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Friends, I have pondered for almost a month how I should deal with the inch high stack of cards on my desk from BlogHer. Long story short, I'm going to work my way through them and link to a post by each one, perhaps with a bit of detail about how we met, perhaps not.

Any more detail about how and why I am using this method would bore even me, so here we go.

You must see what Stephanie of A Year of Crockpotting recently did after running a half marathon.

Laura of No Appropriate Behavior loves to high five people, and she took my favorite photograph of 2008 thus far. If she didn't live so far away, she'd be perfect.

Genie of ...in a bottle has blog cards were so cute that I told her I didn't know whether to marry her or stab her to death, which is WAY inappropriate to say to someone you don't know. She is apparently in the middle of a lingering home renovation project and you should read this post about it.

Laurie totally cracked me up with this quick post about Matthew McConaghey or however you spell his damn name.

Maria is a charming and gracious person with a beautiful speaking voice and a great sense of style. If you have a chance to hang out with her, do it. She is currently asking for suggestions about how to deal with it when life seems to be repeating itself.

Why, why did I never post this awesome Valentine's Day communication to the federal government? I must not love you.

Sometimes I get suspicious of religious people. I know it's bad of me, but I do. But then I see something like this nationwide demonstration against torture and I think, y'know, I need to get over being so prejudiced.

Who knew training to be a pharmacist could be so much fun?

Today was busy. Busy busy busy. Paying work, then vaccuuming, then off to the park, then the hour long saga of getting Boy Detective to sleep. So a quick post and then off to my own bed, hopefully to stay there for more than 45 minutes before the next round of screaming begins.

(Screen reader users: feel free to give me feedback over whether it's fair to post links to political cartoons without providing a transcript, as long as you can tell what the link is so you don't follow it for no reason. Still thinking this through for personal blogs.)

I can't even read this (scanned-in newspaper article) without laughing. The victim of this crime needs some personal sharing boundaries.

This cartoon is SO TRUE.

This political cartoon is also quite true.

A few quick posts I enjoyed lately, with my own titles:

I dare you to start using this phrase.

Next time, the note will be from the salad I forgot in the back of the fridge.

I so can't wait until Boy Detective talks back if he's going to be this clever.

Yes, but almost any answer is correct.

Note that she grew up like I did, using "coke" as a generic. When specificity is called for, though, she uses the actual name of the product in question.

• Who is Behind Your Green Snack? : TreeHugger
  It's so hard to be a good consumer.
• CareCalendar - Filling the needs
  Brilliant. I wish we'd had this when my friend J's daughter was in the hospital.
• I'm gonna vote for McCain 'cause he's a white dude
  Well put.
• Growing Pains for a Deep-Sea Home Built of Subway Cars - New York Times
  They're running out of obsolete subway cars because they've found a use for them. Awesome.
• HumanKindMedia: Soapbox: 3 ways to advocate and activate
  I have no comment, I just like this.
• Quote of the Day: Lisa Kogan on Environmental Arithmetic : TreeHugger
  Don't piss off Al Gore, y'all.

• whip up » Blog Archive » toys & games: roman sock toys
  I totally want some of those turtles. I will pay.
• Larry Niven Tells DHS to Spread Organ Harvesting Rumors
  So, so wrong. Popular tags for this on delicious are apparently "race" and "wtf." I couldn't agree more.
• Why Everything Goes Better With Space Monkeys
  I can't argue with that.
• TV-B-Gone | STONE DEAF PILOTS - the deaf technology blog.
  Sweet, sweet activism.
• Facebook Is Extending Its Network to Blood Donations - New York Times
  Oh, a way for Facebook to actually be useful.

Eliminate the fake flowers for good, and our country will be stronger.

• DollyMix: Peace Over Violence's "This is not an invitation to rape me" ad campaign
  Wow. Wow. Wow.
• Bruce Osborn :: Series :: Oyako Gallery Images
  Gorgeous photography of parents and their adult children.
• The Gimp Parade: Yes, the road to hell is paved, but that doesn't mean it's accessible
  Something I never thought about, but should have.
• How to respond to a racist joke at Race in the Workplace - how diversity, race and racism influence our working lives
  I wonder how this would work at my next family reunion...

1. Gee's Bend - Ties and Christmas Ornaments, blogged by Kyra E. Hicks at her blog Black Threads. (Ms. Hicks is the author of several books on quilting. If you're into quilts and you're not reading her blog yet, why not?) Yummy ornaments, ties, and other Gee's Bend designs.
2. Crafting a Green World, a new blog at GreenOptions.com, covers eco-friendly crafting books, events, companies, and more. It's just started, so head over and give them some love.
3. This 404 page is overwhelming, but amusing.
4. Wallpapers and screensavers from National Geographic, via this post on etc.. Lovely.
5. Where cats go when they die.

• Out of the closet: Figuring out what works and what doesn't | BlogHer
  Susan Wagner is a genius. Check out the hanger trick.
• Being a racist doesn't make you Margaret Sanger : The Curvature
  The post title is so perfect that I don't have anything to add.
• AngryBlackBitch: Tensions heating & drama increasing…
  We are New Britannia and I think you need to recognize!
• Finding a kindergarten for a multiracial family at Anti-Racist Parent - for parents committed to raising children with an anti-racist outlook
  Horrifying.
• Ten Money Questions for Debra Roby | BlogHer
  Next time I'm accused of having too much fabric, I'm going to use Debra's excuse that my stash is "elegant, organized by theme, and a true snapshot of the color trends from the past X years." That makes it ok.