[the weatherman]

Ernie Baron, the country's no.1 weatherman/trivia and applied science guy dies at 65. See Full story here.

The man has always been one of the biggest icons of my childhood. As a kid, the only reason I watched the evening news was to the weather report, waiting for Typhoon Signal # 2 (primary and secondary classes are cancelled) and the day's trivia. Much of what made me a smart kid, I owe it to him. For a kid who never liked going to class and loved trivia - the man was like a hero.

Here's to Ernie Baron: "Kung walang KNOWLEDGE, walang POWER!"