Random

• And now everyone can carry some of Guam around with them. The Guam commemorative US quarter-dollar coins are being released this week. ~ link

• No gimmick -- how to save thousands on your mortgage payments ~ link

• Stop the presses! New revelation -- really ripe mangoes remind me of really ripe apricots. They are similar in texture and perhaps somewhat in flavor. Both fruits seem to have a lot of beta-carotene. I love them both -- although not really really ripe for either.

• Jack Kim outlines some of the factors behind North Korea's latest round of nuclear saber-rattling. ~ link