Saturday INTEL

Rainy day! This is the view from the front booth in Spinner's, where I had lunch today.

Friday I tied up a lot of loose ends... also cleaned up at the Casino! Nothing like an afternoon of gambling to clear the cobwebs out!

Teddy Jimbo has posted both English and Japanese videos of U.S. President Obama's speech on Asian policies, given in Tokyo... Chinese Netizen Questions For Obama During His Visit ...Some folks are commenting about Obama's visit to Asia on MichelleMalkin.com::: In the mood for some thought-provoking chatter? Head on over to Michelle Malkin's blog for a bit of Saturday Open Thread action!

Major Nidal Hassan is a US military psychiatrist of Arab origins who went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas, killing 13 soldiers. He is now facing the charges of premeditated murder. "Psychiatrist or Psychotic?" ask Egyptian bloggers.

India is morphing into a global R&D hub, but can it ever take on Silicon Valley? According to TechCrunch, when Americans think of the Indian technology sector, they still perceive a nation of call center workers and low-level computer programmers...

flaneurose notes that cable TV and the internet are now viable alternatives to mainstream media. The blogger ponders the impact of the diminishing power of mainstream media in Singapore.

I'm snacking on some Sugar Babies from Trick-or-Treat night. Haven't had any of these guys in years, and they taste different than I recall. Initially, they remind me of Kandy Korn, until you get to the caramel. And they seem to be much sweeter they were before.

Sometimes pop music seems sweeter than it was before: Here's a review of Rihanna’s upcoming Rated R album...

CHRIS BROWN pushes back at Rihanna's recent TV tell-alls!

Bai-Ling philosophizes and pictorializes: "...on the moon, there is no time no society no human no obstacles no language no dreams no need and no cold blue color..." D'ohkay!

Too Late for Flowers is a short story by Liberian writer Saah Millimono: “Theresa was in her seventies, lean, gray-headed, with a wrinkled face and almost toothless mouth when I moved into her house as a tenant. She had suffered a stroke that left her right leg crippled and her left arm useless.”