It may not be your thing but Planned Parenthood was there for me when I needed it. I was laid off, waiting tables, 24 years old and had no health insurance. Three years before I was told that I might have cervical cancer and I needed to continuously seek treatment for it and keep tabs on it. Planned Parenthood did that for me. They tested me every three months, performed my treatments and helped me get well. I am forever grateful. The past few weeks have been a non-stop smackdown on this orgnization and so many blatant lies about Planned Parenthood have been thrown around. Lies about funding and what the orgnization does. Why according to nut bag Glenn Beck Planned Parenthood is "only for hookers". Guess that makes me a big, ol' hooker then. Three kids later, if something happened to my … [Read more...]
GoDaddy.com Super Bowl Commercial Equals FAIL
It is probably no surprise that I don't like GoDaddy.com commercials, especially during the Super Bowl. Their obvious attempt at using scantily clad women to draw people to their product isn't even tongue in cheek or even a cute, cheeky attempt at humor. It's just dumb and contrived. Imagine my delight when I discovered the Network Solutions (I swear this is NOT sponsored) commercial starring Cloris Leachman. Now this is an ad that makes me want to visit its website.Adding in Blogher's very own Lisa Stone is just an added bonus. I heart commercials that show people I have met and talked to and worked with IRL. Who doesn't? It's true too. We "geeks" want real answers to our tech issues and questions not women in leather flipping their hair and showing … [Read more...]
It’s Nice to Know They Care
As I was running through the aisles, child-free and out of the house for the first time in over a week (huzzah!), this caught my eye making me stop in my tracks. Is this a new attempt to counter-act that bloated, tired pmsy feeling? … [Read more...]
Urine Reviews
Get it? Heh. I'm in product reviews. Bum, dum, dum...File this under products I will not be reviewing-The Whiz Freedom. It's 'lily-shaped' and much like the Pocket Pee for men The Whiz (I bet nobody can be it!) is cheap, purple and is great for women who have to pee on the run. Literally. I can see the benefit for some but really? You think I'm going to review kid DVDs, mascara or a car one week and the next I'm going to be talking about my experiences peeing into a purple lily?! Do I talk about the need for my own portable pee bag that often? Incidentally, when I searched this device a bunch of ads for Virginia gonorrhea came up as well. … [Read more...]
No, You May Not Frost My Cupcake
It's discussion time again and this week I'm posing a question about friendships, the relationships between men and women and what is appropriate and what is not. It's up to you. Read the issue, discuss in the comments and offer up your opinion. You are sitting at your friends house and her husband makes a comment along the lines of, "I'd like to frost your cupcake..." or the classic "I'd like a (insert your name and your friends name) sandwich. Heh heh. (Insert a comment about how he might be into polygamy too)". It's not the first time he says things like this but because you don't want to embarrass your friend you smile and brush it off. She laughs it off each time as well. However, it just keeps happening.What do you do? Do you continue to keep quiet for the sake of your … [Read more...]
WTF – Cake Edition
Holy Fucking Crikey! What a damn hot mess! Do I even need to point out the how age inappropriate this cake is? What a fucking nightmare. I want to find this misguided Holly kid and make her read books like 'The Awakening' and subscribe her to OOB and Bust magazine. I would make her read them 'Clockwork Orange' style too. Ugh. Her parents paid money for this shit? She has parents?!This cake is fucking making me swear. It's all the fuckin' cakes fault. Photo courtesy of the awesomeness that is Cake Wrecks. … [Read more...]
A Bit of a Bikini Rant
After I had my suspicious mole last summer I was told by some that the bikini would be no more. At least for me. I balked at this. When the comment was quickly followed by the classic, "Besides you are a Mom now. You don't want to be one of those Moms who you see at the pool wearing a bikini...."Excuse me what?! I wanted to breathe fire.While I may not have the body I did when I was 24, I have spent a fare share of my time at the gym toning and cardioing my butt off well into my 30's and not just because I want to look swimsuit ready but because I like how I feel after a good episode of sweating. I refuse to go up a size with each child. Yes, I had a child and my body changed but I'm still a size six! I'm proud of that fact. Quite frankly I don't feel comfortable in a one piece. I'm long … [Read more...]