PETA is behind it
Blogger Robin Nolet knows why that model in the Marks-Lloyds fur coat ads looks so unhappy.

Survivor of many garage sale opportunities
Here's to not getting rid of stuff: Blogger Barbara Neff tells the history of her family's 100-plus-year-old dress.

Kids having kids
Blogger Rich Batten wonders how we can break this cycle of teen fathers who beget teen fathers.

Care!
Blogger Lisa Arata says if you care, you'll comment on some blogs.

Hope
Blogger Mark Cohen: "The U.S. is seen the way the rest of the world wants us to be seen. But, is it what we really want? We're weak, apologetic, and pathetic."

C'mon, you're curious
Golden librarian Joyce Deming helps us rediscover the Dewey Decimal System, one division at a time.

Black gold. Texas tea.
Blogger Brian Olson is not excited about China's presence in Iraq's oil fields.

Do they want your 401k?
Blogger David Brown: "Soon, if it hasn't started already, the government will ask for public comment on how you think this government confiscation of your retirement should be accomplished."

Whoa
Blogger Juan Gomez: "It's definitely a mixed up world with gay and black people finally having a say in the way things are done (Michael Jackson not included)."

It was a very good year
Film blogger Jonathan Lack says this is the best crop of Best Picture nominees he's seen in a long time.

What's a water cooler?
Remember when we used to talk at the water cooler about last night's episode of NYPD Blue? Blogger John Scherer does too, but now the water cooler is on Twitter and Facebook.

Mo neighbors, mo problems
Blogger Stan Hrincevich: "How about the couple who moves into a neighborhood where residents don't have junk cars in the front yard, actually park their cars in the garage, and don't leave monster RV's on the street or on the side of their home and then complain about their 'rights' to do the opposite?"