Cecily Kellogg, doesn't even need that Babble money, is adding a new "um...sure" listing to her resume - "accountability coach". For just $14.99 a week you can hire the stunningly successful at everything Ms. Kellogg to keep you accountable and teach you how to be productive. This is so ludicrous the only thing I can even say about it is an eyeroll.

April Robson, of @smidgeofthis, has shared the heartbreaking outcome of recent testing of her daughter, Charlotte. We are heartbroken to say we’ve received news that she has Leukodystrophy, which is incurable and terminal. (more…)

Sarah Lacy, world's greatest woman entrepreneur, has spent the past few months whining about how TechCrunch has sucked since Michael Arrington left. She and ole Mike made a great team, with their matching set of his and hers views from the lofty heights of the 1% and their mutual need to be Tech Authorities. Arrington even invested in her sad attempt to continue being relevant, PandoDaily. After a year of public drama and employee flouncing at TechCrunch, PandoDaily was to be the awesome next generation of tech news site. Well it looks like it's turning into TechCrunch 2.0 all right...

Happy Memorial Day weekend! We were sent home at 1 today and I don't have to be back in until Tuesday, so I thought I'd try to knock out the first half of this week's Book Club this afternoon, then wrap it up tomorrow afternoon. Since I never finish them in one day anyway, amirite. I hope you have Monday off because we're about to begin a journey into the land of beige that may require several days of recovery. Of course I'm talking about 'Cupcakes and Cashmere At Home', the second book by Emily Schuman.  Let us proponent! (more…)

Emily Gemma, has a Christmas tree in her closet, posted to her emilyanngemma gram about the Christmas tree in her closet. Obviously her comments immediately filled up with a bunch of OMG HASHTAG GOALZ horsecrap. But one comment - evidently from a teacher - wistfully remarked that her closet seems 'bigger' than their 'whole house'. The Giant Weave Formerly Known As Emily responded in her usual gracious and empathetic manner. (more…)

Josh Davis, aka Mr. Taza, appears to be reinventing himself. Like every other 20-something who watched David Karp happen, Mr. Taza seems to have dreams of becoming some kind of tech company "founder". Thus, "Pippit" exists. From what can be surmised, Pippit is some kind of iPhone app that may or may not basically be Instagram with a reblog feature or some kind of pinterest type app. "Oh Joy" is speculated to be involved somehow, and the Pippit twitter follow list seems to indicate something similar. Just what New York needs - yet another guy trying to be a tech...