That 50 Million Sure Is A Wacky Number

This was the original post then shared by the attorney.

Huh ? The same people condemning a 50 mil cauldron were okay with 50 mil per senator during Corona televised circus https://t.co/iiDlsCkgsJ

— Ed Lopez (@edrlopez) November 22, 2019

Five Most Depressing Songs Of The 80s

Read Ed Lopez's answer to In your opinion, what are five of the most depressing songs from the 1980's and what makes them so depressing? on Quora

My Attempt At A David Letterman Style Joke

You know what I can't stand about teaching English are the people who have bad pronunciation, defective subject / verb agreement, faulty conjugation, using laughter as punctuation. And that is just my fellow teachers. 

Why Do People Love To Quote Movies

I gave this answer in Quora. 

Why do people spent so much time quoting movies?

Ed Lopez, former Credit at Long and McQuade (1988-1994)

Answered just now

Let’s start with some observations.

1. A lot of work goes into a movie script. A long time ago, movie theaters used to run this particular PSA about keeping quiet during the movie. It was set against some scenes from the Coen brother’s Barton Fink. John Turturro on a typewriter accompanied by stats explaining how much work goes into the script of a movie. Of course their message was to respect the work that goes into the precise words
2. Who knows how many movies one sees in a lifetime? I am 53 and I have no idea. Of that number , how many of them actually emotionally register with you that you care about reciting lines from them in certain situations?

I was never good enough to write professionally but I write anyway . My goal was to make a connection with the reader the same way other writers make a connection to me when I read them. A movie line though is even more than that. It is a situation, build up music , the way the actor says the line etc. Like the line from a very young Jennifer Connely in Labyrinth .

It is that moment of truth , that realization. A certain line will stick to you. Like this one.

If my memory serves Rhett had enough of the drama and says bye bye. He has reached his tipping point. Haven’t we all been there?

The key word here is resonate. Different things resonate with different people. For some it’s song lines, others it is movie dialogue. For some it is their personal situation when they encounter something . Meryl Streep wrote the creators of the Mamma Mia musical that they were able to provide all this joy in the context of the Sept 11 attack.

I love quoting Spinal Tap , Hans Gruber and Marko Ramius. Doesn’t love make the world go ‘round?

Beware Of Fake or Hoax BDO Emails Claiming Your Account Is Temporarily Unavailable

Just today ( August 8 2019 ) I got this email. 

The exact wording if the picture is too small for you is as follows: 

On Thursday, August 8, 2019, 4:45 PM, BDO Unibank <callcenter@bdo.com> wrote: Dear Valued Client, Greetings from BDO Unibank. Please be advised that we need to verify your account as a part of our regular review to avoid certain interruptions of our services. Your account will remain temporarily unavailable until it is fully verified, This is necessary to maintain the safety and integrity of your account. You can verify your account by clicking the link below https://online.bdo.com.ph/ These communication channels are available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Thank you for banking online with us! The BDO Unibank Important: Please save this message for future reference

What caught my eye is the phrase "temporarily unavailable " which will probably catch your eye too if you depend on your ATM card like most of us do. These guys want to scare you into immediate action so bad that you may not take certain precautions. Precautions like using Google or logging into your account independent of the email you just got. 

Please note the email address (  BDO Unibank [callcenter@bdo.com ]) 

A quick Google search for that address produces the legitimate email address/ url  of BDO ( Banco de Oro) 

As you can see , everything legitimate BDO does online has a '.com.ph' domain not a just a ".com". Lastly as a  blogger I know that just because something is highlighted , it doesn't mean what you see in the email is the exact link it will go to. For example just because you see   https://www.bradpittwasclonedfromedlopez.com    it does not mean you will go to that URL. Try it. 

On the actual email you see the real URL of BDO which is https://online.bdo.com.ph  but it does not go there. In fact when you run your cursor over it ( on a desktop/ laptop)  you can see where your browser  is really going As I show in the illustration above.

Bottom line, the more dire the consequences, the more time you should take to investigate. Google is your friend.  I wish BDO had examples of this kind scam online and even shut down the urls  ( for example https://www.engineersinstitute.com/BDO-Online-Banking/Redirecting.php?_=1\ )   of these people spoofing.


Ed

Derwood Flange

 Derwood Flange, if memory serves was a character used in 7-11 Canada radio ads in the early to mid 80s./  I Google  / YouTube searched  any kind of reinforcement of this and I don't seem to find anything . 7-11 back then was Slurpees , wheelies and burritos . Now that I am in the Philippines , 7-11 has decent coffee plus the chocolate section and Heineken . No sign of Derwood Flange.

Why Some Details Seem Completely New When Watching A Movie Again

The second time around you know how everything will end. Most of the mystery is gone. Now you are watching for appreciation. Now you are watching to connect the dots knowing where the dots will end. You may be using the same level of attention and focus but previously a lot of it was spent wondering where you will end up. You don’t have that burden the 2nd time or the 8th time.











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