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Questions And Controversy

Weekly questions, opinions, debates, and polls. Have an opinion? We want to hear it.

Mom Bloggers getting paid $200 for POSITIVE reviews?

Move over FTC and interpersonal mommy blogger wars, there is a new Sheriff in town and its called the Travel Blogger.
And they [...]

Omg! I am so scared!

Was that a better reaction that is more acceptable to people?
So I am taking a little heat for my weight loss post. [...]

I usually dont talk about politics

But I could not NOT mention the person that got fired from Home Depot over wearing an In God We Trust pin [...]

Comment from little girls in thongs..

Ok, I am liberal.
I like to think I am liberal. Nudity doesn’t bother me, I am pro-choice, I could give a poop [...]

Which is it?

Do you want mom bloggers to work for free so they are not “lying” or do you want them to get paid [...]

Question Time

Since I am always the one talking, I thought I would ask a question of you.
Why did you choose the blog name [...]

I was a breastfeeding failure

I have seen a lot of amazing posts talking about all the awesome experiences breastfeeding. I believe breastfeeding is amazing…if you can [...]

Will you fix your contest for me to win?

A blogging friend of mine received this email today:
hi, i was wondering if u coud possibly think about making me win the [...]

I have learned

July 2009 goes down as the month I learned the most about myself in the past few years. Its funny how life [...]

Parental Guilt.

I am going to be spending the day with my baby.
Ok, NOT a baby, my “big girl”. Since I am going to [...]

Screw Quiznos, Check out Sprite Sex Ad

Well.
There are no words.
I’m a coke drinker.
From a bottle.
Not a penis.
Although if penis’ came in flavors…Coke would be a good option.
I can [...]

Our last word on it..and its a long one.

So you may want to grab some popcorn.
If you feel the need to trash my child, my husband, or me personally, you [...]

Wow, are PR or Bloggers more Whiny?

(This post was in response to the bloggers running around flipping out and was not the original blog post)
Who knew something  that [...]

My political Views

Since its coming up a bit and I feel Im being eaten at for not being ‘fair and balanced’, I thought I [...]

Are shoes racist?

This weekend at the mall I experienced an interesting conversation, that I was unwillingly a participant in. I was off shopping at [...]

The changing of the tide.

Sure enough as there are hoards of fish in the sea, there are multiplying and endless bloggers in the blogosphere. And just [...]

P.R. Blackout Challenge

On Friday Night Live this week we dissected and discussed what we are affectionately calling “bloggy burnout.’ After a lengthy 90 [...]

Where are all the black moms?

Alright, thats a bit blunt, but I mean it.
I live in a town of 50% black, 50% white (and 100% hick, but [...]

Why are people such pussies?

OMG. Did she really use that word.
Why, yes, yes I did. Get over it.
I know I’m not winning any awards for eloquence [...]

Can’t we all just get along? No. No we cant.

I have been enjoying the fun little volleyball game in the blogosphere recently. Mainly because this time, I didn’t start it. If [...]

Are companies taking advantage of Bloggers?

Dear General Mills,
I am not sure I would make statements like this anymore:
Overall, the program resulted in 5 million total impressions and [...]

This is me. On a Tirade.

I have been following some interesting conversation on Queen of Spain and that led me to Single Mom Seeking, and of course [...]

Why Do you Blog? And other questions POLLS

Just curious…..why do you blog?

Blog Talk Radio shout out

(should I title this post *almost famous #3″ ?)
Thanks @ClassyMommy (www.classymommy.com) for the sweet shout out on her show yesterday. She was [...]

Review Bloggers, Testimonials, and the FTC

Lots of talk on the scene about reviews and bloggers. Are they credible? Have bloggers, for lack of a better term, ’sold [...]

Do you feel competitive against other bloggers?

I have been hearing some interesting commentary from bloggers recently about burn out and frustration regarding their blogs. I find that so [...]

And so I say Goodbye

This post is titled And so I say Goodbye or otherwise known as “the 30 day challenge”.
Two years ago I started crafting [...]

Dooce on Oprah…how do you feel?

Lets just put it out there.
Dooce is one of the webs most famous mom bloggers with an estimated $40K a month coming [...]

Quiznos Torpedo Commercial

I see this commercial probably 5 times a day around here. It comes on in the day and at night, on a [...]