That's Still Sir Bono To You!

My favorite man in the entire human race has just been knighted by the British empire.

Bono received his knighthood yesterday, but 'don't call him sir!' Okay, I''ll just call him Love then.

This is only the latest of international honors he's been deservingly getting for all his humanitarian work and artistic achievements, which include the Legion d'Honneur from France and the Order of Liberty from Portugal.

However, the knighthood doesn't offer Bono full rights and privileges of a British knight, including the title of 'sir', as he is not a citizen. Not that anyone really cares, he's probably far more honorable than half of all those other Sirs.

Ten years from now, maybe even less, I expect him to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Because hell yeah, he should!

Read here the full story of his transformation into Sir Bono.

Commuting In Peace Has A Price...

I finally bought my first MP3 (or is it MP4?) player to bring calm into my daily commute to and from work.

And in my quest for the right player to suit my need, I gladly found out that I don't have to spend so much moolah on an iPod. I love Apple and would gladly have every piece of garbage that they make, but they're just too damn overpriced.

Take this MP3 player for instance. An iPod would cost me over 10 grand and that's all I'll get -- a player. Whereas I got this Creative Zen V Plus for much less and it's got better and more advanced features.

It's a music player with a colored screen, which is pretty cool because it displays album covers and details. It's a video player as well and a file storage device. Meaning you can store important documents and images in it. Very useful to me since I tend to bring home work during weekends.

This little wonder also has an FM radio, an organizer to sync your contacts, and a voice recorder. In my profession this comes really handy as I won't have to bring my recorder all the time.

All these features you can get for half the price of a simple iPod MP3 player. Even my friend Gilu kinda wished he could turn back time and ditch his iPod for a one like mine.

It's always a crisis for me whenever I buy a new gadget because I'm sorta 'old world', I don't believe in these must-have scrap plastics. But I really like my player. It's cute, it's stylish, and I can commute every day in peace.

So Jesus Didn't Rise From The Dead...Big Deal!

The new James Cameron and Discovery Channel documentary "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" is rising blood pressures again, as expected.

The 1st century tomb in question was discovered 27 years ago supposedly hiding the sarcophagi of the whole Jesus family:

This is the said tomb of Jesus and his family where 10 caskets with human remains were found

"The inscribed boxes, with some human remains still inside, apparently was crammed into an old cave near Talpiyot, an industrial zone in Jerusalem, alongside nine other two thousand year-old sarcophagi allegedly containing the bodies of Mother Mary, the carpenter Joseph, a little-known brother called Jofah, Mary Magdalene, and, most surprisingly of all, Jesus's son Judah, who technically could be considered the grandson of God." (from Israeli Bites)

So Jesus didn't walk out of that big tomb after being buried for three days, and he got married and had a kid. And, yes, that means he had sex! But I really don't get all these outrage.

Sure he wasn't celibate and his mother wasn't a virgin, what's the big deal? I can dig that. I still think He's the dude and I wouldn't want to incur His wrath for fear that I will be sent to hell (though I don't believe in hell either). My point is my faith isn't faltering and I honestly still like the guy.

We're supposed to be superior intelligent creatures here. We very well know that a man can't die and simply wake up to fly away to heaven. The Bible and the gospels were written as poetry, and they're the greatest poetry of all time. So people, don't take everything literally!

And if you're telling me that the cornerstone of my faith is actually a dead man rising, man, that's really news to me. Because I thought it was about love and how it can resurrect our spirits, figuratively speaking.

The Pope: Bob Dylan A 'Prophet'...

The wrong kind that is. Still I think Bob Dylan should take this declaration as a compliment.

In my opinion, pissing off this Pope for doing something you believe to be right and true is a genuine achievement.

Anyway, not only does this Pope is attempting to create controversy, which may or may not spell sales for his book, he's struggling to stay relevant among his flock by continually using his predecessor's name.

His new book, "John Paul II, My Beloved Predecessor," is mostly a reflection on John Paul's personality and his religious writings. Dude, why not write down your own reflections instead? You're the Pope, you can have any publisher at your calling.

I know why. Because no one cares!

It was in this book that Papa Ratzi declared Dylan and his fellow gang of music hoodlums as false prophets.

In the first place, artists like Dylan don't put themselves so high up in the pedestal, much more call themselves a prophet. Well, Bono maybe. But even he admits to having great delusions of grandeur.

Get the full stuff of what I'm talkin' about: Pope's fears over 'prophet' Dylan