Baby keep you up all night? Toddler refuse to walk faster than a glacier? Sometimes the best way to survive is knowing someone else is out there being tortured too. Here are twenty stories from the parenting trenches guaranteed to keep you sane for at least five more minutes. 20 Tweets From Hilarious Parents The anti-theft system …
I’m one of those people that if someone tells me NOT to do something, I immediately do it. Which is exactly what happened here. ALL these posts started popping up about how you should avoid searching for that, or get the eye bleach ready. Well, I’m a doer, not a thinker, so I immediately searched …
Dallas-area teenager Ashley Banks knows how to have a good time. Unfortunately, as we all know, a good time can get teens into a lot of hot water. That’s why when her mom found a baggie full of capsules in her room, she texted Ashley and demanded she come home immediately to talk. What mom …
As it turns out, the day after Mother’s Day is the most fun time to be a mom on Twitter. Inspired by a segment on the comedy game show @midnight with Chris Hardwick, fans tweeted the show their best parody songs about their moms using the hashtag #MomSongs. The results were, well…pretty accurate: I Wanna …
My daughter’s book was Pinkalicious, I probably read this book a hundred times, so when I saw this woman, Abi Shenton, who confused a Lush bath bomb for soap turned all over neon pink…I was reminded of PINKALICIOUS, the girl who ate too many pink cupcakes and turned herself PINK! Poor Abi, she got that bright pink hue, and didn’t …
So Twitter is a strange beast, right? I mean, 140 characters in which to convey something so amazing that other people will want to read, favorite, and share, AND then you have to do it all over again. Sometimes, though, these amazing hashtags pop up that make all the panic of coming up with the …
Do you love a good Twitter Party? You know we do, and we’re excited to host a party about giving thanks and ways we can support Project Rebuild! On FRIDAY, November 21st at 1:00 pm ET, please join us for the #ThanksGiveItUp Twitter Party where we’ll be sharing ways to give thanks, share thanks, and …
Do you love a good Twitter Party? You know I do and we’re excited to host a party to chat about gaming and The Sims 4! On Monday, September 2nd at 1:00 pm ET, please join us for the #TheSims4 Twitter Party where we’ll be discussing all of the new aspects of The Sims 4, the “Sim Your Friend” contest, and giving you …
Okay, so all week I’ve been talking about your online author platform and how to make it not suck with some easy steps…. but I am about to burst your bubble. So, prepare yourself. Are you prepared? No… I’ll give you a second. Okay, I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again. Heck every …
One of the coolest things about being a writer is that you have to have crazy fun life experiences in the name of research. So, if someone from Chevrolet contacts you and asks if you’d like to drive their cars to Oklahoma and eat fried pies, you have no choice but to say yes. So …
This is day three of the My Twitter Account vs. Scott Baio. If you are just now tuning in, you should start here: Part One: Charles is Not in Charge of My Direct Messages Then you need to read this: Part Two: Jamie Does Not Love Chachie Okay, so I called him out. I told …
So, I have a good twitter friend, Gwen Hayes. She’s a total sweetheart, and the kind of writer I strive to be. Earlier today she got into a little twitter battle with Scott Baio. Oh, you don’t remember him? Here, let me refresh your memory: Now, I’m not going to lie to you people. When …
watching last season’s Grey’s Anatomy and I just remembered why I stopped… they’re always showing sick kids! # RT @EgmontGal: join us now, chatting about children’s books# Daughter: When my dog wears a collar he belongs to me. When I take it off he belongs to the world! # Is there an iPhone app that …
There she goes again. Yes. That’s her own foot. http://twitpic.com/gomy0 # Oh look my best friends completely trashed. #drunktweet http://twitpic.com/gomun # And now metallics. It’s like thy read my frakkin mind. # Okay this place is totally the jam. Dueling pianos In Addison. Ftw! # YMCA!! Yus. http://twitpic.com/gofqo # Someone actually just puked!! Omg!! http://twitpic.com/go99e …
I love Gemmers! Come play with me http://bit.ly/7yN19 # Gemmers is hilarious right now! http://bit.ly/7yN19 # Okay, what part of fencon do I need to sign up for? # Are you guys following @bakersmark ? Lots of interesting writing articles for the would-be author! # I’m home from smalltown, Texas. It just reminds me that …
RT @PowerofNo: Whoever You Touch #failedchildrensbooktitles # RT @xtonks: #followfriday DNFWTF Crew! @KalebNation @jamieharrington @miss_ashleyc @devynburton @reinix #DNFWTF # For those wondering about pwn… http://is.gd/2srIa /cough @kirkmonster and @jimsissy /endcough # Whatever you’re doing… stop right now, get up and do the TIME WARP! ♫ http://blip.fm/~c3c0d # Seriously… why do I have to keep educating …
I may or may not be reading @StaciaKane’s next novel and it may or may not be BRILLIANT (as in it is… oh yes it is.) # I’m blog topic-less today… any ideas? # RT @kierstenwhite is THRILLED to announce that she and @harperteen are getting married and making three books babies. SQUEE!!! # Reading …
Dammit. I am so into True Blood right now that I was wondering who at the restaurant was vampire! # Is True Blood a copy of Twilight, or is Twilight the True Blood copy? # Just starting the True Blood Series… already I am way freaked out! # ohhhh @LaurenBarnholdt has a cute website, too! …
I have the 99 red balloons song stuck in my head… # Come watch my friend @ninjafanpire on BlogTV–She’s single boys! http://bit.ly/LPRp6 # I need to get my superhero on a little… going to watch Watchmen # Wow, Gateway Tech Support is hands down the worst customer service I’ve ever encountered… # This is like …
At Harry potter. This theater is co Pletely empty! WTF! # If you told me a month ago that I would spend my Saturday evening kayaking around a lake I would have laughed in hour face. # I wish my flip camera woukd get here! # Remember how the husband bought a kayak? Yeah he …
So, I needed a new wrist wallet- I got a COACH one, and I really don’t feel like a Coach kinda girl… it’s cute though… I dunno. # Is quicken online any good? # Lauren Conrad, The next Stephenie Meyer? Lord I hope not. http://is.gd/1vdsL # I think they’re doing away with Microsoft Money. I …
RT~ Please thank Aaron for giving his life today in Afghanistan~ #thankyouaaron for his father @davidmmasters # The new Janet evanovich isn’t available in ereader form. How am I gonna save the environment if I have to read paper copies? # So I think I just got myself involved in something called the adventure project. …
I usually love Disney channel movies but Princess Protection Program kinda sucked. # I think I want to do concerts in the park at the botanical gardens this weekend… anyone been? Was it cool? # It’s hotter than snot today. # Okay, I have looked through the first half of my manuscript yet again, …
Why is the news on CNN just replaying all the stuff that has already happened #iranelection # After getting caught up on the Iran news of today, I am in shock that this crap is still going on. Give these people their real recount! # haha I think I found my crutch word… http://bit.ly/KlTCl # …
For those of you that don’t know, I am obsessed with twitter. I tweet about random crap all day. It gets me through all the book writing fun. I like meeting new people, and the world of twitter makes me smile. But, I have a book I want published, and I want an agent to …
whew! I edited a ton this weekend… I think I shall take a little editing break… # he didn’t hump down… sigh… he JUMPED down. # Do people that don’t live in Texas wear flip-flops every day? # I thought I’d be happy when I hit 2k followers, now I want 5k–typical woman I am. …
http://www.blogtv.com/People/jamieharrington # We are reading my first three chapters of Sketch McGee here in blog tv and it is way fun! ZOMG!! # http://www.blogtv.com/People/jamieharrington we’re talking about how much I hate my chapter 2 # OMG the Ninja and I are on blog tv talking about whatever we want to talk about… http://www.blogtv.com/People/jamieharrington # ohmigosh… …
For those of you who ALSO need the reading rainbow on your iphone 🙂 http://audiko.net/g/wcrj # apparently this evening instead of writing, I am busy changing my ringtone to the reading rainbow theme song… # The gnomes on my desktop just now started freaking me out a little bit… # I am rereading my book …
Seriously, I am obsessed with all things Joss Whedon, I played Mario Kart on a Super Nintendo. I once got a job at a video game store because I pre-ordered a copy of Zelda, I know how wtfpwn a raid boss, I can quote movies that most of you haven’t seen, and I’ve had a …
Hakuna Matata! ♫ http://blip.fm/~5yp3w # I have been singing this song all day… ♫ http://blip.fm/~5ynpu # did I miss the party? lol #sigjeans # RT @ResourcefulMom Only 2 hours left to tweet #SigJeans hashtag to enter to win Twitter By the Sea cruises! http://tinyurl.com/q5e3tj # Why does my husband think that if he calls tomorrow …
I dunno if it’s gonna hail but we stuck both cars inside. I hate having to take a car in for hail damage #fickletxweather # 3k a day in May I’m so coming for you. # I love editing books… I should forget the writing career and make a go of it as a book …
Oh I did make my tweetdeck all nice and grey… # OKay… for serious now… I am going to work on my book! Sheeshtara. # so what’s the max percentage of my API thingy I should be using on the tweetdeck? # If you’re profile is creepy molester looking… I will not follow you. # …