laid back as a coach. He’s mostly lounging around in his tsinelas. Train your boys, Island boy! #

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Today in Philippine History

By deebeedee | Published: April 27, 2007

Two events in Philippine history happened on this day, the 24th of April, according to Wikipedia.
1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
1565 – Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.

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Tweets for 2007-04-26

By deebeedee | Published: April 26, 2007

Hey, an image I took with my camera and tweaked in PS is used in the NYTimes: http://tinyurl.com/29mphy #

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View of Ancient Christians

By deebeedee | Published: April 26, 2007

The following is an excerpt from a letter written by a Pliny the Younger in the year 111 directed to Emperor Trajan regarding the proper way of handling Christians:
Meanwhile, in the case of those who were denounced to me as Christians, I have observed the following procedure: I interrogated these as to whether they were [...]

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Tweets for 2007-04-25

By deebeedee | Published: April 25, 2007

Whenever home phone announces “Private Caller!”, I fight the urge to belt out, “I’m a Private Caller, caller for money…!” a la Tina Turner #
Missing how my toddler son says “pizgetti.” He just started saying “spaghetti” right. I’ll cherish him saying “aminal” while it lasts. #

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