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Cult Related & Resources
- Not A Diamond Personal Journal of “Diamond,” one of the women I was in a cult with. She is just starting to talk about what we went through.
- Tent Moot Crash History of Bit of Earth and following the activities of Andrew Blake. We used to be enemies, but now we know better.
My Other Activities
- Isaac's Journey My blog about my first pregnancy and birth, and the son I lost.
- My Etsy Store Sometimes I make crap. Sometimes I want to get rid of it.
Other Sites I Deem Worthwhile
- 10 Centimeters Where nature and science converge; Blogging for a Better Birth
- A Brave Life Balance. Beauty. Balls.
- Cinemassacre Productions The Angry Video Game Nerd, who makes 8-bit reviews funny to even a non-gamer like me. Also, he makes movies, and that’s awesome.
- Cracked Smart, funny and cites their sources. Oh yeah.
- Free Range Kids Sanity in parenting. Keeping me from being a SMother
- Friendly Atheist News and commentary from the Godless World
- Geek in the City My cousin always wears a kilt, has a foot of beard and pretends to be a pirate on a regular basis. And yet *I’m* the crazy one. This is his job. It is awesome.
- Glamour Daze I found this and fell in love instantly.
- Glow in the Woods Amazing pregnancy/baby loss resource. Beautiful and very thorough.
- How To Be A Grown-Up Growing old takes time. Growing up takes work.
- Knocked Up, Knocked Down Though she’s not updating anymore, this is a great, irreverent, honest blog about pregnancy loss and stillbirth. She even wrote a book.
- Paging Dr. NerdLove “Helping nerds get the girl.” Love this.
- Plinkett's Reviews on RedLetterMedia I have learned more about film from his deconstructions than I did living in Hollywood. Also, pizza rolls, for some reason.
- Regretsy Oh, how I love to mock the crafts of others.
- SkepChick Logical, rational women. We do, in fact, exist.
- The Meming of Life Blog by the author of Parenting Beyond Belief
- The Nostalgia Chick Not surprisngly, the Nostalgia Chick goes more in depth than the Critic (who swears more, which is a point in his favor). Man, I’m glad someone else remembers Jem and the Holograms.
- The Nostalgia Critic Great mashup reviews of stuff from childhood. Because the 80′s were SOOOOOOOOO long ago…
- The Skeptical OB I believe in Science. Not Ambience.
Personal Blogs
- Angie the Anti-Theist
- Blag Hag
- Confessions of a Housewife A dear friend’s struggle with infertility.
- Letters to Layla
- Life Being Blonde
- Little Greenlings
- Mothering Many Feet
- The Daily Orrin The cutest little boy ever (that I didn’t personally give birth to)
- What Pale Blue Dot?
Category Archives: Family and Framily
Paying it Forward
I’ve written before about our extended group of friends – our “framily” – and how close we all are. We’re a wide-ranging and well-traveled bunch, so like any family there are branches we don’t see as often. And on one … Continue reading
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Explaining Death to an Atheist Child
Had some girlfriends over with their daughters for a little pre-Christmas festivity. Lovely day; gossiping and toddlers playing well together (and sharing! OMG!). And of course, baking cookies with Miss Ella, who also drew me a really nice picture of … Continue reading
Sister Wives, Cults and Collective Living
In the last week, I’ve been putting a lot of time into memories of my time in the cult. Obviously, given all that’s happened lately. But while I’ve been writing, often up late because I’ve had terrible insomnia (related? I … Continue reading
Vas Difference
*I hope my husband forgives me for being nice to him in public. We decided before we even tried to knock me up that we only wanted one child. I was (effectively) an only child and, for the most part, … Continue reading
How I Met Your Father
It is absolutely unsurprising that Chip and I met online. I mean, he does all his shopping there. And the way I saw it, the kind of guy I wanted to meet would know exactly what he wanted, what he … Continue reading
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A Fine Bromance
When Chip and I started dating, he lived in one half of a duplex with Chris, who he’s known since little league. Around the time we decided to live together, the neighbors in the other half moved out, and Chip … Continue reading
At Least My House Is Clean
My father and half-brother are coming to visit me for the first time. Pretty much ever. Of course I wound up painting the storage unit, powerwashing both halves of the duplex and touching up all the trim in the bathroom. … Continue reading
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