As she closes in on the finish line, Kath is finally starting to realize that there's more to babies than fun times and  adorableness. No, one can't just simply nurture a fetus into adulthood through real food and body pump; unfortunately additional tedious tasks are required. Tasks which Kerf claim are worse than baby poop. Tasks like the difficult administrative paperwork that comes with birthing a new human. Please note that she is "not an expert" and will look into these things soon. "Probably." Because why bother with the annoying, time consuming little details that may impact your child's life...

Jessica and Adam Quirk, lifestyle wannabloggers, are finally sharing the visual ipecac which is their dining room makeover. The Quirks explain their design choices using language they no doubt picked up reading Apartment Therapy: Selecting paint colors was my biggest challenge. The living and dining rooms are connected through a large arch and I wanted each room to look different, but also flow through smoothly. My vintage globe collection, black and white rugs and accents in the living room and the original wood trim were my main concerns. And I finally got that black wall I’ve been dreaming of! I love how it...

Heather Armstrong, not that kind of mommyblogger, threw a surprisingly normal and adorable birthday party for her 3 year old. There was Costco food and a regular old sheet cake, bubble machine toys, friends and family. It was all very average and not all twee mommy blogger, as Dooce Vader reminded us several times. (more…)

Sally McGraw, personal stylist and blogger, joins the ranks of Cupcakes & Cashmere and What I Wore by producing yet another blog-turned-book. According to the announcement of her self-published effort, Already Pretty: The Book is supposed to teach you how to dress your shape and give you self-esteem through clothes or something: The book is packed with enlightening exercises, mix-and-match figure flattery techniques, and effective tutorials that illustrate how personal style can foster self-love and self-respect. Because as everyone knows, self-respect is based on wardrobe choices. Well at least this is a self published book, which means I don't want...

Sweetney, the inspiring full-time blogger, made a "sad technology death face" Thursday when her dishwasher apparently died. Since Sweetney is a blogger she did the obvious thing and went twitter begging. Don't judge her; having a dishwasher is the right of every woman in a first world country. Not having a dishwasher, to Sweetney, is "terrifying". Really Kenmore owes her a dishwasher, because Sweetney shouldn't have to wash dishes by hand in a sink like some savage in an Amazon village! I look forward to hearing about the free new dishwasher some company sends her, because you know that's what's...

Cecily Kellogg, you don't get a say, is going to have all the says about sex on her new mattress. Apparently some company contacted her out of the blue and offered to send her a free $3,000 bed. After rattling off the sales pitch the company no doubt made a part of the deal, Cecily regales us with another sterling feature of her sponsored sleep arena: Know for what y’all really want to know: how’s it for sex? Oh yeah, you know I’m gonna go there. It’s GOOD. We’ve found that for some, er, festivities, we prefer to increase the...

Kayla and Checkers, why do some people have children, were supposedly scheduled to get their daughter back May 31st. Many of us looked forward to an update on her blog about whether she had been reunited with her daughter. Unfortunately Kayla's blog was buhleted and the internet has been a concerny place for the last 5 days, filled with speculation and discussion, and folks trying to figure out where Kayla is. Though it appears she has been doing some posting over at Dear Sunshine there is no definitive answer to the question so many want to know: were Kayla and Checkers...

The new That's Quirky has gone live. Though I expected it to be underwhelming on every possible level, the knowledge-resistant Jessica and Adam Quirk have actually managed to cram a stunning amount of bullCrap into such a bland website. Let's start with the food section, where Messi and Adam (Medam? Adssi?) share a recipe for Swedish meatballs:  Playfully plop the pork into a large mixing bowl, and add shallot, garlic, egg, bread crumbs, wine, salt, and pepper. Wash your right hand (or left if you’re weird) and plunge it on in. Vigorously massage this stuff with your fingers until it’s all...

MckMama, of MckMama fame, had some "chat" last night with her fans. And by "chat" we mean some ridiculously complicated comment thread type discussion. Inevitably people started asking what was up with the bankruptcy. What's up is apparently God's path for MckMama involves not getting a discharge: It's ok because it is all in God's plan! She's fine paying back probably over half a million dollars! The path is CLEAR now, guys! What I don't get is, if she is so "let go and let God" about this, why was she pulling the lolyer card earlier this week? What about...

Kath Younger, it feels like she's been pregnant since 1997, has published her "Birth Wish List" - that essential document written by the modern pregnant woman in the hopes that they will be one of the 2% whose birth goes totally, precisely, exactly how they want. KERF's list includes the usual blogger demand to keep her placenta, and essentials such as "I’d like some jokes made to lighten the mood and help me relax". Because labor should simulate a night at the Improv, I guess.  She also doesn't want to even "be offered pain medication or an epidural", wants to...

Kayla, the 22 year old girlfriend of some guy named "Checkers", blogs over at "It's Always Sunny...". Kayla and Checkers are "homeless by choice". They are just free living, sweet hearted hippies, taking road trips and picking up hitchhikers and smoking and loving each other. Nothing wrong with that, if that's how you want to live. Unfortunately this lifestyle led in a roundabout way to Kayla's 9 month old daughter being cruelly and for no reason ripped from the arms of her homeless parents after police found pot  in their housecar! And it totally wasn't even their pot you guys! The...

"MckMama", some mommy blogger that filed for bankruptcy, supposedly lied about her situation to both readers and  the court. People have asked me several times to post about the situation, but I could never figure out what exactly was going on. Luckily forensic accountant Tracy Coenen has been following the story and gave us some background on why people are so angry at mckmama: (more…)

Kerf, who is on vacation even though she claims to never take vacations, is currently in her 25th monumental week of pregnancy. So far she has spent her gestation analyzing every single bodily function or response that could potentially be related to her pregnancy, ranging from her incessant complaints about SI pain to the perceived movements of the fetus. Just reading her entirely separate blog devoted to chronicling every last minutia of pregnancy is exhausting, so I can only imagine how hard life can be for her. Sometimes I think all the kicking kerfetus does is just to get his mother to...

Nicole Marie Story, thinks you're fat, has long claimed her blog is about "living with" eating disorders. Till now she has confined her obvious sizeism and fat hatred to offhand remarks about the obesity problem in America or the random "you must be fat" comment to a dissenting commenter. She has stated many times that she is healthy and posts pictures of her meals (consisting of cold tofu with ketchup. Yeah.) Now it seems the mask is coming off; with this post she's going full fat hating/thinspo/pro-ed blog... I’m skinny, or else I would not fit into size zero jeans (patting myself on...

Camilla Combs, aka "Cami", is apparently more than just the person who follows dooce around doing...whatever it is she does (we assume her job is making sure The Imperial March plays whenever dooce enters a room). She is a "stylist", "designer", and "photographer", and she has quite the eye for detail. From the cliche Essie polish to the meh handbag to the "lost all my money at the casinos and have to work the board walk for bus fare back to New York" shoes... (click to enlarge) Hm, actually those shoes are growing on me. I like how the gold...

Project Babies' Kristen, mental powerhouse, is widely revered for her political views. So when she tweets a golden nugget like this: ...then we should all contact the entire government and have them spend all that money on the poor people instead of themselves! Maybe if politicians weren't selfishly wasting money on their own wants then we could take care of some of those poor people that Kristen has heard about on the internet. This spending on themselves is just shameful when there are people out there who need food! They should be ashamed of themselves, and Kristen is going to...

It's no secret - if you are pregnant and you have a blog it is practically expected of you to conceive not just a baby, but a brilliant, original, creative way to reveal the sex of your fetus. There is post after post on the internet with ideas for "gender reveal parties"; apparently it's no longer enough to call your parents, break the news, and then have a baby shower at some point. You now need to plan an unforgettable way to tell the planet whether you are growing a penis or a vagina. Now it's time for Jasmine, of the...

Bleubird Vintage, everything must be twee, has a track record of not really giving two craps about established medicine (as of January her toddler had "never been to the doctor".)  That may have to change soon since the addition of her new photo accessories. i wanted to give you all an update on our chicken keeping. we are still enjoying every minute of it. all five of our hens are alive and well and seem to be extremely healthy. They may appear healthy but the CDC still warns people not to let their babies rub chicks all over themselves: Live...

Cary Randolph Kennedy Jefferson Washington Fuller, American girl, is regularly asked by anonymous tumblr people for advice. Yesterday a curious reader wanted to know "...what is your diet like?" The American Ms. Fuller responded with her usual combination of wit and relatability: Funny story: I was on a date recently, and the guy asked me what I like to do besides running. Paused for a moment, asked myself, What are my hobbies? Then looked him in the eye and said, “Well, I like to eat.” So here’s a typical day in the appetite of moi: egg whites and a piece of cheese or a...

Readers initially rejoiced when Dooce, requires two employees, posted a mildly interesting and almost amusing post about helicopters or something: (more…)