Things to Check Out - 12.20.07

You're used to it by now:

• Believe in your own Mom-hood.
• Here's what a car really looks like.
• Whales came from deer. Duh.
• Check your thermostat before your guests arrive.
• Clean up your messes with rags instead of paper towels.
• Here are the 10 unsexiest magazine covers of the year.
• Thanks to All Day Buffet for the book plug.
• Get a vegan cookbook and make a difference in Kenya.
• GOOD Magazine breaks down how our mail gets to us.
• Nonprofit brands matter, too.
• Apparently, someone's figured out what Bill Murray whispers at the end of Lost in Translation. Click here for the video on that. But who cares? The movie still sucks.