Linkfest: Long overdue

Firefox hates the number of tabs I'm keeping open right now, which can only mean one thing: LINKFEST!

• Still think we'll pull out our troops on time?


• I was trying to explain credit cards to my teenager the other day. Here's a whole new layer to add to the discussion. I was mostly talking to her about minimum balance versus paying off the entire balance every month. (Guess which one I recommended.)


• Oy. Just, oy. It'll be interesting to watch him run for president in two years.


• Amanda, stop growing tomatoes and start growing me some herbs!. My pooky bear - you too!


• All the wonderful ways we can use poop! I used to be able to identify some bat species by their poo. (I have other unique talents too!)


• This is actually a really good idea for house guests that you like. If I wasn't wild about the house guest, I probably wouldn't go to the trouble. (See why I don't have company.)


• It's a sign of how rarely I carry cash that I pretty much flunked this quiz. At least I can tell you when the civil war was and what the buildings are on the back of all those bills.


• Om nom nom.


• I talked with my mom about this article. She said they 'just got those clickers' at her program and they did use them at least once. Way to go!


• Speaking of my mom... Way to stick with it!


• Why is it better to be underpaid? Every social worker knows the answer to that question...


• I had many many thoughts about artificial meet to feed the world. Some had to do with the continued tug of war between organic, fertilizer free, and growing plants fast to feed more people. Some had to do with artificial meet (blech). I'll let you form your own opinions.


• Genetically modifed sugar beets: a leap of faith in every bite. See how Minnesota isn't one of the states on that inforgraph. Go us!


• I don't know if my brother reads my blog, but if you do, this will interest you. It interests me somewhat too, but probably for different reasons.