"Five Star Friday's Edition #80":

This week's roundup of good weblog reading is brought to you by a health crisis, loose ends, Top Chef Las Vegas, a bad movie, Oprah and porn, music, mannequins, luck, a trip to Vermont, muppets, Japanese love hotels, the truth about the zombie apocalypse, sports, reflections on a mother, the premier of New Moon, coming out, crip drag on Glee, Thanksgiving, a letter to a future self, pregnancy pals, an epiphany, issues with weight, synesthesia, self-censoring in uncontrolled media, a surprising revelation, and repetition.