We've had another excellent round of submissions for this edition, Number 7!, of the Virginia Blog Carnival. Thanks to everyone who sent an entry!

Dymphna, of Buckingham, VA, over at Neighborhood of God, examines the contention that the ring finger on a man's hand indicates the level of testosterone in utero and and how that information might be useful.

Well, it seems that the guys with long ring fingers - i.e., high testosterone - are at greater risk for autism, dyslexia, stammering and immune dysfunction. And they are also more likely to father sons. The short ring finger fellows, while somewhat safer from stammering, are left with a higher risk of heart disease and infertility.

J.R. Hoeft, of Hampton Roads, celebrates the birthday of the US Navy. This was especially interesting for me (a Navy brat) to read.

Doug Mataconis at Below The Beltway presents The Nimby's In My Backyard. Doug comments on our local NIMBY population here in Northern Virginia.

Shaula Evans of Richmond, VA wins the prize for Hardest Blog Name To Pronounce with Tsuredzuregusa. Her in-depth review of the Latest Kilgore "Hitler Ad" and the details from the Willie Horton affair are top-notch. Shaula also writes to say:

I'd appreciate if you could also include the Agonist permalink in my carnival listing--The Agonist and BOP draw different crowds and there are substantially different conversations going on at the two sites.

The writers of the Federalist Papers would not have approved of Harriet Miers, or so contends Shipwrecked, as he blogs from Williamsburg.

Mr. Tyrrell has a misunderstanding of the principle that Republicans conservatives claimed during the Roberts nomination. It is not simply that the president should be granted whatever nominee he wants - this would clearly run contrary to Federalist 76 --

[The Senate] would be an excellent check upon a spirit of favoritism in the President, and would tend greatly to prevent the appointment of unfit characters from State prejudice, from family connection, from personal attachment, or from a view to popularity.

At Seventeen, is Rick Sincere's a discussion of Time magazine's cover story on gay teenagers with a look at one Virginia high school student's effort to build a Gay-Straight Alliance at his school. Rick sent this in from Charlottesville.

Bill Emory, emails me from Slabtown, with the posting of a a photo that made me smile the most of anything today. Gorgeous, Bill, just gorgeous.

Waldo Jaquith asks, "won't someone think of the lambs?" Waldo comes to us from Charlottesville.

A man of many riddles, Not Not Alton Foley of Collinsville VA, welcomes Shelly II, a red eared slider.

*Where in Virginia you live
Collinsville, Near Martinsville, not very near Bristol or Williamsburg, but on the same road.

Wah. Hoo. Wah. So says, Commonwealth Conservative and VBC instigator, Chad Dotson of Wise County. He's revelling in the latest victory of UVa on the gridiron.

Brian Patton is is speechless or nearly so after passing the Virginia Bar Exam. Good job, Brian!

Update II:
Thanks everybody. I cannot explain how great it feels to have passed, so I will not even try. As one might imagine, it feels pretty darn good.

Phew, *wipes forehead*, what a great set of entries. Go read them all and I promise you'll have some new bookmarks when you're done.

The next few VBC hosts are:

October 24: Sophistpundit
October 31: River City Rapids
November 7: The (not so) Daily Me
November 14: Bearing Drift

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