Bleep!

There are many swear words in Filipino which I thought all the while were unique to our language (although I am aware that many words in Filipino are derived from the Spanish). I was therefore surprised when I thought I saw Nadal mouth one when his smash shot went long during his match against Federer in the 2006 Wimbledon men's singles final. I finally got confirmation tonight while watching the Federer-Gonzalez match via streaming video here on my laptop: When Gonzalez made a costly error one of the Spanish-speaking people participating on the online chat room and evidently rooting for the Chilean gave vent to his feelings by typing out "putaaaaa".

For "mature" audiences only

I was shocked this morning to see that the MTCRB had decided to award an R-13 (Restricted to ages 13 and up) rating for the movie "Sex and the City" instead of a more suitable R-18 (Restricted to ages 18 and up). (In the US, the movie was rated R, under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.) Although it is possible that the more objectionable scenes had been edited out here, do the members of the board really think that it is appropriate to expose our thirteen year olds--and without an adult to accompany them--to the overall theme presented by the movie?