>Well, sorta. No, I am! I am, dammit! Just check out the picture of Catherine accompanying this NYT article on BlogHer. Now look at the close-up version. See that woman on stage in the black and white shirt? That’s me! So now I can totally say “pictured in the New York Times,” on the resume I don’t have! Also? There’s a paragraph in the article on that particular session. I am so very glad that I didn’t know a New York Times reporter was in the audience that morning- I would have acted like a total idiot, I’m pretty sure.
Oh! And if you’d like to see me read my post at BlogHer’s Friday Keynote (i.e., you are an adult member of my immediate family), well now you can! And as an added bonus, Yvonne reads her amazing, AMAZING “Letter to My Body” post on the video right after mine. Take a look…
>Hey- Love your blog! Your third link takes you to the second post. Just thought you’d want to know so you can fix it!
>Holy hell! Me too!!
>I am really dumb, because I can’t figure out how to find the third post without a link.
>Just wanted to say that I love your blog, you make me laugh on a daily basis! Found you through Y, I think… anyway, how cool is that, being in the NYT?!
>Okay the third link is now fixed. Thanks for the heads up!
>And OMG, Maria, you are right! Both of us are TOTALLY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!!!! You look great! 😀
>NYT! You are SOOO cool now! Not like you weren’t before, but hey… THAT has got to be a damn awesome feeling! Yay for you!Now I’m off to read about the ugliness…
>ROFL about the card thing…don’t worry, my brother gave Jake a card listing the perks of being 11 and made this HUGE deal about it.It was his 10th birthday. And my brother’s kid is THE SAME AGE.See…I don’t give cards to kids. They never read ’em anyway so we usually attach some really disgusting you’re-parents-are-going-to-hate-me-for -this candy to the gift. Nobody can read that out loud.
>I’m a fairly new reader and just wanted to say that I teach teenage girls and I can imagine that they don’t much appreciate your intervention. However, as a teacher of teenage girls, THANK YOU. Because seriously, every teenage girl needs a parent to care that much.
>My Mom was the one who was either tearing the house apart looking for tape or wrapping the present in the car with paper she just bought (folding, licking and tearing it because she didn’t have scissors) right before we walked into the party. A card?? Yeah right. She always cut out a little piece of the wrapping paper, folded it in half and scrawled “To: Kid’s Name From: Gertie” and taped that little piece right on the package.So that’s what I do. No cards. Just a teeny piece of wrapping paper. HA.
>i swear there is nothing more satisfying than making it in the times, whether you are blurry pictured or not. at least you got a picture. i just got my name in there last year. thank goodness they spelled it right. be strong with step-daughter. i’m with you on this and since i have survived one and now dealing with two more i stand with you in unity.
>Hi! I’m mostly a lurker, but thought I’d comment after reading the parents.com post about the new texting/email policy. As someone who is in her mid-twenties, I can tell you that I would have been HORRIFIED if my parents were reading my emails in high school (or any time, for that matter). Not because I was being sneaky or getting into trouble, but because I’m a pretty private person and to me, that would have been as bad as them reading my journal. It would STILL bother me to this day. I want to be able to rant to a friend about something or to share something personal with my fiancé without having to worry that someone is looking over my shoulder, you know? If my parents had initiated an email reading policy, then I probably would have opened a new email account that they didn’t know about – again, not because I was doing something wrong or sneaky, but because I would have wanted my privacy.Texting wasn’t something that was around in my high school days, but I don’t think that my parents randomly viewing them would have been a big deal (maybe that’s because I rarely use it now and wouldn’t care if someone read my messages?). I guess the reason I’m delurking to say this is because I can see where your step-daughter is coming from and why she is upset. I’m not a parent, and I know you have their best interest at heart, but if it were me, I’d reserve the email reading for the same circumstances as journal reading.
>LOL…play it for all it’s worth, Lindsay: you made the NYT 😉
>Here from Peach and glad I dropped by!Congrats on making it to the Times. Whats next….the cover of Newsweek?I can so relate to your texting/IM policy. My daughter is 13 years old and sends THOUSANDS of text messages each month. I have told her that it is all a matter of trust. I don’t arbitrarily intrude, but if I sense something is not right I reserve the ability to investigate. If things aren’t right there will be no cell phone or computer.
>bitlorin, I actually did a LOT of reading/talking about this to other moms before coming up with my ideas. It struck me that perhaps I’m actually being negligent, since I don’t have my girls’ passwords and both police AND Internet safety experts all say you need to have your kids’ passwords. Period. Read Mycrimespace.com and you’ll see so many instances of girls who could have perhaps avoided getting raped and even killed if their parents had been keeping track of their online activities.As for creating another account, it wouldn’t matter. It is incredibly easy for me to see anything that’s typed into my computer, regardless of what account/password is entered. I think it’s wrong to do this without telling people upfront that it could happen- but once everyone has been notified, I think it’s ethically okay and even the right decision in the case of minors.
>Don’t feel bad about the card. My husband once gave me a card that said “Congratulations on your Bat Mitzvah.For the record, I am neither thirteen, nor Jewish.
>I was exactly the same as you. “You know those ‘my mom is blogging this’ tees for sale at Blogher???? THEY’RE MINE!!!!! Of course, sans hyperlink…. LOLDon’t think I won’t be throwing that up on the internet.
>HUZZAH! The back of my head illuminates your beauty nicely 😉
>On the contrary, re: the card… I think it is precisely that kind of thing that proves you have more in common with the other mommies than you think! BTW- impressive that you have a stash of cards at all…I am not good at cards- we usually grab an index card and fold it in half or write to & from on the outside of the bag with a sharpie! I am good, however at putting my gigantic foot in my mouth though, by, for example, conversing (code for ranting) at my daughter's birthday party with (to) the other mommies about my passionate loathing for all things Bratz (miniature, whore replicas, anyone?- sorry)only to watch my 5 year old unwrap one from one of their daughters moments later…
>you’re famous! not surprised at all. love your wit and humor and your blog(s) are fantastically written.
>WOO HOO! COngrats!! I did read the NY times article and was all sad with envy! heck I am going next year!!
>Congrats on being in the NY Times. You have the greatest tag line EVER!
>hey – i just wanted to say thanks for posting yvonne’s reading too. i related to pretty much all of it, except I don’t have kids – and i can’t help but wonder if i’ll ever be able to have kids given that im so overweight. anyway, i’m glad that she was brave enough to write that blog, and even braver for sharing it with everyone.