30,000 Feet Up: You can tell a lot about a culture by its Skymall catalog...

We like our fashion functional:
- All-season moisturizing gloves and socks, $39.95
- The battery-heated vest, $129.95
- The wearable blanket, $49.95
- Brightfeet lighted slippers, $39.95

We have a sense of adventure:
- The CSU young investigator's forensic/DNA kit, $59.95

How did these get into a family catalog?
- The hands-free binocular glasses, $119.95
- Low-light clip-on glasses to "enhance your night vision", $24,95
- Aerogarden (with automatic on/off grow lights), $149.00

Our pets are lazy:
- The pet staircase, $149.95
- The wicker pet staircase, $99.95
- Pet Wheel-Away travel set, $149.95

If it's a food product, it deserves its own cooking/serving device:
- Battery-powered automatic cereal dispenser, $77.95
- White chocolate/dark chocolate double-auger fountain, $99.99
- The marshmallow shooter, $24.95
- Soymilk maker/grinder, $129.99 (bag of soybeans not included)

But our diets need more fiber:
- The toilet paper dispenser/iPod docking station, $99.99

We'll collect anything:
- Captain Jack Sparrow's ring collection, $95-$129
- Bon Jovi "Have a Nice Day" gold record wall hanging, $199.99

But do we have too much disposable income?
- The best electronic pants presser $479.95 (!!!!)
- Thomas Kinkade "The Night Before Christmas" talking house, $134.95 ("Your taste in art sucks," it says.)