81 Comments

• 1. Julie Turley  |  September 23rd, 2005 at 10:21 pm

  Very clever and funny.

• 2. Erin  |  September 23rd, 2005 at 10:31 pm

  I, like, totally, um, feel the same way, you know? Like, comments, um, make me feel, like, popular and stuff? And, like, 150 people, um, read my blog each day, but I think that, um, they’re all just, um, laughing at me and stuff, because, sometimes, like, there’s no comments. Or, um, maybe, I’m like totally boring. But, like, um, your blog, is like, really cool! So, this is kind of, um, a note? On your locker? Or something?

• 3. Tom  |  September 23rd, 2005 at 10:48 pm

  If someone had told me 15 years ago that me and Jenn Mattern would end up blogging, I'’m not sure how I would have felt about it.

• 4. a.  |  September 23rd, 2005 at 11:51 pm

  I can’t quite remember how I stumbled across breed ‘em and weep, but I’m hooked. I’m not sure I’ve ever snarfed my morning coffee/tea/redbull with such regularity. I know people stare (or glare) at my office door when I bust out laughing at work, but I just don’t care anymore.

  Thank you for being real. It is nice to know that I’m not the only one who has stuff go wrong. Constantly.

  Keep up the fabulous work!

• 5. Amy  |  September 24th, 2005 at 12:03 am

  Some of us are Blog virgins, Jenn, and a little nervous about commenting publicly. Most of your regular commenters are very witty, well-read and obviously on the upper end of the smart-o-meter (you seem pretty smart too…:)) It makes a girl a little nervous to be in their/your presence (not even sure I spelled that right, see what I mean?!). But be sure that we love you and your wonderful insights on motherhood and life in general. You make me feel like there is someone else out there who “gets it”! I look forward to reading your Blog (usually on Friday nights when I can stay up late and laugh (and snort) to myself!). Thank you!!

• 6. Mrs. Coulter  |  September 24th, 2005 at 12:08 am

  Omigod, I have to say that I feel so lucky that you have come and posted in *my* comments, because, well, I still feel like that girl that sat at the lunch table all by herself, reading a book because it was much more dignified to read and pretend that there was nothing wrong than to try to find someone who would reluctantly let me sit with them. Umm…so how do you like the gifted and talented program? I hear Dungeons and Dragons is kinda fun…

• 7. Siobhan  |  September 24th, 2005 at 1:27 am

  Um…*twists toe into carpet*…but I can’t like, comment. You seem to know all your regular commenters and I’m just a waddling pregnant woman from the Antipodes who stumbled onto your blog by accident and weed herself laughing and put it into her “Baby Stuff” favourites folder and reads it every few days, secure in her anonymity.

  Dammit, and now you’ve made me go and comment and ruin my mystique. What little I had left between the waddling and weeing, you understand.

• 8. geogirl  |  September 24th, 2005 at 8:47 am

  Everyone knows that you only meet psychos and ax murderers on the internet…:-)

• 9. Emily  |  September 24th, 2005 at 9:16 am

  Okay, I’m delurking, because you asked so nicely and funnily. But mostly I don’t comment because I enjoy reading your writing (and it’s helping to inform my decisions about whether or not I want to breed in the next few years!) but I don’t have much to say. I don’t really comment on most of the many, many blogs I read, so please don’t take it personally!

• 10. Hillary  |  September 24th, 2005 at 10:04 am

  Hi. I’m Hillary. I read your blog via RSS (on livjeournal) because Abu Aardvark (I think) linked you and I enjoyed your style. But because I read the RSS feed, I don’t usually click through. Plus, I can never think of anything to say.

• 11. Daniel  |  September 24th, 2005 at 11:12 am

  *hands on hips*

  And just what’s wrong with dungeons & dragons geeks, hmmmm?

• 12. Kim  |  September 24th, 2005 at 7:26 pm

  Okay, I’ll fess up. I read your blog and don’t comment. I’m too jealous that you get to live in the Berkshires and I don’t anymore (and that your blog is WAAAAY funnier than mine, but I’ll save that for another day). There are body parts I would give up to move back there. Maybe I’m hoping someday you’ll post about how much it sucks and I’ll feel better. Until then, I’ll just continue my envy from afar.

  No, you’re not dooce, but sometimes I read your blog before her’s. So there.

• 13. kris  |  September 24th, 2005 at 7:41 pm

  Actually, I prefer your blog over dooce or finslippy… since you brought it up… but you “know” me, already. I’ll let someone else speak to you for a change.

• 14. alice  |  September 24th, 2005 at 7:57 pm

  I only smoked weed with the janitor, like, once. And that was because he was my friend’s cousin.

  This is very funny.

• 15. Rebecca  |  September 24th, 2005 at 9:39 pm

  I’d love to comment here. Hell, I have in the past and it made me feel like part of the in crowd for a brief moment. But the BOB button on your site has an apostrophe before the s where there shouldn’t be one, and as a former gifted program geek turned Grammar Bitch, I just can’t look away from the glaring error long enough to click the submit button…

  (This is going to be funnier to you than anyone else reading your comments, I’m guessing. A simple “understood” will do…)

• 16. Rina  |  September 24th, 2005 at 9:54 pm

  I read this blog because said blogger once peed on a goalpost (in excellent company, I might add).

  Jenn, if Hattie might be willing to take a chance on a younger man (should things not work out with that other fellow), I believe Oliver would enjoy pounding the hell out of things with her.

• 17. Spot the Wonder Dog  |  September 24th, 2005 at 10:23 pm

  I actually stumbled onto this blog accidentally while searching the web for information about Post-Partum Depression.

  *snicker*

  Contrary to what is apparently a common misperception, I don’t believe I ever actually met Jenn in person.

  *Cringes and waits for the inevitable “What?!? We had 5 classes together, bonehead!”*

• 18. Kirsten  |  September 25th, 2005 at 12:00 am

  I blame Rachel, who is one of your regular commenters, for bringing me here. I think she pimped you out to all her mommy friends.

  And I wasn’t cool in high school and still lurk in the shadowy corners of the Internets as much as possible.

  Darnit, this is the second time this week I’ve delurked in a blog I regularly read. I’m gonna have to stop this, or all my secrets will be revealed.

• 19. TRF  |  September 25th, 2005 at 2:09 am

  Dear Rina.

  Thank God that in your comment (#16 above) then you include the words “things with”!!!!!!

• 20. einhorn  |  September 25th, 2005 at 2:31 am

  Yeah, and I’ve been around ever since I googled the internet for “The Universe is out to get me”.
  I kid you not.
  And commenting is just so so so …. I like hiding behind the trees and watching the other kids play.

• 21. KC  |  September 25th, 2005 at 3:30 am

  Ok, so like you didn’t expect me to blogroll you, but I did. ‘Cuz, like, you really are the funniest thing on the web as far as I’m concerned. And ‘cuz, like, I’d never heard of dooce or finslippy and I’d, like, feel unfaithful if I started hangin out with them. So I hope you don’t mind if I get all blogroll intimate on ya.

  And let it be known that, like Hillary, the aardvark sent me. And, man, I’m glad he did.

• 22. Jen  |  September 25th, 2005 at 2:26 pm

  I followed a link from Mrs. Coulter’s site, and was hooked. You had me at “want to sit together at lunch?”

• 23. Roy T.  |  September 25th, 2005 at 3:14 pm

  ‘Sup indeed:

  The prospect of becoming a regular BEAW commenter raises all kinds of questions for this blog virgin and BEAW newbie. However, since I’d be hard-pressed to find another source of “Pretty Plus” jokes, I’ll plan to emerge from the depths of lurkitude from time to time.

• 24. Susie  |  September 25th, 2005 at 10:25 pm

  Haaaaaa The “cutting my inner thighs” comment very nearly made me spit my cocktail.

  ARNF: after BlogHer I felt like the band nerd trapped in a stall of the girlsfriends with my feet propped against the wall listening to the cheerleaders putting on lip gloss and talking about their tropical vacations and their football captain boyfriends. I was all “I’m not good enough” and “why didn’t they like me” and “omigod they don’t even know I EXIST!” But then you came to my locker and asked me to a slumber party and I was all, “ok” and you were all, “cool.” So thanks! You’re wicked awesome!

• 25. Susie  |  September 25th, 2005 at 10:28 pm

  uh yeah. Girlsfriends (?) = girlsroom. Must be the crack.

• 26. R J Keefe  |  September 26th, 2005 at 9:06 am

  Too late for the party! I mean, lunch.

  I do have a correspondent who praises me to the skies but refuses to comment. She wrote once of following some links from my site that took her, eventually, back to me. She said that she felt that she’d had lunch at the cool kids’ table - her very words. Who would have imagined that?

• 27. Simon  |  September 26th, 2005 at 9:19 am

  Yeah! What Daniel said!

  Just what the heck is wrong with Dungeons and Dragons?? I am so totally going to roll my 20-sided die and see if I can cast a Polymorph Other spell on Hattie. See how you like havin’ a daughter who’s really a fire-breathing lizard who’s full of rage!

  (Well, I guess that’s not too far off the mark already… But I’m still gonna cast it!)

• 28. The Hubby  |  September 26th, 2005 at 9:27 am

  BLINK!

• 29. Amy  |  September 26th, 2005 at 9:56 am

  Now I have to delurk, if for no other reason than to back up my man Daniel. D&D freaks have all the fun.

  I’m looking forward to meeting you in person one of these days.

• 30. Sheryl  |  September 26th, 2005 at 10:09 am

  Even though I very rarely comment, I regularly read, and I think you are a great writer.

• 31. Rina  |  September 26th, 2005 at 10:36 am

  Ok. Re #22, please tell me you don’t mean Ann Coulter.

  And TRF, Of Course I only mean throwing things - while perfectly happy throwing cars, toys, stuffed animals and small pieces of playroom furniture, my son is being raised as a pacifist. I only have 17 years and three months to figure out how to get him out of the draft.

• 32. Simon  |  September 26th, 2005 at 10:48 am

  See? Even The Hubby is on board with D&D! Rock on!

  And I meant to mention previously that I don’t read finslippy, but you’re way better than dooce.

• 33. geogirl  |  September 26th, 2005 at 11:03 am

  Daniel, Simon and Amy:

  I bet you all are Chaotic Good alignment

  20-sided die….(heh,heh,heh) that’s good!!!

• 34. Sheri  |  September 26th, 2005 at 11:03 am

  I love your blog. I found you b/c your husband, David, is working with my boyfriend, Drew, on some publishing projects and David told Drew and Drew thought it was great and he told me and now I’m hooked! I don’t comment often but I read always and I laugh and cry sometimes during the same blog. Thanks so much. Though it does feel a bit voyeurish and I feel like I know you but you don’t know me at all - so it is like looking up in awe at the cool kid that everyone knows but they don’t know you exist

• 35. Angie  |  September 26th, 2005 at 11:51 am

  Ok, since everyone else is doing it, I guess I’ll de-lurk too. Angie from Grinnell here, and I read your blog like an addict because you perfectly capture the profound mix of emotions and experiences that is motherhood. Thanks!

• 36. HollyRhea  |  September 26th, 2005 at 11:55 am

  I was just thinking this weekend that the blogosphere feels too much like High School. When did an in-crowd emerge?

  suck butt.

• 37. Bavardeuse  |  September 26th, 2005 at 12:51 pm

  I fully admit that I’ve passed this blog on to my Mum and sister. SO, since they might be lurking, I fess up for them.

• 38. Jenn  |  September 26th, 2005 at 12:56 pm

  Thanks for all the notes on my locker. I’m, like, wicked grateful and if my folks get an in-ground pool you’re all TOTALLY invited.

  The D&D stuff, um, look…in seventh grade? I was a sixth-level magic user elf named Jacinda of Aralia. I’m just, like, having trouble dealing with my past, okay, but I’m TOTALLY supportive, like if you’re a paladin or a druid or whatever.

  Um, Holly? Do you mean, like, the IMPERATIVE ’suck butt’? If so, then, um, whose butt am I supposed to suck? P.S. Please don’t steal my lunch money.

• 39. scott  |  September 26th, 2005 at 1:17 pm

  Hey, isn’t cheerleading about the shrillness of the voice? Don’t the girls with the foghorn voices become popular cheerleaders?
  I LOVE YOUR BLOG WHOOPDEDOO!
  (You coudn’t see me doing a cartwheel, but I almost did).

• 40. Mom of 1  |  September 26th, 2005 at 2:57 pm

  Don’t know if I’m supposed to delurk, I have commented here but it’s been a while. Jenn you’re awesome! I love to read your writing so much I bought a subscription to Brain Child cuz you said they’ve published you and I wanted to support people who’ve supported you. But I’m so uncool I don’t even have a blog. Not even a webpage. I tried to turn my (free Angelfire) business webpage into a baby blog but then got confused and haven’t touched it since. In a year and a half. Sigh. Guess I have to wait til my toddler is old enough to show me how. Two years? Three?

• 41. Jos P.  |  September 26th, 2005 at 3:07 pm

  I read this over the weekend and promised myself I’d post a comment on Monday (just moved, DSL’s down, read it on my Blackberry, commenting on Blackberry is not fun, etc.), so…better late than never, right?

  I came across your site via Tom’s plug for your site on his blog: I found his blog through yet another referrer, got interested to read his stuff being a singer myself (not nearly in his class, though, but working on it), clicked through to yours, and you had me at “My mom told me President Bush is a bad person.”

  I’ve been hooked ever since: I keep your site in my RSS feeds, and I poke at it regularly to see if there’s new content. As a new father, I’m impressed with how much your comments have not only made me laugh hysterically, but nod in sympathy and occasionally tear up (the post about the differences between how you love your husband and how you love your children brought a major lump to my throat). Your writing has also made a very short list of writers I read to my wife when we’re driving places (she always drives) or lying in bed after a long day or just hanging out–I’m picky about what I read to her, and yours never fails to bring a smile.

  By the way, in addition to being a total band geek, I was also a D&D geek in high school. I’ve still got a bookshelf in my home office dedicated to all my RPG books: now if only I could find the time to play…

• 42. tina  |  September 26th, 2005 at 3:15 pm

  i love your blog. i read it when i want to procrastinate from my day job, which is like every hour.

• 43. Mel A.  |  September 26th, 2005 at 3:53 pm

  I am somewhat delurking because I’ve never commented before, but this is the first post I’ve read. Hilarious! I’ll make sure to come back, read more, and comment often.

• 44. wife of prom date  |  September 26th, 2005 at 4:10 pm

  I’m with Amy in comment #5. Too intimidated to comment! But I want to lend my support in any way possible. eeeeoooo high school. Now if I can just get the actual prom date to delurk!

• 45. Ren275  |  September 26th, 2005 at 9:25 pm

  Hey - Delurking to say hello. I found your site by a posting on my parents message board located on ivillage.com. I love your blog, read it regularly and…….as a mother of a 20 month old, I can totally relate to most things you write about.

• 46. breed ‘em and weep &hellip  |  September 26th, 2005 at 11:17 pm

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• 47. Mornin Glory  |  September 27th, 2005 at 1:54 pm

  I totally love your blog. As a mother, I find myself saying out loud “It’s so true!!” I am new to the Berkshires so its as if I have friends here already but in a wallflower sort of way.

  I am new to this blogging thing and never comment because I am usually 3-7 days (or months, when I am catching up on stories I have missed) behind. Do you continue checking in for comments? I found your blog while reading another blog and they included a list of Bloggers from our area. So I guess now I have delurked. (Did I use that term correctly?)

• 48. Bailey  |  September 27th, 2005 at 7:47 pm

  I also bought a subscription to Brain,Child because they publish you. Brain, Child lurkers: you have our money instead of Canada Customs and Revenue Agency thanks to Jenn!

  I never comment because by the time I read all your other comments and follow the links and run into the other room to tell My People the funny thing you said… it’s time to go nurse again.

  Tonight, for instance, I got totally hung up on “pork cookery” on Tom’s website. “Pork cookery?”

• 49. TRF  |  September 27th, 2005 at 8:25 pm

  I’ve been a HUGE fan of the author of BEAW since, ah, let me see, oh yes: 66/22/19xx. (Reveal your own age, Jenn) Please continue revealing yourselves, Gentle Readers, because Jenn GENUINELY believes that “lurkers” are simply friends she has not yet met.

• 50. TRF  |  September 27th, 2005 at 8:28 pm

  Oops. Please excuse my typing. I meant 06/22/19xx. The 66th month would be Cereber, not recognized in the Western calendar.

• 51. Veronika  |  September 27th, 2005 at 9:30 pm

  Like, Hi. I’m Veronika. I like..don’t know how I found your blog, but I’m glad I did! Like…thanks for the laughs.
  :)

• 52. Chris  |  September 27th, 2005 at 10:41 pm

  Hi. I’m Chris. I was originally pointed to your blog by… I think Rachel.

  Not a parent (yet, anyway), but still thoroughly enjoying the entertainment. I hope to meet you in person at some point, which seems not too unlikely since we share a number of friends.

• 53. Marie Tan  |  September 28th, 2005 at 1:45 am

  hi Jenn,
  hehe, you’re an awesome writer. I’m a recent Grinnell grad of ‘05 (yup, *gasp* there we made it into yet another century) and there is this online community thingybob called www.grinnellplans.com in which your blog was mentioned (sort of like a hey, didja know what this person who graduated the same year as you did is up to?) and I clicked on it (out of curiosity) and now click by for a read when things get slow at the office (or when I’m up late and can’t go to sleep). Thanks for writing, I’m sure your girls will appreciate that you did too! *-^
  cheers for the candidness,
  ~m.

• 54. geogirl  |  September 28th, 2005 at 8:22 am

  So….am I the only one here who didn’t go to school with Jenn or contribute to her birth in some way???

• 55. Karina  |  September 28th, 2005 at 9:28 am

  Well geogirl, I didn’t go to Grinnell like many of the other commenters, but I DID go to high school with Jenn. She was, like, totally cool then too. I’m so glad now that I get to post comments on the blog instead of slipping notes into her locker, past her Kevin Bacon poster.

• 56. Andrea B.  |  September 28th, 2005 at 4:13 pm

  Okay, well I never lurk and I always (okay nearly always) comment, so much so that it’s annoying (ask La Candadienne how many times I commented today).

  So I’m here to say I LOVE your blog,
  I’m a Mom, too and my thighs are too big
  but workin’ on it
  and my 13 year old is (very giggly) growing up nicely
  and I have my own blog that NO ONE EVER COMMENTS ON

  So… I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU (all of you what’s that 55 people) to come over and comment. Even if you don’t know anything about music (or care) you can read the one on President Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French. Be nice and be original, just do it.

  Hey, we all gotta comment. Less Lurking More Commenting. Then we’ll all be less freaked out about blogging …!

  So there! (Who’s gonna take me up on my dare, I wonder??)

• 57. the Mater  |  September 28th, 2005 at 4:20 pm

  You poor thing! To write a blog and have no comments … okay, Jenn, please give us the link to Andrea’s blogsite … she’s peaked my interest about Bush selling Louisiana back to the French!

• 58. geogirl  |  September 28th, 2005 at 5:04 pm

  Mater…just click on Andrea’s name and it will take you to her blog.

  P.S. Can we sell Bush to the French instead???

• 59. Mornin Glory  |  September 28th, 2005 at 9:29 pm

  We don’t want to go back to France.

• 60. The Homosexuals  |  September 29th, 2005 at 10:35 am

  I just like it when you write about your butt.

• 61. Michael  |  September 29th, 2005 at 10:01 pm

  Hey cousin, now that I know about your blog site I’m logging in quite often. You do seem to write about your butt a lot. Take it from me fellow readers, she looks pretty cute in her pajamas scarfing down a hot fudge sundae!

• 62. Julie  |  September 30th, 2005 at 8:34 am

  You are a trip my friend. Came over from http://bitemycookie.typepad.com/main/ and just had to say hello. Hope you don’t mind if I add you to my bloglines.

  Julie

• 63. heidi  |  September 30th, 2005 at 5:52 pm

  If I comment will you?

  Circle one yes no

  I should try this tactic with my on-line dating profiles, then maybe someone will actually email me. Love your blog! Came through bitemycookie. You are hillarious!

• 64. restin256  |  September 30th, 2005 at 9:51 pm

  Oh, shit. That’s the funniest thing in the world.

• 65. margalit  |  October 1st, 2005 at 2:00 am

  Been reading for a bit as a lurker after a link from Tom. I think your blog is hilarious and you definately got the whole blogosphere as a high school clique down. Funny stuff. Promise to comment more in the future.

• 66. Ryann (haines)  |  October 3rd, 2005 at 2:16 pm

  Another Grinnellian here. Recommended by fellow alums who said, “its funny even if you don’t have kids”.

  Plus I was your sister-in-law’s SA, so that makes us related somehow. heh heh.

• 67. elizabeth  |  October 3rd, 2005 at 3:05 pm

  Hi! I clicked over here from Simon’s blog (Simian Farmer) awhile back. I may have commented once, but I forget. I like you, I really like you!

  (back to lurking….I’m such a voyeur)

• 68. JustLinda  |  October 3rd, 2005 at 4:57 pm

  Found my way here from a link on the Bite My Cookie (or something like that) site. What a riot!!

  I’m totally not a lurker so usually when I come “out” you’re stuck with me (shall I just apologize in advance???).

  Glad to have found you!

• 69. chasmyn  |  October 3rd, 2005 at 8:01 pm

  Came from Bite my Cookie, to this post, which is brilliant and true and making me add you to my blogroll to read more.

• 70. Keb  |  October 5th, 2005 at 12:35 am

  OMG that was funny Shit! I’m here from JustLinda http://justlinda.blogspot.com/ as she did a spin off of this post and I laughed my ass off. Now I’m here doing the same thing. Nice blog. I’ll be baaaaccckkkk!

• 71. Christi  |  October 5th, 2005 at 12:51 pm

  I stumbled through your blog today via Just Linda’s blog. She quoted you a source of inspiration for her own blog, so here I am!

  GREAT post!

• 72. Lisa S.  |  October 5th, 2005 at 1:03 pm

  omg that was hilarious…..you have a new reader…

• 73. Sarcasmom  |  October 6th, 2005 at 6:53 am

  Cute post. I wandered over from http://justlinda.blogspot.com/

• 74. Oreo  |  October 6th, 2005 at 8:42 am

  Hi. Was sent here from Just Linda’s, was sent there from Michele’s!! I will be coming back here though. I like your blog.

• 75. Indy  |  October 6th, 2005 at 1:55 pm

  Hi, I found your site on http://justlinda.blogspot.com/…neat!

• 76. bearing  |  October 7th, 2005 at 8:31 pm

  Hi. I just for the first time a couple of days ago scrolled DOWN on finslippy, because I actually went long enough without reading it that Alice had made TWO posts since the last time I read, and I saw your link in her blogroll. You have to scroll down to see it. So anyway I clicked on you and here you are and I think I’m in love. My husband and I cracked up last night over your search term list from a day or two ago. Great job.

• 77. Nancy  |  October 12th, 2005 at 1:46 pm

  Hi, I’m delurking to let you know I’ve recently found your site. Can’t even remember how (may have been through finslippy) but I’ve enjoyed your posts tremendously. I have a 3 1/2 year old and a 1 year old so all of your kid-related posts I find especially amusing.

• 78. Betty  |  October 18th, 2005 at 12:37 pm

  Lays head in your lap, running finger down your tummy, yum. Thinking of you naked and pudgy. Wait! I am a grrl I am not supposed to be turned on!

  Betty

• 79. breed ‘em and weep &hellip  |  October 19th, 2005 at 10:13 am

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• 80. katie hudson  |  October 28th, 2005 at 11:10 am

  hello
  i have been reading your site avidly since i found it (through finslippy) and have been working my way through your archives which is why i’m doing this a bit late, but you have encouraged me to de-lurk. i mostly dont comment because i feel too inadequate, i just like to read, but i will try harder. i dont have kids but i love these mommy blogs, they are so fun and its refreshing to see funny stories about bodily functions that havent first involved copious amounts of alcohol! also, after reading the story about you and sophie not getting to be friends, i just wanted to say remember that when she is all grown up there will be days when you can be more friends than mom, and that is your reward for being a great mom.
  xx

• 81. Kirsty  |  September 24th, 2006 at 8:55 pm

  Hi I’m Kirsty and I’m a breed em and weepaholic. I came across your blog when someone posted a link to the off duty Disney Princess script on a mommy type message board recently. I have since become an addict and have begun referring others here with missionary like zeal

  I have also, ( in a very loserly fashion, I realise this, no need to point it out-thanks) spent the last couple of evenings trawling through the archives apoplectic with laughter, shrieking out of context excerpts to my long suffering husband at the peril of waking my briefly sleeping children. As they say in Swaziland…toooooo much funny.

  Which brings me to why I justify my newfound obsession with your blog:
  a) you mentioned Swaziland, a minute African kingdom that most people have never heard of. I am South African but lived in Swazi during my most relevant formative years (you know the ones you actually remember) and I find it pathetically heart warming when other people know that it exists, even if it is through obscure award winning means. It almost qualifies as a 6 degrees of separation moment for me.

  b) My husband gets bewildered when I make food preparation type motions too. Despite the fact that it is 2006, I don’t find very many other women who relate to the fact that he is the one that keeps us from subsisting solely on Balance bars (my answer to the Cliff bar) and tortilla chips.

  c) I find hysterical laughter more effective then anti-depressants and since winter is just around the corner and I now have the misfortune of living in Ohio, it’s going to have to be one or the other.

  d)Your birth story was the BEST and as a doula, I’m somewhat of a birth story connisseur. It should be required reading for expectant parents. Hell, the whole blog should be. You should look into that.

  On a slightly sadder note, before discovering your blog I considered myself a mediocre freelance writer but am now resigned to the fact I am complete rubbish. I hope you can live with yourself. Even your regular commentators are brilliant. It is intimidating. Hence the lurkers. That’s my theory anyway.

  Well done and thanks…Meryl Streep would be wise to take notice.

  off to resume the checked out zoo keeper routine….

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