tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post1607401308640012677..comments2023-11-02T08:09:02.234-04:00Comments on Her Bad Mother: I Am The CheeseHer Bad Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-86935417404328304652007-03-16T00:06:00.000-04:002007-03-16T00:06:00.000-04:00Late to the party, as per usual. I enjoyed this st...Late to the party, as per usual. <BR/><BR/>I enjoyed this study/post, and many of the posts that resulted from it. Here's mine: http://homeintheworld.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/03/the_whys_and_wh.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-91232461139134801692007-03-15T20:22:00.000-04:002007-03-15T20:22:00.000-04:00i'm slow, but at least the hangover's probably ove...i'm slow, but at least the hangover's probably over by now. :)<BR/><BR/>check out http://cribchronicles.com <BR/><BR/>the most recent post overtly addresses the surface of the questions about the medium of blogging...the two previous are some more meta-ish stuff you guys and a few others got me onto. thanks. i needed that.Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403701620708365171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-67124407255509731482007-03-14T22:29:00.000-04:002007-03-14T22:29:00.000-04:00Okay. I finally had time to respond to your questi...Okay. I finally had time to respond to your questions. I don't think they are as intellectual or fabulous as others I've read, but hey they're mine.<BR/>See http://phonemom.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/mommyblogging/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-88511624979387135922007-03-14T14:29:00.000-04:002007-03-14T14:29:00.000-04:00This is where my mind's at these days:http://ittyb...This is where my mind's at these days:<BR/><BR/>http://ittybit.blogspot.com/2007/03/big-5-for-posterity.htmltoyfotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925976386177377987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-701804079258006442007-03-14T12:23:00.000-04:002007-03-14T12:23:00.000-04:00Here ya go, a perspective from a mamá blogger who'...Here ya go, a perspective from a mamá blogger who's in the minority:<BR/><BR/>http://tere-tere.blogspot.com/2007/03/mommy-blogger-deconstructed.htmlTerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15850314798468099658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-85997446118877208302007-03-13T13:46:00.001-04:002007-03-13T13:46:00.001-04:00Christina! It's in Louisville!Christina! It's in Louisville!Her Bad Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-13461871920641794412007-03-13T13:46:00.000-04:002007-03-13T13:46:00.000-04:00Thanks all, you're giving us great material here! ...Thanks all, you're giving us great material here! And, Mommysays, I will link to everybody, and you, of course, are more than welcome to link, too!Her Bad Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-91475951700269783962007-03-13T13:23:00.000-04:002007-03-13T13:23:00.000-04:00Ok here's my take.Click here --> Mothering Blogs.T...Ok here's my take.<BR/><BR/>Click here --> <A HREF="http://blog.mommysays.ca/archives/about-mommysaysorg/238" REL="nofollow">Mothering Blogs</A>.<BR/><BR/>These are great questions HBM. And should be posted.<BR/><BR/>I'd also like permission to link your answers to my blog as well (all of you moms who have the answers posted on your blogs). Perfect for letting other blogizens out there know who we really are and why we are here ;-)<BR/><BR/>Mommysays<BR/>-mother lurker coming out of her shell-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-87606894274435188082007-03-13T04:22:00.000-04:002007-03-13T04:22:00.000-04:00To decrease hangovers, you must practice often and...To decrease hangovers, you must practice often and consume lots of alcohol. This is obviously a problem when you have a small child, breast feed, and get little sleep. <BR/><BR/>When I've had lots to drink I always finish off by eating. Doesn't matter if it's 10 pm or 3 am. I must eat or my fast metabolism will kill me. And I also take some Advil before I go to bed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-65602804026494807052007-03-12T12:25:00.000-04:002007-03-12T12:25:00.000-04:00Here's my post:http://riverdalemama.blogspot.com/2...Here's my post:<BR/><BR/>http://riverdalemama.blogspot.com/2007/03/mega-meta.htmlmetro mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461160881873679783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-71104450144612647192007-03-11T21:46:00.000-04:002007-03-11T21:46:00.000-04:00Oh yes, this interests me very much. I'll finish m...Oh yes, this interests me very much. I'll finish my grant then come back to read the posts and comment (probably after everyone has already moved on, as I often do). Good stuff. <BR/><BR/>(Hangover: lots of bacon for breakfast, cheeseburger for lunch)mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01804113244825043303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-71965347975133698892007-03-11T20:21:00.000-04:002007-03-11T20:21:00.000-04:00Oh it sounds like I missed some good drunken fun o...Oh it sounds like I missed some good drunken fun on Friday :(<BR/><BR/>Some big questions you pose my friend ... will give some thought, not sure I'll post it but you always motivate me to get thinking in new directions.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049745050947936354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-77125790729250562712007-03-11T20:08:00.000-04:002007-03-11T20:08:00.000-04:00Wow. Those posts made me glass over in a dangerous...Wow. Those posts made me glass over in a dangerously 'Bueller... bueller... bueller..' kind of way. I must own up to that.<BR/><BR/>Interesting stuff, though. Bon flagged this thread when she saw a post I wrote recently on the simultaneous ick-factor and gush-factor of life on the Internet (http://ingliseast.typepad.com/ingliseast/2007/03/i_forgive_it_ev.html). It's just a rant more than anything else, certainly not a thought-through position of any kind.<BR/><BR/>But as I read your questions, I took my grey matter out for a stroll (it complained) and here's what it gave me:<BR/><BR/>"What is a mommyblogger? What kind of mommyblogger (parent blogger) are you?"<BR/><BR/>The kind for whom the label 'mommyblogger' makes break out in hives. I wonder why? I'd rather think of myself as a writer exploring what's most intense for me this moment - which happens to be motherhood. I don't even like the word 'blogger'. It makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit. Again, I don't know why.<BR/><BR/>"Who are we writing to? Who is our audience?"<BR/><BR/>Honestly? From a long history of journal-writing, my audience is my future self, my future family. Posterity. Some narcissistic need to leave behind a testimony, an imprint. The fact that anyone else reads it is a magical, unexpected bonus.<BR/><BR/>"How does the medium of blogging affect all of the above (that is, does, or how does, the communication of our messages through blogs, bear upon the message itself? Bonus points if you leave Mcluhan out of it.)"<BR/><BR/>(eyes crossed) Uhhh... (drools a little) Mc-who? ;)<BR/><BR/>Hmmm. Knowing it's 'out there' lends discipline, pushes me to put clearer corners around whatever's in my head.<BR/><BR/>"What kind of citizen are you in the parent blogosphere? How and why do you comment?"<BR/><BR/>I speak up and respond in the same way I would in a group of people sharing a bottle of wine (or two, or three). If I'm sparked by something they said, touched somehow, want them to know they're not as small or as isolated as they sometimes feel. Or if they make me laugh. Or just to say, 'Hey there sweet thing, I'm out here, and I dig you!'... because I know how lovely that is to receive.<BR/><BR/>"What are some tried and true hangover remedies that you know?"<BR/><BR/>Miso soup, piping hot.<BR/><BR/>...There will be so many other people showing up in this dialog who are better-spoken, more informed from a medium-as-message stance. To them I must seem trite, I'm sure. But there you have it, the first, undiluted stuff that emits from a pregnancy-induced fog.<BR/><BR/>Undiluted.. that's the whole point, right? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-7918981512250042652007-03-11T18:49:00.000-04:002007-03-11T18:49:00.000-04:00I'm just laughing at "I am the Cheese." Very funny...I'm just laughing at "I am the Cheese." Very funny.Ruth Dynamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161626814106717754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-56476057052131030502007-03-11T18:22:00.000-04:002007-03-11T18:22:00.000-04:00Note to self: soy cheese sticks. Finally, a reaso...Note to self: soy cheese sticks. Finally, a reason to buy that stuff...<BR/><BR/>:-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135190793124857820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-21058393993230251532007-03-11T16:21:00.000-04:002007-03-11T16:21:00.000-04:00Bad,Hangovers...it's rest and cold coke. For the ...Bad,<BR/>Hangovers...it's rest and cold coke. <BR/><BR/>For the other - I wrote a post that touches on most of it a week or so ago - here it is http://droolstreet.blogspot.com/2007/03/why-behind-words.html#links<BR/><BR/>and finally, dammit. i wish i lived in toronto.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-47256315032147017572007-03-11T14:11:00.000-04:002007-03-11T14:11:00.000-04:00Re: Slouching Mom's categories for comment-motives...Re: Slouching Mom's categories for comment-motives. <BR/><BR/>I think we can make a distinction between first-time comments and those that occur within an already existing relationship.<BR/><BR/>We might read a blog regularly without ever commenting if we feel intimidated (either by the "big"ness of the blogger or some other factor) or if we sense that we don't belong (if, for instance, we don't match the demographic of all the other commenters). We might be motivated to overcome that initial inhibition by some of the motives SM outlined: a desire to bring more traffic to our own blog, or the emotional impact of the post itself.<BR/><BR/>Once a commenting relationship has been established, different criteria might determine whether or not I comment on a particular post. There are "greeting" comments that have more to do with saying hello than with any particular response to the post; there are "anecdote-swapping" comments; there are "great post" comments.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes, I <I>don't</I> comment on a post that moved me because my response is either too simple or too complex. Too simple = adding another "great post" to the 60 similar comments already there (I'm more likely to leave a lame compliment at a smaller blog - if there are already lots of comments, I keep quiet until I have something to say). Too complex = a post that leaves me speechless because it gives me so much thinking to do. (Sometimes I say nothing at the time, and then a week later link back with my own post-length response.)<BR/><BR/>In that sense, comments are not always an indicator of the intrinsic merit of the post, though of course all of us feel they are (and tell ourselves they're not).Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-24001166984668892202007-03-11T12:37:00.000-04:002007-03-11T12:37:00.000-04:00You know, it's interesting I just realized that al...You know, it's interesting I just realized that almost all the blogs I read are mommyblogs, even though I don't really fit into that category. Hmm.flutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-54753216783530603692007-03-11T10:32:00.000-04:002007-03-11T10:32:00.000-04:00Coincidentally Bossy drank too much this weekend t...Coincidentally Bossy drank too much this weekend too! And this is unique for Bossy because... nothing. There is nothing unique about Bossy drinking too much wine and eating too much chocolate.BOSSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137297805742498961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-84410361755210892372007-03-11T09:42:00.000-04:002007-03-11T09:42:00.000-04:00I haven't read the links yet so no comment on that...I haven't read the links yet so no comment on that stuff.<BR/>But, the surefire hangover cure ... McDonald's breakfast (bacon & egg mcmuffin and 2 hashbrowns). I hear that Grape Gatorade goes a long way to help.<BR/>Trust me on this one. It's gotten me through many a day.Laural Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459584652802529868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-74750361408837580772007-03-11T00:20:00.000-05:002007-03-11T00:20:00.000-05:00Okay, I've read the posts. My mind is churning but...Okay, I've read the posts. My mind is churning but I'm going to have to post my thoughts later because girl, I am exhausted. <BR/>Catching up on blogs is hard work. Especially when everyone spreads the linky love and I keep finding awesome new ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-9243044171033475242007-03-10T22:35:00.000-05:002007-03-10T22:35:00.000-05:00LOL! Wow. What's it mean if I feel like that piece...LOL! Wow. What's it mean if I feel like that piece of cheese today and I haven't even had a drink?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08582261647166538969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-29408863087239957332007-03-10T21:32:00.000-05:002007-03-10T21:32:00.000-05:00I'm SO coming to Toronto for vacation soon. Alcoho...I'm SO coming to Toronto for vacation soon. Alcohol and chocolate? And speeding down the 407? Amnesia?? Very exciting!! I'm there...one of these days. <BR/><BR/>I'll answer the questions...but my day made me tired...so maybe tomorrow. :)Kylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311014761113076785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-7914100756940579292007-03-10T21:00:00.000-05:002007-03-10T21:00:00.000-05:00What demi-goddesses of the mommy blogosphere shot ...What demi-goddesses of the mommy blogosphere shot the 5 reasons I blog meme around just in time for me to be all introspective about my blog for the first time, like, ever?<BR/><BR/>If this is the meta-blog of the moment, I guess I'm on the train, cause it's a mystery to me how accidently I landed here, but how completely I love it.<BR/>so to be thorough: <BR/>1. I'm a new blogger, 30 something with 3 kids between 1 and 8, in some corners no one has kids as old as 8, but in others I'm not alone. I do blog about my kids specifically but also about parenting, society, and just about me.<BR/>2. I don't have a more specific audience in mind than mommies/parents who might stumble across my blog. I have some friends/ family who lurk but I am not writing to/for them at all.<BR/>3. Purpose? Connection and Perspective<BR/>4. most blogs it seems to me are debunking on some fundamental level the mythology of motherhood in our culture - or maybe these are just the ones I love. These blogs celebrate joyously the motherhood that is while upending in the garbage pail the motherhood that our society says ought to be.<BR/>5. I think the medium of blogging means more questions than answers, at least for a long time, all the points of connections between blogs are like pastors at church saying "can I get an amen?" In the mommy blog world, the answer is "yes, you can, Amen, mommying is _______ "(fill in your own explictive or rapture here)<BR/>Revolutions/transformations are like that, you don't really know what new thing you are forming til well after the fact, because you haven't experienced it yet.<BR/>6. yep, I comment (sometimes very long comment like today!) Awards I've only just maybe grasped. (thank you bub and pie) <BR/>7. sleep is the only thing that will help you for the next 36 hours, good luck!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09390898429089863816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-1168448444385892492007-03-10T20:32:00.000-05:002007-03-10T20:32:00.000-05:00I wish I were hung over. Whaaa...That is a lot of ...I wish I were hung over. Whaaa...<BR/><BR/>That is a lot of questions and much to think about. My brain is spinning. Maybe if I wasn't popping Extra Strength Tylenol Flu capsules like candy I would be able to come up with some answers.ms bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997925420763913039noreply@blogger.com