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The PetCobra Holiday Roundup

I've been writing a ton of stuff about the holiday season; even I'm having trouble keeping up with all of it. So in lieu of an actual blog post, here's all my 2012 Christmas and Hanukkah ramblings. I'm sure there will be more. We haven't even gotten to the Dora Kitchen Situation.

Over at Babble's Dadding site:

5 Perfect Holiday Gifts For Dad

Bad Dad Confessional: I Am Happy To Share My Bad Santa Photos

Eight Crazy Nights And One Crazy Day: Why We Celebrate Hanukkah AND Christmas

 

Over at DadCentric:

A Letter From The Elf On The Shelf To Our Children

A Gallery Of Disturbing Christmas Tree Ornaments

Why I Lie To My Kids About Santa

Hope you enjoy. Sing 'em out, Run-DMC.

 

Three Things I Learned At BlogHer 2011

So I went to my first BlogHer Conference, because it was here in San Diego, and hey, why not? I submitted a big essay to my overlords at Man Of The House, which will detail What It All Meant, so I won't do an exhaustive/exhausting recap here. I said hi to just about everyone I met for the first time over at Twitter, but I think I forgot to mention that it was great meeting Whipstitch, who is married to my friend The Muskrat. I also forgot to mention that I met Lotus, who along with being very nice is an amazing photographer. Cool names, right? It's like they're superheroes. (Marvel superheroes, because they seem to have the best handles.) Oh, and I met Avitable. Also a cool name. Like a Bond villian's. And unlike you, they get a shoutout in a blog post. 

I learned three things at BlogHer. In no particular order:

1. Using A Picture That Looks Like You On Your Blog Or Profile Really Helps. Especially if you're a guy at conference for women - the nametags usually hang around the midriff, and while I do enjoy staring at women's chests from time to time, that can be awkward in certain social/professional situations. It was nice to know people by their face, and it was nice to be recognized. Everyone who recognized me said I looked exactly like I do in my picture, especially on Saturday, because I was wearing the exact same shirt. Also, I bought my pass from someone who was not able to attend, and her handle is A Vapid Blonde, which in my case is only 50% true. (Thanks again, Marla!)

2. You Will Have At Least One Socially Awkward Encounter. Here's how mine went.

Me: "Hi, I'm Jason, I run DadCentric. Nice to meet you!" (I'm actually somewhat friendly in real life.)

Female Blogger Who Shall Remain Nameless: "Are you an asshole? Because you look like you're an asshole. I bet you're an asshole."

Me: (Long pause.) "Um...I...try not to be?"

Female Blogger Who Shall Remain Nameless: "You look like one of those asshole guys. Like, your jaw. It's an asshole jaw."

Me: "Ah, well, I, uh..."

Female Blogger Who Shall Remain Nameless: "Also, the hair. And that shirt."

Me: "Ok, well, hey, great to meet you."

3. Turkey breakfast sausages dipped in pancake batter and then deep-fried like a corn dog are the bomb. But you probably knew that already.

PC On The Radio

So you may know that I've appeared as a guest twice on NuPoppa Radio. Apparently, I passed some sort of Top Secret Audition; the show's founder and host Doug Zanger asked me if I'd like to be the new co-host, and of course I said yes. In my best Kasey Kasem voice. 

I do have a background in radio. That background consisted of approximately two late night stints at San Diego State's KCR; my friend Matt and I filled in for our friend Brian, who I think was studying for a test or writing a paper or whatever it was that responsible college students did back then. Our comedic stylings consisted of Cop In, Cop Out (we'd call our local 7-11 and ask if there was a cop hanging around trying to use his badge to score some free Slurpee action; of course, when we called and the guy working the register said "no", we didn't really have much of a bit); we also played some music (I distinctly recall playing some Flying Burrito Brothers and Fishbone). Then MTV was invented and we were all out of jobs. DAMN YOU J.J. JACKSON. (I'm aware that I was in college in the early 90's, some 10 years after MTV was invented, but I still blame the MTV people - I also think that they assassinated Art Bell and replaced him with a computerized simulacrum, but I have no actual proof - yet.)

You can listen to the show every Thursday at 11:00 AM PST. 

The Week in Me for Friday, Sept. 5, 2008

Here's some other stuff I did this week:

Over at DadCentric, I evoked the ghost of Dan Cortese. Oh, wait, he's not dead.

Over at MamaPop, I helped spread the word about Stand Up To Cancer. Dan Cortese was involved.

Also this week, I spent too much time on Twitter, avoided throwing my shoe through the TV while watching the G.O.P. convention, pondered perpetual motion, got 50 pages into Steven Hall's The Raw Shark Texts and decided that it was the best book I've read this year, and awoke the political beast within me from its long and deep slumber.

The Week In Me for Friday, August 22, 2008

Friday seems to a day for slack-assedness around the blogosphere. I am not one to buck the system, so I think that every Friday I will just recap what I did on the other sites that I write for (along with any guestblogging I might do. I like guestblogging. Hint hint.) Here's what I did over at my other haunts this week:

Over at DadCentric, I reviewed The Clone Wars and posted a nice little film about bunnies.

Over at MamaPop, I addressed an Olympic travesty and almost reviewed a "video game" featuring Amy Winehouse.

SavvySource was kind enough to run a piece of mine, which appeared in a slightly different form on this site a couple of days ago. I didn't actually think it would be posted there, and I wasn't really happy with the version I sent them, so PetCobra readers, you got the Director's Cut.

In other non-writing news, I did not surf, I ate some leftover carnitas, and today I spent about four hours trying to get a piece of some sort of dried herb - I'm guessing oregano - out from 'twixt a couple of molars.