Here’s some quick hits from bloggers around the state.

Jeff at The Pesky Fly plays Mr. Conspiracy in regards to the death of Belazir Bhutto:

So, if former Pakistani prime minster Benazir Bhutto was killed by a suicide bomber working for current PM Musharraf, as seems likely (considering the previous failed suicide bombing attempt on her life), can someone please explain how it is that a secular military leader is able to inspire someone to blow himself up?

I mean, there’s no promise of heaven in dying for the beloved general. No seventy doe-eyed virgins. No automatic entry into paradise for giving your life to advance the agenda of a secular politician. So what kind of person (or people) would give their lives for the sake of Beloved Leader?

Jack Lail, and recent news, will make Rachel H. happy.

When people need answers, most turn to the Internet, but don’t turn out the lights at the public library. Eighteen to 29-year-olds, known of Gen Y’ers, are the heaviest users of libraries for problem solving information, says a new Pew Internet and American Life study released Sunday.

I hadn’t really thought of the library as a youth haunt, but Gen Y respondents were startlingly far more likely to go to a library to solve a problem than the next group up, Gen Xers, those who are 31 to 41 years old.

Wanna win something from Home Ec 101?

So, to win the Shrek 3 DVD so you can sit your kids down for 2 glorious hassle-free, clean-up free hours of uninterrupted silence, or if you just want to see one of the two movies I saw in a theater this year, here’s what you have to do:

You have to go over there to figure out what to do.

And finally, Les Jones educates with a year-end list:

6. Don’t take parenting advice from Britney Spears.

7. Don’t take marriage advice from Pamela Anderson.

8. Don’t take real estate investment advice from these people, at least not any more.