Noripinhead said...

Noripinhead at 10:10 AM JST - 22nd October

Japan is about 15 years behind the U.S. and Britain in terms of using IT in the classroom. The kids are ready for it, the majority of teachers are not. As stated before, the hardware is available, the software and teaching know-how is sorely lacking.

Posted in Information-communication technology spreading to classrooms at 10:10 AM JST - 22nd October
Noripinhead at 10:01 AM JST - 22nd October

“Senator Obama’s more interested in controlling who gets your piece of the pie than growing the pie,” McCain warned a few hundred supporters at a rally in a factory in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

Well, since obesity is such a big problem in the U.S. maybe they should control who gets the…

Posted in With 2 weeks to go, McCain says 'nothing is inevitable' at 10:01 AM JST - 22nd October
Noripinhead at 01:49 PM JST - 21st October

One thing's for sure: "Yeti" is much easier to pronounce than "Abominable Snowman." Try saying that five times fast.

Posted in Japanese team finds 'yeti footprints' in Nepal at 01:49 PM JST - 21st October
Noripinhead at 04:22 PM JST - 20th October

Yeah, living here in "Soylent Green Land" Tokyo, it's hard to believe you can get to a place in Japan where nobody knows where you are for a while.

Posted in Missing man, great-grandchild found on Gunma mountain at 04:22 PM JST - 20th October
Noripinhead at 03:11 PM JST - 20th October

Hey, this gives new meaning to that bogie of English textbooks, the "Karaoke box".

Posted in World's smallest karaoke machine at 03:11 PM JST - 20th October
Noripinhead at 11:08 AM JST - 20th October

'I thought that was over the top. It was beyond just good political fighting back and forth. I think it went beyond. And to sort of throw in this little Muslim connection, you know, "He's a Muslim and, my goodness, he's a terrorist" -- it was taking root.'

Right, Innuendo…

Posted in Obama revels in Powell endorsement, cash mountain at 11:08 AM JST - 20th October
Noripinhead at 09:50 AM JST - 20th October

As people sometimes say, "More Powell to him."

Posted in Obama revels in Powell endorsement, cash mountain at 09:50 AM JST - 20th October
Noripinhead at 05:59 PM JST - 17th October

Hey, don't knock Richard Carpenter's quest to return to the Big Time. He's only just begun...

Posted in Singer Richard Carpenter planning comeback at 05:59 PM JST - 17th October
Noripinhead at 11:15 AM JST - 15th October

Wow, that's a big jump for Leah. The geeky young Japanese guys out there are reportedly drowning their sorrows in beer and shochu. Yeah, right, as if they had a chance.

Posted in Leah Dizon, 4 months pregnant, announces she's married at 11:15 AM JST - 15th October
Noripinhead at 10:46 AM JST - 15th October

You know things are bad for McCain when even the son of the late great conservative William F. Buckley endorses Obama:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/14/entertainment/e140045D34.DTL

Posted in Obama, McCain prepare for final debate at 10:46 AM JST - 15th October