Natalie Holbrook, from that "Nat the Fat Rat" site, went back to Utah for a visit recently. During her recap of the trip, she described a lovely time spent crafting and filming and apparently putting Diet Coke in her pants (hey, I skimmed ok?). Then out of nowhere: then there was a mid-craft two-hour rio break in the middle with my sister and the hackworth and the ceej in which we discussed, what else? sex and rape fantasies. in utah this is what you talk about. and then the party! Needless to say, some people were not really thrilled about this little aside, and...

Mandy somebody, posts about her kid at Harper's Happenings, learned today that an image of the child she has posted public pictures of since birth was being used to sell ironic onesies without her permission: The 15 people on planet earth who recognize this kid immediately set about sending twitter alerts. The Mandy person tried to goad the Chive into responding by sending out a sarcastic tweet, which is how bloggers handle such things: Ok, honestly if I were this Mandy chick I'd mostly be angry that my kid was wearing something with that tired old "Keep Calm" meme (can...

Jenna Cole, has a degree, knows all about politics and the economy. More importantly, she knows what women really want out of life: babies! That's right folks: Jenna knows that if you want to have kids you cannot have a heavy duty career as well. That's why there are simply no women with children working in high powered job positions! And while we're at it, let's just admit a few other home truths as well: Thank you, Jenna! Finally someone brave enough to acknowledge the truth: diversity in the workplace is bad for business! I'm so tired of people thinking...

Micholee Joni finally came up with the perfect stunt to blog about - the white woman with long blonde hair is making wearing an afro wig "the central gravitational theme of my life story". Whether at fried chicken festivals ("obviously an occasion to wear the fro") or at pinkberry rocking her "Gucci fanny pack circa 2004", she continues what she calls an "act of genuine hair admiration". The thing about me is, though, I have always been misunderstood. Misunderstood by groups of friends, people who know me from afar, and even by myself. I have always had people who dislike...

Breast cancer activists around the internet are waving pitchforks at Etsy, the "indie" internet shopping site popular among twee and wannatwee bloggers, for joining in the October retail ritual of "pinkwashing". It seems Etsy sent out a promotional email with the tagline "Tickled Pink: Show your love to the women in your life with Breast Cancer Awareness Month",  featuring all pink products in several categories. The problem seems to be that only a few of the items have anything to do with Breast Cancer research or awareness. Blogger "Pink Goose" writes: "Etsy’s lack of ethics and oversight is bad enough. The...

Amanda, runs the mental image inducing named blog Mandajuice, is struggling with the greatest challenge known to a woman's self-esteem - successfully losing weight. Apparently losing 30 something pounds has now left her "literally...half the woman" she used to be, and her mind is breaking under the Janus like reactions of her ego and her feminism: There's nothing sweeter to a fat girl's ego than being called skinny. It actually turns me on to hear it.  But then my inner feminist says FUCK YOU! I am not the number in the back of my pants! And lest it remain unclear...

Meet Mrs. Handbasket. Back in January she announced to the internets that her husband is "under investigation for possession of ". (more…)

About a year after closing up her former blog, an old GOMIBLOG favorite returns - and there are some changes. For one, she now goes by "Mama Bear", for obvious reasons: Yes folks, Love Life Lace is  back, and omghappier than ever. I have to say that this pregnancy has made me the happiest I can probably ever remember being. I've struggled a lot with anxiety, depression and PMDD and I was very worried about how the pregnancy would affect me emotionally so I am thrilled that I've been feeling great! In fact if it weren't for the occasional aches...

Jennifer McKinney, the former Mycharmingkids.net, was forced by the Lord Himself more than 4 months ago to pay off her debts. Now, just days after her blog has finally gone offline, Mckdrama has signed a "waiver of discharge" and apparently agreed to pay off her creditors. Blogger type Tracy says the bankruptcy "was almost certainly going to be denied anyway", and is of the opinion that they "probably agreed to this in the hope that criminal charges would not be forthcoming" regarding possible attempts to deceive the bankruptcy court. Regardless of the reasons, this is a pretty snooze inducing outcome...

Maegan, will blog for bags, recently traded pictures of herself for a few handbags. When her images were used in the handbag catalog Maegan says they had been altered to the point of making her unrecognizable: The deal was that they would send us each a few bags to photograph with an outfit or two...We had to send these bags back to them but were offered two new Fall styles to keep free of charge in a few months time {regardless of them using our photos or not, we kept the bags...) Since I already had a great working relationship with Brahmin,...

Jenna Cole, high educated, may or may not be taking a blog break: I’ve been blogging consistently for around 5 years now, and I thought that nothing would ever slow me down...Bloggers come and go, but I thought I would be posting on an almost-daily basis for the rest of my life. That Wife had become an integral part of who I am. Others dropped their blogs completely, or took long month- or year-long breaks, but I assumed that would never be me. Yes, Jenna had dreams- she would never quit blogging, and it would fuel her "photography business", and...

Ashley, the Crossfitting blogger at Healthy Ashley, is celebrating her "birthday week". Apparently her friends threw her a "gangsta semi-surprise birthday party": I came home on a break from school on Wednesday to find the house covered in fake money, gold chains and lots of loot with heavy rap music blasting. The party decor included a charming door sign encouraging guests to "HIDE YO KIDS! HIDE YO WIFE!" and tables with bowls of gold coins and dollar bills: And nothing screams "gangsta" like blowing out the candle on your carrot cake " with a shot of Absenth (sic)". Honestly whatever, I find...

Tina Haupert, healthy living blogger known logomically as Tuna Helper or something, may be on the brink of another internet call out. In a September 4 post she claimed: And my exciting CrossFit news: My monthly dues are being covered until the end of the year through a campaign with Reebok and Fitfluential! How cool is that!?! Obviously, I am pumped! THANK YOU, Reebok and Fitfluential. You guys rule! Unfortunately Reebok claimed in a customer service email that they did not sponsor Tuna: Thank you for taking the time to write us at Reebok regarding the blog you found at http://carrotsncake.com/2012/09/veggie-turkey-burgers.html. We understand your...

Miss James, the homeschooling matriarch of Bleubird Vintage, brought another little instagram subject into her healthy home Sunday: our baby son was born yesterday, september 30th, in our home at 7:08pm. his name is sailor rhodes mccoy. True to modern blogger form pictures of the blessed event were shared for all the world: Welcome to world, Sailor! When you finally wake up we look forward to seeing how you get mometized for the internet!

After scandals with bankruptcy court blogger Mckmama is shuttering her My Charming Kids blog for good. Announcing that she and her husband Israel are once again living together, Mckmama says the time is "too perfect to pass up", and gushes that they are looking forward to other things - a "new beginning" with more "love, adventures, excitement and maybe more children". Mckmama writes that she "could keep this blog if I wanted to, I guess", claims she is "grateful for the years I had with this blog and unspeakably hopeful about the many years to come without it", and reminds everyone to email...

Brit Morin, can totally be trusted with your information, is using that $1.25 million in free money to buy boxes and supplies for her new "Brit Kit" venture. Claiming people never get around to doing all those DIYs they post on Pinterest because they "don’t have the time to go shopping for materials", Brit has decided that the way to serve humanity is by charging them money for a box of crap so they can do all those "projects we’ve showcased here on Brit + Co. as well as from around the web". For only $19.99 per month Brit will send...

Natalie Hill, a Mormon in Manhattan, is (I suppose) both Mormon and living in Manhattan. Apparently she knows all about dating and wants to help you slobby, non-exercising, sad single ladies find a man: Everyone knows a really incredible girl who just doesn't date as much as she should…. or maybe you're that girl. Yes ladies, you "should" be dating! So why aren't you? Well Natalie and her pal from Shabby Apple were talking about their sad pathetic non-dating friends recently and they discovered these pitiable beings were lacking three things - Fitness, Fashion, and Flirting. Your goals are to be...

Gal about town and pioneering testicle designer Mary Rambin has dusted off her soapbox to drop some more knowledge on the unhealthy masses. This time she focuses on NYC's recent ban on large sugar-sweetened drinks, which is, in her words, "a step in the right direction." More specifically: My hope is that this is the first of many acts to follow to take the over-processed crap out of our diets; people are obviously not capable of doing it themselves.  (Have you seen the lines at McDonald’s lately?!) Again with the "oh poor unhealthy idiots, eating McDonald's because they're too dumb...

Jenna Cole, high educated e-book advocate, is currently pregnant with her second child. Around 5 months along, she's apparently had pretty much zero pre-natal care until now - and doesn't seem very excited about the idea of having any, uploading this to her instagram yesterday: When asked by OMGMOM "Why don't you want ultrasounds? I loved them --beyond seeing Mia, I thought the technology was fascinating and asking questions and learning about how she's growing inside of me was truly amazing", Jenna responded: @omgmom I dislike investing the time, but I also have strong opinions about healthcare costs and unnecessary...

Readers of the blog "Clients From Poop" are scratching their heads at a post that went up today: I got regular complaints from a client that the DVDs I gave him were corrupted. After several irate phone calls, I went down in person to check out the situation. His machine was in working order, his disc drive was functional, and after testing all of the DVDs he claimed were corrupted, I saw he was correct. After berating me for my idiocy, the client went into a full-on rant about how my stupidity has cost him both time and money. I apologized profusely...