Why you should watch tonight’s episode of Community

Community

Because it's awesome, that why. Thanks to One2One Network, I got to watch tonight's special Christmas episode of Community, titled "Abed's Unconrollable Christmas".  It's the last day of classes before Christmas break at Greendale,  and while Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) makes the announcement that everyone is invited to express their holiday sentiments in their own constitutionally-approved fashion in specially designated zones (ha!), Abed (Danny Pudi) joins the group in the cafeteria and after wishing Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) and the rest of the group a Merry Christmas, asks what everyone is doing over the break.  Annie (Alison Brie) plans to read all of the books required for a class, Troy (Donald Glover) wants to make locking himself in his room with video games a new tradition. When Abed is disappointed, Pierce (Chevy Chase) asks him why he even cares about Christmas, as a Muslim.  Abed tells everyone that it must be a special Christmas because everyone has been turned into … [Read more...]

In Case You Weren’t Sure, THIS Is A Mommyblog

What does it mean to be a Mommyblogger? When I started blogging in 2005, I was writing about being pregnant with my third child, and my two boys, and my life in general.  I found a small group of other Mom blogs that I really liked, I commented on their posts, they commented on my posts. They were my COMMUNITY. And then on February 25, 2006, I decided to write about how much I loved Swiffer Sweepers in this post titled I Love Swiffer, Yes I Do. Why? Because cleaning my house was part of my life, and it seemed like a good topic for a post.  Never in my wildest dreams did I think that anyone representing Swiffer would read my post. Except, that's exactly what happened. A P.R. person representing Swiffer read my post and emailed me, saying that he liked my post, and he was getting the word out about a new redesigned Swiffer sweeper, and would I like to get one? And if I felt like it, would I write my opinion of it on my blog?  I was dumbstruck!  But I said sure, why not, … [Read more...]