Carbon confusion: Buying emission offsets is a challenge for consumers, from Slate.

How the Rich Sleep: New York Times dispatches from the bed wars, from Slate.

How the Rich Sleep: New York Times dispatches from the bed wars, from Slate.

Race Report: The Newark Hilton Stationary Bike Cycling Championships, from Fat Cyclist.

Cat bag apparel irks Florida officials, from the Boston Globe. The rapper who is a cat: "He's got the hottest beats and the softest fur." Yes, this is related to the Globe story. I am easily amused.

Japan resorts to manga propaganda, from AP, courtesy of Rachel.

The Romantic Life of Brainiacs, from the Boston Globe, courtesy of Heather.

How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise, from New York Magazine, courtesy of Heather.

Viewpoint, from Times Online, courtesy of Heather.

What should I put in my spy kit?, from Ask MetaFilter

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Want To Buy My Students a $392 Camcorder? A nonprofit uses the Web to work marketplace magic, from Slate.

Monsters: Have I screwed up my daughters forever?, from Slate.

Cycling the Silk Road, from Slate.

Worth a second look: Fat Cyclist's An Open Letter to Assos, response from Swiss doctor and response to the response, and an inside joke.

Unhappy Meals, from The New York Times Magazine.

Cure for Colic?: Hope for a pediatrician's miracle treatment, from Slate.

The Movie Hollywood Doesn't Want You To See: Idiocracy, the feel-bad comedy of the year, from Slate. This review oversells the movie a bit. The intro.

Wiki-Parenting: How babies invented community-based collaborative authorship, from Slate.

The Purloined Sirloin: Why is meat the most shoplifted item in America?, from Slate.

Dealing with pomegranates, from Gourmet's Choptalk.

The George W. Bush Speechwriter is "a Flash Application that lets you build speeches using his own words and voice" (ReadyMade Blog).

Dirty Work: What are the jobs Americans won't do?, from Slate.

Giving Birth in Berkeley: The father's perspective, from Slate. The rest of the Dad Again columns.

Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots, from Angry Flower.

An Appreciation: From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By, from The New York Times.

America's Top Jefferson, from the Colbert Report, courtesy of Dad.