Hello, October!

An explanation for Sarah Palin’s accent, in Slate’s latest Explainer.

People are figuring more nifty uses with rice cookers – but I figure that Asians/Asian-Americans have that worked out pretty well solid.

NY Times’ Kim Severson on Paul Newman and his legacy in food – and organic food specifically – via “Newman’s Own.”

Pro-bloggers don’t exactly have it easy to make the money, apparently.

Plus – how powerful a swing vote are Asian-American voters? — Slate’s Christopher Beam with an analysis. And, that article provided a fascinating link to another article posing the question of whether Barack Obama could be the first (metaphorical, anyway) Asian-American president

Anticipation for 10/2’s Vice Presidential debate? Hmm!