links for 2006-01-05

• Calif. Husband, Wife Leave Sons Home Alone
  A married couple who got a dog sitter for their puppies but left the man's young children home alone while they vacationed in Las Vegas were arrested Wednesday, police said.
• They're Making a List and Checking It Twice, but Why?
  Even more than film lists or book lists, music lists pit genres and cultures and generations against one another. Plus they usually stir up a little debate.
• Once Washington's Wonkette in Chief, Now With a Novel to Sell
  Ana Marie Cox has gone from blogger to inside-the-Beltway novelist with "Dog Days."
• Their Eyes Were Reading Smut
  Serious black fiction has been crowded out by sleaze.