The country has just been blessed with another internationally acclaimed hero. This one, as my favorite columnist said, is the best we have had in a long time. Pound for pound, he is way up there on our list.
This hero would never ever be the object of a ticker parade. No celebrities, real and imagined, would be clawing to get as close to him as possible and bask on reflected glory. He would never ever have a huge entourage, nor a long list of Fil-Am groupies. Obviously, no politicians and government officials would be outdoing and outdueling themselves for his attention.
No political parties would be claiming him, and insisting to enlist him as their senatorial candidate. That is because Efren Peňaflorinda’s works and achievements, which helped make him become CNN’s hero of the year, demonstrate clearly the government’s shortcomings — the failure of our government leaders to provide for poor children, and ensure their access to education.
No sir, this corner does not see a ticker parade for Peňaflorinda. Without a doubt, however, he is our most important hero, pound for pound or otherwise.
Oh My Facebook
A Canadian woman lost her health insurance benefits because of photos she has published on her Facebook account. Earlier, the woman has been diagnosed with major depression. She has been receiving monthly sick-benefits from her insurance company.
A few months later, insurance payments stopped arriving. When the woman asked her insurance agent why her sick-benefits were stopped, she was told it was because of pictures she has posted on her Facebook pages. Those pictures show the woman having a good time.
Moral of the story? When you are receiving sick-benefits from your health insurance company, post only sad photos on Facebook.
Xbox Class Action
A small law firm in Texas has proposed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft in behalf of owners of modified Xbox 360 video game consoles. The law firm alleges that Microsoft’s action to ban modified Xbox consoles from its Xbox Live online service has indiscriminately affected gamers. The law firm has put up an online forum for owners of modified Xbox game consoles.
There are many Americans who consider law firms, such as this Texas-based group of lawyers, as barely above maggots in terms of social relevance and value. Still, some would say it is unfair for the maggots to be compared with such a pathetic class of creatures.
Anyway, these lawyers might have mistakenly come to believe that they have found a potential source of unlimited revenue. This corner hates to rain on their parade, but isn’t modifying one’s Xbox game console a violation of the terms of use of the Xbox and the Xbox Live online service?
Knowing lawyers, I am sure they can always find a way to make the owners of modified Xbox consoles seem like the victims here.
That’s all for the meantime, folks. Join me again next time as we keep on watching IT.
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