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I just wanted to recommend a few new blogs. I'm trying to make them non-political, but some politics seems to be slipping in.

http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/ by Lenore Skenazy. She manages to separate sensible precautions from overboard hyper-parenting, and she's really funny at the same time. Also check out the essays she's published. My favorite is the one about skills Sarah Palin could have learned in the PTA.

Cake Wrecks This blog has made me laugh so much I've had to sit down. It's about professional cakes that go terribly wrong. My favorites are the cakes that put the instructions for the decorations on the cake.

Sand in the Gears by Tony Woodlief. He is a conservative, but his viewpoint is not the typical one---he often points out follies of knee-jerk (emphasis on the jerk) conservatism. He is also raising 4 boys, and his post about going out to eat with them could have been copied almost verbatim from our conversations.

Finally, one I just found yesterday, netflix origami. A great way to recycle all those flaps from your netflix envelopes.
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Lenise said…
I love, love, love Tony's blog. It's impossible not to respect the man (and his wife!), after having lost their daughter, but maintaining their faith and plunging into parenthood again. Nobody can tear me up like Tony. What a writer! What a guy!
November 5, 2008 at 10:30 PM
mathmom said…
I found his blog from yours, I think, although I had been reading his articles in World for a while.

And I got a hat tip on your blog! I suppose I should have referenced you when I listed Tony's blog... This is a bit confusing...
November 6, 2008 at 1:47 PM
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