Parents Behaving Badly – I often cover some of these stories myself, but usually only the ones that affect me in one way or another, but for those that need a reminder that they are not the worst parent on earth (which I think every parent feels at one time or another) here you have a site dedicated to those that really are the worst. I just wish they didn’t have so many true stories to… you know… write about.

Queen of Shake-Shake – This one was recommended in last weeks Blogspotting and exactly the reason I started doing this bit every week. Sharing and finding some of the best blogs around that may have gone overlooked otherwise. So as always please feel free to share, because I am always looking for new good reads like this.

I Hate Crocs (hat tip to Motherhood Uncensored). A blog dedicated to what may be the most insidious shoe since the days of “Dr. Scholls” back in the early 80′s? I am all for it. Of course, I hated them solely for this appearance until I checked out the Crocs Accidents Blog (no longer active, but the stories they listed are quite unnerving). Now I don’t like ‘em for safety and appearance reasons.

I am not all that big usually on those “True Confession” web sites, and now there are plenty of them to go around, but I have to admit that for a small while I was enjoying peeking in on the confessions of other Dads at True DadConfessions. If I don’t get anything done this afternoon, I will tell my boss to blame Wendy, since she found it first.

Now this one takes a long route here, as it was apparently first a planned post by Velveteen Mind (a recent addition to my blogroll) , but was “stolen” by Suburban Oblivion (no not really), and then I thought I would just throw in my couple of copper pennies in. Long story short (oh stop), if you get invited to participate in this so-called Blogging to Fame (I’m liking to Sara’s post, not Blogging to Fame) , either a. pass or b. Take a long serious look before you register. It won’t take long looking over the website before you will draw the same conclusion that this thing doesn’t pass the smell test. It wasn’t helped any with a reply to Suburban Oblivion where they tried to “correct” her with… well with nothing but sort of a “we are too legitimate… but won’t tell you how or why” type of response.

I’m sure I am not breaking any new ground by mentioning Woulda Coulda Shoulda. But I have to tell you, if you are even thinking of moving, selling a home, buying a home, etc. Just reading the fiascos she and her newly betrothed are dealing with, will certainly make even the most masochistic person think twice.

Playgroups are No Place for Children deserves mention just for the name alone. But as it turns out, Jennifer isn’t a bad read either. (a definite bonus if you read blogs I would say.)

So it seems that Liz over at This Full House has had another birthday (I could have sworn she had one just last year), and to commemorate the ocassion, I would like to get her up to 43 Comments and Birthday Wishes. So please stop by here and wish her a Happy Birthday. (Oh, and any link help you could provide would of course be greatly appreciated, since I don’t think I have the volume of readers needed to actually get this done).

Like many people, I am often (to be polite) skeptical when it comes to infomercials. I mean the claims are always so dramatic and over the top. But sometimes I think to myself that if the product is just half as good as it claims then it might be worth it. But how can I tell for sure? How can I find the gems among the troves of late night garbage being hawked? Well, thankfully The Frog Report is back from a brief hiatus, and back testing products of the “Not Found In Any Store” variety. So before dropping your money on a product hawked by some has-been or former child star (was that redundant?) stop by and see what The Frog Report has to say.

Being a NJ Devils fan (thus hating the Senators),  and having felt robbed when PaintShopPro got taken over (and ruined) by Corel, I rarely like anything in or around Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  At one time, I might have even said, it was Hell on Earth (or something along those lines).  But unfortunately, I can no longer take this as fact.  Once I started reading Bread Crumbs in the Butter, my view of this fine city has changed.  Any area that can be called home by this this cool mom, can’t be all evil.

Dad Gone Mad has a interesting discussion up asking, Who Really Cares About Celebrities? The implied question of course is “If you do care, Why?” Honestly, I have never understood the fascination that some people have with celebrities. It is like we have this entire breed of virtual stalkers that need to know every little detail about a celebrities life. Creepy really.

GenBetween a blog dedicated to those of the Sandwich Generation (having to deal with kids as well as aging parents) is celebrating its first anniversary. I guessing Elizabeth never though she would have quite so many tough situations to cover in this first year, and I certainly hope she has less in the year ahead. Go on over and wish her a Happy Blogiversary.

Wendy from Things in your Head, has a great post up, that I think many parent’s of an only child feel at one time or another, when being your child’s playmate in The Great Outdoors, becomes a frustrating grind.

The Bean Blog brings up a point near and not so dear to my heart, school uniforms, and wonders as I did around this time last year when I was fighting my school board, Whatever happened to celebrating our uniqueness?

Thrifty Mommy – as any (well not any, but any average) parent knows, trying to save money can be a real chore. It seems that those dang kids always want to need something. You know, like they just insist on having clothes that actually fit them (who told them they could grow). Fortunately places like Thrifty Mommy, help come up with money saving tips and ideas that may otherwise be overlooked.

Mom-101 – Welcome to baby Sage.

Plain Jane Mom.  Now I know it is quite impossible to know about all of the great blogs out there, and I know I already have a fantastic blogroll of super people already, but it always amazes me when I find a blog like this, that reads so much like my own thoughts at times, and I wonder why I didn’t already know about it.  If I was woman, I could probably get away with saying I pink puffy heart Plain Jane Mom… oh… well… I guess I already did anyway.

Izzymom  has a fantasic post up about taking up action and demanding that Scholastic remove Bratz Dolls books from their school offerings.  And (unlike me), she has… you know… actual reasons beyond the fact that they are a bunch of freakish looking things.

Phat Mommy counters with argument that Corporations are only responsible to the almighty dollar, and that it is the parent’s responsibility to instill values in the child.   While I agree with her point about instilling values, when did it become that companies care about nothing but their bottom line?

In the category of giving props to another of my longtime blogroll faves… Have any of you gone over and read the Daddy Detective?  I love his “case” format, but it is his all too real and easily identifiable style of writing that keeps me coming back.