Continuing with the web loser New Year's Eve roundup, Messica, who refuses to face reality and just let her blog die, is apparently making clothes again. At least, I hope she is, because that's the only acceptable reason for her to be wearing a beaded pillowcase as a dress. I was feeling a very ’60s vibe for New Years Eve this year and was also waiting for the perfect opportunity to wear this dress. Adam and I went out to dinner and then the IU game, both felt really tired, left early and went home to watch Friday Night Lights....

Famous person Jordan Reid Berkow knows about being interviewed. The most important thing to remember? You can totally talk about Crap you're clueless about if you give 'em snappy soundbites! When I prep for an interview, basically what I do is establish my “talking points” (the major ideas I want to get across; they’re sometimes provided to you by the interviewer or producer in advance) and jot down a few “sound bites”. Sound bites are essentially snappy sentences or phrases that get your point across succinctly and with a bit of panache – they’re what producers are usually looking to snag...

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...

Mary Rambin, sigh, is now designing branding banners for her clients the Fat Frankels: Joel and I completed the banner ads for the Frankels yesterday.  I’ve obviously designed plenty of other things before - websites, purses, logos, the list goes on - but these are my first banner ads. Composing a captivating banner is actually trickier than it sounds.  I think we did a good job making these.  Our goals were to create brand awareness, familiarity with the Frankels themselves and their achievements in building using a conservative but interesting aesthetic. These aren't the worst I've seen but they certainly...

I asked, you suggested. Here are some GOMIBLOG forum picks for SOMI. These aren't all the suggestions, obviously, and if you have more feel free to add them. So here a few from the thread: Healthy Living Blogs: Be Pretty Think Pretty, Meals and Moves, Rachel Wilkerson, Healthy Tipping Point Mommy Blogs: MODG, Here Be Hippogriffs, Amalah, Look at the Birds To see the full suggestion thread click here, and feel free to debate the selections in the comments.

Jenna Cole, obsessed with sex, is notorious for having no problem with her children's nude photos being sexualized. Well now she wants you to know she doesn't care how those photos are used.

Katie Bower, says y'all a lot, has finally acquired the investment property she's wanted for a while. Saying "nothing is a done deal right now", Katie proceeded to post the address and interior photos of the property - despite the fact that the "crack house" is still occupied. Right now it is used as low-income housing for six different people and that is why these photos show a lot of furniture and clothing and stuff.   They do still live there.  I could explain more detail but honestly, it’s hard for us to even draw up a floor plan because of...

Jordan Reid, pregnant, will soon be not pregnant. It seems this weekend her baby settled into launch position: “Lightening,” for those of you who don’t know (most of you, I’d imagine, since I’d never heard of this pre-pregnancy), is basically when the baby puts on his diving goggles and gets ready to jump...While it sometimes means that labor is imminent, it can also mean…well, not much. Other than that at some point in the future, I will be giving birth. And we knew that already. With her due date three weeks away it's time to start the betting on when...