Bullets Thursday

• There's a stretch of sidewalk on the street where my church is that has always struck me as an accident waiting to happen. It's one of the few places in town that can be described as a hill. In places the cement has heaved, so the surface isn't as smooth as it should be. In the summer when the leaves are out, the streetlights don't really do much of anything. In the winter, when it's already dark, the crazy sidewalk develops patches of black ice. Downward slope + crazy sidewalk + darkness + ice = guess who wiped out tonight on her way to choir?

• And it was a full-on wipe-out, too. I was glad I was wearing a down jacket and thick mittens, because the padding helped protect the upper half of my body. But I hit the sidewalk pretty hard with my left knee (take that, stupid sidewalk!) and ripped my jeans.

• And I have a feeling I'm going to be very sore tomorrow.

• I don't know whether you've noticed, but I'm doing Blog365 again.


• I'm picking up the slack from Badger, who did it in 2009.

• Badger is number five in the Babble mommyblogger write-ins.

• I nominated her, and she's gone from number 365 to number 5. This may be the single most impressive thing I've done in the five years I've been blogging.

• If you think I'm exaggerating, come back tomorrow, when I'll probably be reduced to posting pictures of the owie on my left knee.

15

I can't believe it! Badger is number 15 in the Babble list-of-curiously-neglected-Mommy-bloggers.

If you haven't already, please head over there to vote. Hell, if you've voted already, head over there to vote again.

(What's a grass-roots referendum without some ballot-box-stuffing? After all, I live in Chicago.)

What--you're still here? Go vote. Do I need to go all Pioneer Woman and send money to Haiti?

OK--fine. For every person who votes for Badger, I'll send a dollar to the Red Cross Haiti Fund. And I hope you're satisfied.

Now go vote.

Four factoids and an update

Badger has moved up to position 25 from 365 on Babble's Top Mommy Bloggers that Babble Had Never Heard Of list. So, have you voted for her yet? Come on--you have to! This is my first attempt at starting a grass roots movement. Once I get Badger into the top ten Under-appreciated Genius Mommy Bloggers, I'll start working on women's suffrage. That's right; stick with me and before you know it, you'll have the right to vote in a real election. Until then, fake meaningless internet elections will have to do. So go vote!

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(BTW, she's actually at position #16. Go badg!)
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In another instance of my generosity towards the internet, today I blogged about moisturizer.

Friday's Mamarazzi is already up, too.

But the really big news is this: Poppette turned 13 today. I wanted to upload some lovely pictures of her celebration, but I couldn't find my good camera, so all I have is a couple of crappy cell phone photos.

But tomorrow you can have a look at her birthday cake. I know; what a thrill. Listen, it was extremely expensive as well as fattening, and I want to get my money and calories' worth out of it. So come back.

Out of left field

Spike, played by James Marsters, and Poppy, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar

Some Randy McRandompants observations:

• James Marsters is the greatest actor in the history of ever. Mr. Buxom and I are watching the final season of Buffy and we're falling off the sofa over his performances. It's a large, deep sofa, too, so that means a lot.

• However, Mr. Buxom draws the line at having a crush on him.

• That's OK, because I have enough crush in me for two.

• James--may I call you Spike?--call me.

• Don't forget to go vote for Badger on the Babble best under-appreciated Mommy blogs. She's currently at position 113, and I won't be satisfied until she cracks the top 20.

To mix a catch-phrase: Go ahead. Light a candle.

You know the old saying: it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

This is a metaphor, kids. (More use for my expensive literature degrees, yay!)

In this case, the darkness is that part of the blogosphere that is not already reading Badger Meets World. Badger is the funniest mommy blogger I know. Why isn't the whole world aware of this?

And so, the candle is my nomination of Badger Meets World on the Babble.com list of top mommy bloggers.

At last view, Badger was #366 #234 #190 #156 #120 on the list. Please go here and vote for her.

I have answered all your beauty questions

Well, ladies, you overwhelmed me with the generosity of your response to my last post. I'm more grateful than I can say. With the incredible spirit of women bloggers reaching out to other women bloggers in need, you brought me your age spots, sagging skin, wrinkles, flabby bits, and porn star eyebrows.

There are no words. You made my day. Week, even.

Of course, I didn't feel qualified to fix problems of that level of severity--after all, I'm not a plastic surgeon. The tasks you set for me were not what I could accomplish in the time I allotted (30 minutes to research, 45 minutes to write, 120 minutes to upload the frakking images, correct the links, and fix the inevitable formatting mistakes.)

(Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to wonder why the hell BlogHer's software doesn't include a spell-checker, for frak's sake.)

But this is what I managed to accomplish. I answered blackbird's question about tinted moisturizers.

Yes, it was the easiest question to tackle. But now I have a backlog of great ideas for next time! And at my publishing rate, I'll have time to finish medical school and a residency in cosmetic surgery before I have to write another BeautyHacks post. So there's that.

P. S. In other news, Badger has started posting to Lipstick is My Crack again. Check it out!