Best of your blogs from last week

Tomoyo teaches us the trendiest words of 2006 &mdash in Japanese! My favorite is the verb, "to guguru."

Kim tells us that these days, the design of a credit card is more important than its interest rate.

Brittany lets us know it's OK to regift.

Brooke identifies what, from the perspective of history, may come to be known as a turning point: the day they started referring to the war in Iraq as a civil war.

Did you know that 80% of new products introduced to the market fail? Cindy has found one that looks so yummy, it might just survive.

Andrea tells us how a traditional symbol of peace and Christmas wishes has been mistaken for a sign of the devil.

Nicole points us to a very clever, and very popular, blog, called Post Secret.

Is it important? Not in the least. Is it pop culture news? Yes, but that's only one reason I enjoyed it. The real reason is, I am a fan of Kelly Ripa. I know, I know, how lame... but ever since she was on All My Children, back in 1990, I've liked her. So there. My secret is out. I'm outed. And it's all Jeff's fault!