Meaghan O'Connell, awesome, has a special announcement. If you missed your chance to order The Greatest Book Of Our Time, you, yes you, can be present to hear her talk about getting her mudkip pokemonned live and in person! Tomorrow at some bookstore Meggo will be available to discuss her sex book and sign your copy. She's inviting everyone: Everyone coming to @mcnallyjackson on thurs? i invited the guy i wrote my story about over a twitter DM. so that should be fun for everyone.about 9 hours ago via web That sounds...fun. I'm sure we are all thrilled to know...

Messica, expert at branding, is now putting on the all-purpose don't-really-want-to-work hat and looking for guess what kind of job? Any super talented NYC people out there looking for a head of social media position for a major fashion brand? W some real-deal experience?15 minutes ago via web e-mail me.14 minutes ago via web Oh yes, because you want a petulant, lazy, entitled child with a twitter and a failing blog in charge of your brand! You know what, email ME, at least I know what "working" means.

Without Poundcake around we are sort of blank on "shortly" jokes. So instead, let's see if Jessica Quirk is getting mental over the potential loss of  years worth of mediocre pigeon toed pics: Dear @tumblr staff, can we get an explanation of why you have been 'temporarily unavailable' all week and when it might be fixed?about 24 hours ago via web Not one to sit around and mope, Messica decided to shop through her rage: Mega Christmas shopping spree for Mr. @quirk. Best. Christmas. EVER!about 23 hours ago via web Meanwhile the ever gracious Mary Rambin doesn't seem to notice...

tumblr, the BBS for hipsters, has been down for an hour or so, and twitter has started to read like the public's reaction to Orson Welles reading "War of the Worlds": antderosa RT @tehdik: Good lord @tumblr. I will pay for a premium membership to keep my site up. 17 minutes ago via TweetDeck YourWorstHalf Tumblr, Would you please work!! :| less than 10 seconds ago via Mobile Web eddoeslife @tumblr time for a new CTO maybe? The service seems to be down 20% of the time as of late. What the heck is going on at #tumblr _ericabaybee holy...

Mary Rambin, "social media consultant" and "writer", has apparently relaunched her highly successful and original More Than Mary: Seriously please excuse my scruff.  It’s been a LONG week. And there is nothing sexy about website development. Yes I can understand how draining it can be to hand money to someone to code your wordpress css while you go off to Mexico to review a hotel. Can you imagine how rough you would look if you had to actually code it yourself??? Oh. You'd look like me. Movin on! She has a weird video up here, and her version 3 of...

Randi Zuckerberg, sister of the ginger Facebook dude, is knocked up. Now all her friends can enjoy all the boring sonogram pics and status updates about first fetus movements, labor, and nursery decorating just like the rest of us do after we follow that chick from high school! Oh and congrats or something. Yay, kids. Hope you enjoy disappointment and sleep deprivation!

Jessica Schroeder Quirk, blogging is her bidness, is trying a new tactic to get info for her media kit - she's having her readers fill out a form: If you’ve got a hot minute, help me out by answering a few questions! The link takes you to what is clearly an attempt to get reader info for marketing purposes. Considering she only has one advertiser right now, and her attempts to make her Etsy boutique sponsored posts happen is fizzling, it's no wonder that it's actually come down to this. How about getting a job? She had a good run, why...

Mary Rambin, alleged grown ass woman, offers us yet more proof that she is incapable of living an independent life as a functioning adult: Hormones suck. As I sit here sobbing, attempting to work through tears, I have to wonder if cramps might be a more pleasurable side effect to menstrual hormones.  For years I became bortchy and irritable with minor cramping.  Now, I’m just a wet mess. Guys, it’s not like you’re exempt from this.  You have to deal with Aunt Flo (I hate that term) and all of the baggage she brings into your life, so stop cringing. ...

Poundcake O'Jobless, writer in Brooklyn, now has a man and you don't. In some rambling post about leaves and some lady who wrote or painted about leaves or zzzzzz sorry what? is this weird little nugget: As someone who just yesterday asked her boyfriend, “Did you like your ex-girlfriend more than me at this stage of your relationship?” I would like to say, KUDOS, LEANNE SHAPTON. So do we change her name to Twinkie now? GET IT? Ok, I'm disgusting. But seriously, does she have a boyfriend now? Because...I mean, good for her, but...just, weird. I guess guys like annoying...

Jessica Quirk, who wore that, wore that today. As usual the kind and generous entruhpruhnur (who is also married) looked thin and healthy and happy! Maybe because she is finally trying to get on our good side by claiming "cat lady" status: One year ago Adam and I rescued this little Gizmo. At the risk of being a complete cat lady, let me entertain you with some of his most photogenic snaps. It's really amazing how LIKABLE she is with a cat and a poncho, isn't it? I really had to drop everything and let you guys know that by...

Mary Rambin, not a part of fashion week, has imparted another sweeping generalization about men - they do not understand booties with dresses:Simple styling tip: For your evening ensembles over the holidays, choose booties instead of stilhettos.You can revive your old LBD from last year or take your sequinned cocktail dress from pretty to femme fatal.I’ll be honest, men are still a little confused by the combo, so if you’re going on a date, opt for the sexy pump.  Go the booty route if you’re dressing to impress the scenesters.Take your look from "pretty" to "fatal", just slip on some...

Jessica Schroeder Quirk, waving her arms at sponsors is her full time job, is now yelling  YOOHOO again at people who can get her free house stuff: Be still my beating heart! @RueMagazine is a dream come true!!about 19 hours ago via web @designlovefest it is the best best best! when we FINALLY buy a house, I just hope I can get @_FromMeToYou out to shoot it for @RueMagazineabout 18 hours ago via web in reply to designlovefest @ScotMeachamWood Love your feature in @ruemagazine!about 18 hours ago via web in reply to ScotMeachamWood Ok. Ok. SIT DOWN, Jessica. The only time it...

Meaghan O'Connell, the incompetent nincompoop formerly of tumblr, isn't really hurting. She's obviously keeping herself super busy getting that next edition of "Coming & Crying" ready, doing editrix things: I am editing a teenager’s memoir. While the rumors of her being fired from tumblr are officially being kept quiet, insiders say the story of what went down is "messy and unclear" and that they assume she was let go because "she hadn't really been doing her job for months she was mainly working on her book". Sources also reveal that Poundcake is evidently still drawing her salary. So I guess...

Jordan Reid, expert, is not only an expert at life, cooking, shopping, and attending events. She's also proving herself quite the publicity expert. In an interview full of more spin than a tilt-a-whirl, Jordan informs us that she considers herself a journalist, and repeatedly calls her 300-hits-a-month blog a "business". Here, in all it's hilarious glory, is the interview: Meet Jordan, founder of the blog Ramshackle Glam. Check out her blog for everything from tips on cooking, to how to spruce up a guest bedroom – perfect for any fabulous woman. What was the best compliment you have ever received...

Sarah Lacy, Director of Whining and Complaining, is still employed during this non-recession. And how does she go about showing her gratitude for having a job? By complaining about it, natch! so tired. still have to write two posts. this full time job thing....my idea?about 10 hours ago via web It must be so hard to be Sarah Lacy. Just the knowledge that you are Sarah Lacy, and will have to spend time around yourself for the rest of your life is probably enough to exhaust her. But to have to wake up and shift your caboose to a chair,...

We have now had three emails informing us that our beloved Poundcake was terminated from her position at tumblr at some point in the last two weeks. Updates as we discover more. (Seriously, I would ask David Karp, founder of tumblr, but the ask link on his blog doesn't seem to work.) Meaghan's bio now says she "worked" at tumblr. "I work at tumblr" is also removed from her tumblr header. Still waiting for some other kind of confirmation. As expected getting a "no comment" from tumblr.

Jessica Schoeder Quirk, only say nice things about her please, is gettin' her creative on with a little help from a book everyone else has already read. Ever on the pulse of now, Messica recently picked up Hugh MacLeod's book "Ignore Everybody" - because she just has to start tuning out all your negativity do you hear? Last week I got an e-mail from a friend of mine urging me to pick upIgnore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod, so I did. For anyone who’s considering getting into the whole blog-as-career game, it’s a must read.  My...

Meaghan O'Connell, poundcake, is entreating her twitter followers to make her write today: I need one of you to murder me if I do not write today.11 minutes ago via web Or how about you spend time today doing your job at tumblr? Why is she attempting to produce yet another useless pile of words? Didn't they basically have to resort to giving the last one away, just to get them off the living room floor? I really don't understand why every dillweed with a tumblr or a gawker credit fancies themselves the new Joan Didion or Robert Benchley.  Just...

Jessica Schroeder Quirk, gimme gimme, is getting more direct than ever in her demands for freebies: Sing it with me! @jcrew.. there's lots of things I want from you!!  2:07 PM Nov 12th via web So how'd this tactic work out with Oscar de la Renta? With Starbucks? Could she be any more tacky? I get that she wants free stuff. I want free stuff. We all want free stuff. But it's just crass to beg for free gift cards for Sonic or Franzia sponsorships by name dropping them on your site.  Every time she does this it makes me...

David Karp, the hipster godfather, has managed to bilk yet another group of idiotic millionaires out of money to keep his empire afloat: Tumblr has raised a "very big and competitive" round of financing from top Silicon Valley VC firm Sequoia Capital, we've learned.We're trying to track down more details, such as the size of the round, and other participants. I'm sorry but didn't they just get like 10M dollars 15 minutes ago? How did they blow through that money so quickly? We know they didn't hire competent staff or procure more servers to handle the increasing traffic load. Oh...