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A few of my favorite things….

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I am somewhat stunned and more than a little embarrassed that I haven’t posted in nearly 3 months. It’s not for a lack of stories, trust me. Just some of the ones that are most consuming me cannot be told. Or at least, not yet.

Think of that as a teaser for next season if you like.

In the meantime, let me share a few things that we are enjoying this holiday season.

The Lighthouse Contest at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. (I liked #6, Doug liked #10)

Bryant Park Holiday Shops (through Jan. 8th ) and the Holiday Fair at Grand Central (ended December 24th, check it out next year.)

Glee’s 2011 Christmas Album

Eureka’s Holiday Episode: Watch online here.   And a clip:

Finally — my new year wish for you: http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=3259146674439&source=jl999

And a PS – which will also be cross-posted to Marketing Roadmaps — a HUGE thank you to everyone who purchased or read Professional Blogging For Dummies, and extra love to those who sent me an email. I am so glad people are finding the book helpful, and cannot tell you how much your kind words mean to me. You rock my socks.

Glee, Chuck and Mothers of Intention

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Within the next few weeks, most of the TV shows I watch regularly will air their season finales. Chuck already has, and boy was it a doozy. I won’t spoil it for you if you haven’t seen it, but you can read the rundown here. Castle wrapped up as well, and I’ve heard it was AMAZING, but I haven’t watched it yet. Thank goodness for DVRs.[Update 5/19: We watched Castle last night. All I can say is OMG.]

Glee aired the next-to-last ep last night, Funeral, and it was definitely a tearjerker. I pretty much agree with everything E! Online’s Kristin writes in her wrap-up,  but my favorite moments were the two Finn and Kurt scenes with Sue Sylvester, Lea Michele‘s solo of My Man and the incredible cast performance of Pure Imagination (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory). To hear both songs as well as two of the original songs from the season finale, head on over to AOL Music, which has the full Glee The Music Volume 6 album a week early.[Update 5/19: Just listened to the audio of Chris Colfer and Lea Michele singing For Good from Wicked from next week’s season finale. Reminded me of another highlight from Tuesday’s ep that I really loved — when Kurt couldn’t help but applaud Rachel’s solo, even though he was competing with her. Reminded me of Rachel’s enthusiastic applause for Kurt at Regionals, and how far those two characters have come on this show when most of the others just seem stuck.]

For a taste of next week’s episode, here’s the promo that aired last night.  My guess for the “unscripted moment” referred to at the end is a Finchel kiss. What do you think?

It’s a good thing, though, that my tv shows are drawing to a close. It will leave me more time to read Mothers of Intention: How Women and Social Media are Revolutionizing Politics in America by my good friend Joanne Bamberger (PunditMom). A combination of original research and essays originally published on blogs, Mothers of Intention examines how women, empowered by social media,  have become a larger presence in political activism.

I’m honored that one of my posts Has Dooce become the modern day June Cleaver? is included in the book, and look forward to reading all the others. Publication date is June 1, but it is available for pre-order on Amazon now.

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Come panic about babies with Finslippy, Fussy and BlogHer in Portland, Seattle and the Bay Area

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BlogHer is sponsoring the West Coast leg of the book tour for Let’s Panic About Babies by Alice Bradley (“Finslippy“) and Eden Kennedy (“Fussy“). We start in Portland Oregon on April 5th, move up to Seattle on April 6th and then down to the San Francisco Bay area April 8, 9 and 10. Alice and Eden will be doing book signings and readings at independent book stores, and we’ll have no-host blogger meet-ups in nearby pubs and restaurants before and/or after the signings.

The full schedule with times and locations is here.

I’ll be joining these funny ladies in Portland, BlogHer co-founder and president, strategic alliances Jory DesJardins will be with them in Seattle and ceo/co-founder Lisa Stone will be at the Bay Area events.

Let’s Panic About Babies is a humorous look at parenthood. Because, really, if you don’t laugh, you’ll often want to cry, and laugh lines are so much more attractive than worry lines.

Every new parent has doubts about the often uncomfortable and frequently scary adventure that is parenthood. And we screw up left and right.  It’s a good thing that children don’t remember much of what happens before the age of 5. It’s like a free pass on the early mistakes; you know that at least those disasters won’t contribute to your child’s eventual psychological problems. After 5 though — yeah, all your fault.

Unless you are prone to frequent psychotic episodes, these doubts will continue well into your child’s adulthood. Unfortunately most advice books tend to take a preachy tone, which only increases our doubts about our capabilities as parents.

Let’s Panic is the perfect antidote to the “What to expect” genre, and should be in every parent’s toolkit for when they run into the inevitable Sanctimommy (©Mom-101).

Will you love every joke in the book? Maybe not. Like most humor, some things will strike you funnier than others. But overall, if you get this book, you will laugh, cry and probably pee your pants. Just a little.

I’m looking forward to hearing them read from the book, and hope you can join us at one of the stops.

Not able to join us? You can of course buy a copy at your online bookseller of choice (my Amazon affiliate link). Even better, BlogHer is giving away 20 copies. Just leave a comment on the Let’s Panic tour page on BlogHer.com for a chance to win one.

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Disclosure: I work for BlogHer, was involved in the planning of the tour and received my copy of the book from the publisher.

Cross posted to Marketing Roadmaps.