The Wheel and Axle

Three weeks to go in the Philippines!

Who would’ve thought that Boysen, of all brands, could come up with such a hilarious commercial? I’m still laughing AF.

This just made me want to visit Palawan even more. Mmm.

Because Russian figure skating champions are just this cool, fun, and epic.

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One month to go!

Looks like Warner Bros. is now overcompensating making up for the purported barebones marketing for Wonder Woman for which they were criticized by the internet last week.

Of course, it’s also true that perhaps, after the debacle regarding the over-saturation of Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad marketing last year which included the spoiler of Doomsday in BvS, they’re trying to practice some restraint. That’s good, but restraint doesn’t mean there should be a huge drop in Wonder Woman visibility so close to the release date.

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Yesterday, being a member of Babaylanes, Inc. (the alumni organization of UP Babaylan), I joined a meeting of various LGBT groups and allies. A number of these groups were part of the umbrella LGBT network Lagablab, including my two aforementioned orgs, although there were also plenty of representatives from non-Lagablab groups. There were also non-affiliated individuals. We all had one goal.

The meeting was held as a forum on what we as a community can further do to lobby support for the Anti-Discrimination Bill. As I’d previously noted, this important piece of legislation has been in congress for some time now, and the most recent version is the furthest the bill has made it so far. Of course, this being Philippine politics and all, interpellations kept on getting delayed and delayed until Congress went on hiatus in March.

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Mmm. Monday. Mmm. Michael.

A few months old, but still a great way to start the week.

They truly missed the opportunity of a lifetime when they failed to cast Iman as Storm instead of Halle Berry in the original X-Men movies. Not only is Iman gorgeous, she also looks the part. She also has the perfect accent that is more appropriate for an African mutant worshipped as a goddess. Seriously, just look at and listen to her.

Ah, what could’ve (and should’ve!) been.

It’s been a year or so since I first watched the tease-y videos of Gustavo and Tulio, and I still cannot get enough of the Brazilian twins known as the Brothers Rocha.

And let me tell you: I’ve always had a thing for hot twins. And hot Brazilians. They fascinate and attract me.

(So can you imagine me reading about these gorgeous triplets recently? If only they were also Brazilian. Still, I sure will not be choosy.)

This is old but still hilarious AF. What’s even more hilarious is how some people thought it was real. Parody generally isn’t for the brain-deficient, though to be fair, we’ve seen beauty pageant contestants talk about opposite sex marriage and “Iraq, everywhere like, such as,” so can we blame those who actually believed there were anti-Math advocates?

Especially when you consider the very real video being parodied and how moronic some of those real life contestants were.

Lord save us from the idiots.