Babbling Point

The League of Extraordinary Indios Pencils and inks by Piya Constantino Script and partial colours by Adam David . So, I was going through my usual list of bookmarked blogs and clicked on: http://indira.exultrade.com/elephant/ I scrolled down and to my surprise saw the illustration seen above with the heading: sample panel for 10-page RIZAL comic book for Alamat anthology, #1 . Which was a complete surprise to me because the so-called Alamat anthology is on some high shelf, somewhere in the Library of the Dreaming. Anyway, if it ever does get published, (and it's not happening this year, as far as I know) the 10-page Rizal story (tentatively called "The Amazing Adventures of Doc Rizal") is going to be a wild, historical ride. Chances are you'll get to read the whole 10-page story first in Adam's blog, so just keep clicking on that link for any possible updates.

There is a crucifix near the emergency room of the Makati Medical Center. The paint on its knees and legs have chipped and are almost gone. How long as it been hanging there? How many people have touched it with their hands and handkerchiefs and muttered a quick prayer? "Heal him." "Make her well." "Please don't let him die." "Thank God, my shift is over." "Give me steady hands for this operation." "Why couldn't I save him?" "Take care of her." "She's in your hands." "Thank you, Lord."

. Something wacky this way comes Something weird happened Thursday night. When I got home I found a dead cockroach in the pail of water we keep in the bathroom. So, I scooped out the cockroach, flushed it down the toilet and cleaned the pail and filled it with water. It happened again Friday night! Another dead cockroach in the blue pail. What would make these cockroaches climb up the pail, jump into the water and drown to death? Do they know something we don't? Could this be the effect of Bay-gon? Is it possible you just wasted a minute of your life reading this blog? Or could this strange story about suicidal cockroaches actually inspire you to write that award-winning story that will make your famous? Or you could use it as an icebreaker during a blind date and that will make the girl of your dreams fall for you? Or is it possible, you just wasted another minute of your life reading my babbling and we'll never, ever really know why those cockroaches jumped into the blue pail...