Series of Tubes: Greyhounds, Critters, Sexy Librarians

Welcome to "Series of Tubes," in which Bostonist rounds up developments among local bloggers over the past week. If you want to make sure your blog is on Bostonist's radar, please e-mail caroline@bostonist.com or leave a link in the Contribute section.

--David at Blue Mass Group describes the horrible conditions animals must endure at the Wonderland and Raynham dog tracks. His post and the facts described within are more than enough to make a person consider putting a ban on dog racing on the 2008 ballot.

--Maggie has discovered a monkey zeitgeist. Read her post, and you'll be convinced that monkeys are everywhere.

--Now that we've covered animal rights and animal trends, let's talk about vermin. Angela offers helpful advice to killing bugs dead. Real dead. If you've been dealing with the critters all summer, you might appreciate her advice.

--Derspatchel has many, many reasons to be unhappy with the advertising for the Sony eBook reader that is currently all over South Station. May Bostonist add that it is also displeased with those dumb "balls humor" of the Mr. Woodcock posters on the subway level of the same station?

--Speaking of male body parts, Loaded Gun Boston notes that Thomas Roberts, formerly of CNN, currently at "The Insider," and apparently single, posted some real sexy photos of himself on Cambridge's manhunt.net.

--Onward Charles has directions to a secret remix of Rihanna's "Umbrella." Getting there is half the fun.

The name is in honor of Ted Stevens, the Senator who infamously called the "Internets" a "series of tubes. But, since he's facing legal entanglements, you're looking at Tubes record cover from Amazon.