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"The Friskies" host Michael Ian Black with Grumpy Cat and Angela Kinsey

Quote from: islander on November 28, 2013, 01:58:21 PMBut it was the new book that drew people in droves to see Grumpy Cat, whose real name is Tardar Sauce.

aw, hihihi.  now i know...

Grumpy Cat's new book, "Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book," is a New York Times bestseller. (Source: CBS 5 News)

Fans line up for best-selling author - Grumpy Cat?

Oct 07, 2013
by Steve Stout

TEMPE, AZ (CBS5) - The Valley's most famous feline had good reason to smile, and her seemingly permanent scowl doesn't mean she's not happy to see you.

Grumpy Cat had dozens of fans lining up to get their picture taken with her during a signing for her new book Sunday at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, AZ.

The signing came on the heels of the internet sensation's endorsement deal with Friskies last week.

But it was the new book that drew people in droves to see Grumpy Cat, whose real name is Tardar Sauce.

Picture requests were not the only comments Grumpy Cat's owner Tabatha Bundesen heard at the popular bookstore.

"'I wish I could pet her,' or, 'I love your cat,' or, 'You're so lucky,'" Bundesen said. "I do feel lucky."

The literary work is called Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book and it's been out about a month now.

The book teaches the art of "grumpiness," Bundesen said, and it is already a New York Times bestseller.


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grumpuccino!  when you get to drink this, lorenz, do share how it tastes.

i thought the grumpies of this world are all males too, until i read back that bbc blurb on grumpy at the beginning of this thread.

ooops, reading back, it turns out that grumpy is a she.

he also landed on the new york magazine cover...


Grumpy Cat (New York Magazine)

There are famous Internet animals, and then there is Grumpy Cat. The one-year-old feline, whose perpetually frowning face turned her into a massive online sensation over the past year, officially became a one-cat empire when she graced the cover of New York magazine’s “Boom Brands” issue in October. The world learned that the estimated value of the Grumpy Cat brand â€" which includes a coffee line, a New York Times-bestselling book and even a movie deal â€" is worth an estimated $1 million. The lesson from all this, according to New York magazine? Invest in cats.


http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/20/
http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=76752.0#.Upe2vCcp-KF

Grumpy Cat was created when her owner took a photo and posted it online in September 2012

The photo went viral with 1.5 million people viewing it in the first 36 hours

A video was made to prove Grumpy Cat's expression was not digitally altered. It has been viewed 25 million times on YouTube

Grumpy Cat has 2.5 million Facebook followers and has appeared on American TV

Grumpy Cat won the Golden Kitty Award at the annual Internet Cat Video Festival 2013


http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Rabbi Eliyahu Azaria, from Chicago, is the current rabbi in the philippines

more interesting trivia:

A Syrian-Jewish trader, A.N. Hashim, who had arrived in 1892, helped Filipino patriot Jose Rizal escape from Dapitan. Having recently gained U.S. citizenship, Hashim circulated freely among both Spanish and U.S. forces, providing the latter with intelligence.

Although he had landed in Manila with a suitcase of watches, after the war, Hashim took an interest in entertainment, beginning with a bicycle racetrack and later establishing the Manila Grand Opera House. He later diversified into government supply contracting (for both the U.S. and Filipino governments), mining, and import-export.

wow!

for an interesting read on jews in the philippines, there's more at: http://www.jewishtimesasia.org/manila/269-manila-communities/576-philippines-jewish-community

Quote from: Lorenzo on November 26, 2013, 10:15:39 PM
How many Filipinos practice Judaism, Tita ? Just curious lang ko.

i would hazard a guess, lorenz, and it is that they may not be that many now.  i can't say i ever met one here who professes to be a jew.  besides, they may not be as obvious as those you see on the streets and shops of madison avenue in new york or the kosher markets in manhattan.  here's an interesting tidbit, though:

About 100 families hold synagogue membership, and it is estimated that there are between 200 and 500 Jews in Manila and the Philippines altogether. In Pampanga (about 3-4 hours drive from Manila), there is a Jewish club called The Bagel Boys.

jewish surnames like cohn, bachrach, switzer, etc. who are all in business as jews invariably are, interestingly, they are regarded more as "americans" rather than "jews" because their presence is more secular than religious.  yet, even if there really is no known kosher restaurant here:

The Jewish community of Manila may be the only Jewish community in Asia that has its own locally-slaughtered kosher meat and locally-produced kosher cheese, and it may also be the region's oldest.

CATingalahan ba ani... suddenly this bol-anon has become international, hihihi.

oh, no.  mashed potato ray ako, okay na koh!

what does this quotation mean?

It means that dogs will blindly follow their master. It depends on you to feed it, to clean it, to play with it etc. It needs you, aka the person is in charge.

But no matter what you do, when you have a cat, they are there because they get good service. You feed your cat because it wants food, not because it couldn't find food if it wanted it. Cats clean themselves, they play with themselves, they don't need people, they just stay because it's convenient, aka the cat's in charge.

Or, alternatively, cats have been using feline-telepathy for centuries and now have the ability to control human minds. 2012 is the scheduled year for feline world domination, and we will soon wait on cats hand and paw, but we'll still be able to have dogs.

Sourced by Liz Ard from: My cat made me write this
http://answers.yahoo.com/

well, as they say...

Good Morning America / Photo By All Things Dobby

Good Morning America / Photo By All Things Dobby

humans imitating dog, hehe.  fashionable.

Good Morning America / Photo By All Things Dobby

Good Morning America / Photo By All Things Dobby

The National Dog Mill Rescue in Colorado saved the pup, but Dobby had already lost all of his teeth, causing his tongue to hang out the side of his mouth. However, a family from Connecticut adopted him, giving Dobby a happy home and turning his awkward Supa Tongue into a fashion statement. The dog now has his own Facebook page and huge fan following, which has brought awareness to puppy mills and dog rescue.


Good Morning America / Photo By All Things Dobby

Rescue Dog's 'Supa Tongue' Becomes Fashion Statement

Meet Dobby, an Italian Greyhound better known as Supa Tongue. This adorable dog was rescued after five and a half years at a puppy mill in Missouri, where he reportedly sustained emotional and physical damage.


Good Morning America / Photo By All Things Dobby

here are hopes that hing makes it.  i hope he's in school.  ginamos with tomatoes would still be good for him, right?

identity theft?

Quote from: Lorenzo on November 27, 2013, 03:09:47 PM
g*** darnit. now i'm really craving ginamos. huhuhu!

and i'm over 5,000 miles away form bohol.

sige lang.  in a few months' time, pohon, lorenz, you'll be in bohol.  inshallah.

ugh.  now i'm famished.

now i know...

slurp.  suddenly i'm hungry and wish to eat ginamos and sisi, lorenz.  it's been a long time too...

wow!  hahaha!  i can imagine the scene...

atot na lang... hahaha! labaw pa sa abilidaran ang mo-debone ug banana sa?  bilib ko daan sa mo-debone ug bangus.  sa banana deboners, aw, we have paradise on earth.

hehehe, lampas pa sa 10.  bol-anon ra gyod ka.

every saturday kuno ni himoon.  i don't get it.  but my memory of my valencianhon grandma's ginamos is that it was the food of the gods.

valencia is it!  sinabado.

emperor palpatine is also darth sidious, the dark lord of the sith.  he is a former senator from naboo, later the supreme chancellor of the republic, until he became obvious as emperor palpatine.

morag true, hehehe. 

Insidious - flagship of Admiral Gregory Dreskul's battlegroup



Production Information
Manufacturer: Kuat Drive Yards
Model: Imperial Mark II

Technical Specifications
Length: 1,600 meters
MGLT: 12 MGLT
Hyperdrive Rating: Class 1
Backup Hyperdrive Rating: Class 8
Shielding: 5,760 SBD
Hull: 2,722 RU
Armament: 50 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
          50 Heavy Turbolaser Cannons
          20 Ion Cannons
          10 Tractor Beam Projectors
Complement: 72 TIE Series Fighters
            5 Alpha-class Xg-1 Star Wings
            15 Delta Class Dx-9 or Dx-9s Transports
            12 AT Barges
            8 Lambda-class T-4a Shuttles
            1 Gamma-class Assault Shuttle
            1 TIE Shuttle Craft
            Skipray Blastboats (variable)
            Repair and Recovery Vehicles
            Various other Landing Craft
            20 AT-AT Walkers
            40 AT-ST Walkers
            1 Prefabricated Garrison Base

Usage
Roles: Flagship
Affiliation: Galactic Empire
Known Commanders: Gregory Dreskul

Exodus Information
Creator: Corsos


http://starwars-exodus.wikia.com/

at least, she's not dyed.

gwapa bitaw ning intsika.

thank you very much, lorenz.  i need this now more than ever.

Quote from: Lorenzo on November 27, 2013, 01:09:53 PM
colorful chics.

in the league of fr chic?

wa na ko masabi.  ikaw gyod hubag, abi kay naa kay nana...

no prob.  afir.

Quote from: islander on November 27, 2013, 11:11:50 AMwa gyoy kataposan ning katingkagol ug tawo uy, hihihi.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 27, 2013, 11:16:16 AMDi pud mabasta-basta ang imong contribution...

ang kataposan, ang katingkagol, o ang tawo?  i-klarorify, please.  know thyself.

reply #6 nimo bai hubs is invisible.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 27, 2013, 11:22:40 AM
Or this?

kini, kini gyod siya.  balhiboon lang ni.  kadto si gwendolyn nga iro nako di man to taas ug balhibo.  pero mao gyod ni ang effect pagtina nako niya.

p.s. sa una ra man to, that's why the former governor of cebu must have been named after my own gwendolyn, the most intelligent dog i ever had.

kausa ra ko naka-dye ug pet and i swore never to do it again.  high school ko ato, akong gitina among iro ug red.  she was terrified.  dagan tawon siyag likay, didto tugpa sa akong katre, basa pa kaayo, takdan akong habol sa red dye.  she felt so bad.  ako nga nagtan-aw also felt so bad.  this is not my dog anymore, i thought.  food coloring man to akong gigamit (strawberry), ni-fade out ra pod kadugayan.  never again.

wa gyoy kataposan ning katingkagol ug tawo uy, hihihi.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 27, 2013, 07:44:04 AM



Unsa ni nga wild animal?

Quote from: Lollapalooza on November 27, 2013, 10:30:53 AM
Close enough?

i'll take both as pets, hands down.

-deleted kay nadoble, sorry.-

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 27, 2013, 10:12:29 AM
Hmm, if so then this must be Islander...

sugot na lang ko.  kini laging nanguna ta, try hard na lang nga ma-sport.  besides, wa bitaw apelyido.

hinoon, mao tingali nga lami ang ginamos de bohol tungod kay tinumban.  daling mamawos.  way kalainan sa la paz batchoy.  apil ang kuko ug konggo sa cook, mao nga lami.

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on November 27, 2013, 12:59:31 AM

nakakita baya ko ani sa una dinha sa tagbilaran... palahon ang heaps of ginamos sa sawog, gitumban.  sukad ato, di na gyod ko mokaon ug ginamos nga di bottled (lorenzana brand).

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 27, 2013, 07:44:04 AM



Unsa ni nga wild animal?

dunno.  all i know is that he's named hubag.  surname must surely be bohol.

Today, in the wake of one of the worst storms in history, with perhaps more than 10,000 dead and hundreds of thousands homeless, we are fully committed to fulfilling President Quezon’s prophecy and returning the favor to the Filipino people. Not just because we are Jews, the heirs to this nation’s life-saving actions, but because we firmly believe in mutual responsibility and the idea that each individual life is valuable beyond measure.

(Alan H. Gill is the CEO of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.)


http://www.jta.org/

These efforts now come full circle, especially for one member of our team arriving in the Philippines later this week, Danny Pins. In addition to being one of our development and employment experts, Pins’ mother and grandparents were among the German Jews who fled to the Philippines to seek safe haven in 1938. His posting, in many ways a homecoming despite previous trips to the country, is highly symbolic.

It’s a formula JDC, which is celebrating its centennial this year, has developed over decades of efforts in the field, from helping Ukrainians starved by the Bolsheviks in the 1920s to rehabilitating survivors of genocide in Rwanda. And on behalf of the North American Jewish community and with its support, we have over the past decade delivered tens of millions of dollars in aid to victims of natural and manmade disasters in Southeast Asia, Haiti and Japan.

About 30 percent of funds raised will be dedicated to immediate relief for food, water, shelter, medical supplies and care, unless the emergency phase lasts longer because of expanding, critical needs among survivors. The rest will be invested in sustainable local projects that will emerge in the long, slow process of rehabilitation that is sure to come.

As part of our ongoing response to the typhoon, JDC will ship critically important food, shelter, and hygiene and medical supplies â€" as well as ensure the provision of water and sanitation items and shelter support â€" through its partners, the Afya Foundation and Catholic Relief Services. JDC’s advance team of disaster relief and development experts will head to the Philippines later this week to assess damage and needs while consulting with our local/international partners and the Filipino Jewish community to ensure maximum impact for storm survivors.

We recalled this moment in history last week when we began reading reports and watching coverage of the impending super typhoon Haiyan â€" the strongest storm in recorded history â€" as it barreled toward the Philippines. In anticipation of the impact, JDC’s disaster relief and development staff assembled a contingency plan that went into full effect once news emerged of the death and destruction wrought by Haiyan.

At the time that Manuel Quezon admitted Jews to his country, the Filipino president made what seems today like a remarkably prescient statement.

“The people of the Philippines will have in the future every reason to be glad that when the time of need came, their country was willing to extend a welcome hand,” he was quoted as saying.

Thanks to their initiative, these refugees were issued rare travel certificates to the Asian country to work as skilled laborers in the Frieders’ cigar factories in Manila â€" though in reality, few of them had any experience in the industry whatsoever. The audacious operation, seemingly extraordinary today, is the subject of the recently released documentary “Rescue in the Philippines.”

Op-Ed: In its time of need, repaying a debt to the Philippines

By Alan H. Gill
November 12, 2013


Alex Frieder, seated, surrounded by Jewish refugees that he and his brothers helped escape from Nazi Germany and Austria to the Philippines. (3 Roads Communications)

NEW YORK (JTA) â€" As the extent of the catastrophic damage and tragic death toll continues to grow in the Philippines, a particularly heroic piece of history should be recalled by the global Jewish community, which owes a debt to the island nation.

Seven decades ago, a Philippine president, a globetrotting Jewish family named Frieder and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, my organization, helped save the lives of more than 1,000 Jews who otherwise would have almost certainly died in the Holocaust.

the blood pressure of my sister who lives in tagbilaran hasn't significantly gone down since the earthquake.  her family, like many other residents, including our brother who resides in baclayon, chose to sleep in tents for some nights. 

a sister in cebu who's on chemotherapy refused to sleep at the second floor bedroom for some nights because she got tired of running, she said. 

nisamot akong insomnia just thinking about the sheer terror of what they went through.

and there you were fr chic, looking at these people eye-to-eye after experiencing the temblor yourself.  oh-oh.   

Quote from: Lollapalooza on November 23, 2013, 11:59:37 PM



^_^

whew!  maayo gani kay natabang pa.

i hope the beast who shot elijah is rotting now!

wait, there's more surprise...



JK, for John Kerry, the US secretary of state.

it's quite obvious.  when americans help, they go the whole hog.

salamat, US, for helping us filipinos paste a permanent smile on our faces!  like this...

"PG" is not parental guidance here; it's Philip Goldberg, the new US ambassador to the philippines who arrived yesterday, 25 november 2013.


Goldberg posted on his Twitter account an “unselfie” â€" where he covered his face with a note calling for donations and assistance for the victims of Yolanda.

Netizens lauded this move by Goldberg, whose appointment was earlier criticized. He was earlier expelled from Bolivia supposedly for conspiring in the unrest against President Evo Morales. (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/)

Want to Help Typhoon Haiyan Victims? Post an 'Unselfie'

By Todd Wasserman
Nov 15, 2013



An ad agency exec has applied his marketing prowess to help funnel aid to victims of Typhoon Haiyan by starting a movement of "unselfies."

Nicholas Bordas, VP at TBWA/Europe and president of Being Worldwide, proposed the idea, which he had spotted elsewhere, to his 61,000 LinkedIn followers on Thursday. The idea originated with BBDO Guerrero in Manila, though.

"Social networks in the Philippines have become indispensable sources of information and aid for Haiyan survivors," Bordas noted in the post. "Photos not relevant to the current disaster are discouraged. However, people have been posting 'unselfies' where instead of showing their face, they show their support for the Philippines by holding up a piece of paper with the URL of the donation page to send aid."

The pictures direct users to SupportUnicef.org/Philippines, where they can donate money to Typhoon Haiyan victims.

The simple idea has caught on among Instagram and Twitter users, where it serves as a nice counterpoint against solipsistic selfies.


http://mashable.com/

what is an 'unselfie'?

it's posting a picture of oneself but with the face covered with a piece of paper on which the URL of the donation page for aid to the victims of the typhoon yolanda (haiyan) is written.

the idea was started by BBDO Guerrero in manila.  it spread worldwide.

a golden retriever is dyed to look like hobbes.  calvin must be somewhere...

Elsewhere, in mainland China, dog meat is still very much on the menu. In fact, it's more expensive than pork or beef.

So, while more people may be eating dog as the country gets richer, newly wealthy Chinese have embraced dog-owning culture with a vengeance.

Dogs are brought into restaurants, fussed over in public, dressed up in ridiculous outfits and dyed to look like ferocious tigers. (http://www.globalpost.com/)

bow-wow-wow!  pandas they're not.

The trend demonstrates how quickly and dramatically attitudes toward pets â€" particularly dogs â€" have changed in many parts of Asia.

In Taiwan, for example, just 10 years ago, dogs were still eaten in public restaurants and raised on farms for that purpose. Traditional Chinese medicine held that so-called "fragrant meat" from dogs could fortify one's health. Now, eating dog is viewed by many as an embarrassing reminder of a poorer time. (http://www.globalpost.com/)

dyed chow-chow dogs look like pandas

more, more!

brayt boy!

Quote from: Lorenzo on November 26, 2013, 02:27:00 PM
monomorphic ventricular tachycard, colorful butterflies and a brownie? hehe cool!

brownie?  oh, i thought it is a fucaceae pelvetia canaliculata.

sure ko nipahiyom sad si governor.

real best friends.  real soulmates.

expression pay imo...

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 13, 2013, 04:30:05 PM

it's okay, buddy.  he'll be back soon.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 17, 2013, 10:51:51 AM

since when did you learn how to count up to a million?

Quote from: Lorenzo on November 26, 2013, 02:19:54 PM
ah, such is unrequited love...

wait till you see the pimples on her back, hehe.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 26, 2013, 01:30:11 PM

just go straight to nuclear!  never mind those other chemicals...

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 15, 2013, 07:37:16 PM

it would hurt you more when you find out that that boy is actually a girl.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 24, 2013, 11:08:35 AM

on the right path, not to the altar but to diabetes.