After taking an extended hiatus for a brisk two and a half years, I’m finally bringing back the Links Round-Up! For those of you who are new to the round-up, it’s where I post the best and the worst of the week’s news, pop culture, and random viral links.
If you’re a reader of STFUP on Facebook or Twitter, it’s possible you’ll have seen some of these links before. But since some people don’t have social media accounts or read those pages, I thought it would be fun to bring back the round-up! I’m also going to be running some of these posts in conjunction with sponsors, which helps make running the site possible (i.e. allows me to buy the FANCIEST pajamas in which to blog) and helps support other writers and small companies. Additionally, I’ll be using the round-up as a place to post about notable blog or book press, and I just know you guys are thrilled to hear about that. So, let’s get this party started!
As an extension of today’s earlier post and this week’s Mommyish column, and in tribute to the window sign in the last Links Round-Up post back in June ‘10, I chose the above image of a retail sign sent in by a reader. It’s pretty awesome.
- Umbilical cord photo canvases are the new placenta prints. (Except not really, because nothing is worse than that.) [Daily Mail]
- ‘How should men act around children?’ raises some excellent points about stereotypes surrounding men and children. [Essential Mums]
- The Apple store is home to amazing technology as well as several extra-squishy “pee balls.” [TechCrunch]
- Cake Wrecks never disappoints. Also, I really like the Alien-inspired cake at the end. [Cake Wrecks]
- ‘Child Who Just Lost Balloon Begins Lifelong Battle With Depression’ [The Onion]
- Iowa state Representative Ted Gassman wondered aloud if his granddaughter was on the cusp of becoming a hormonally-enraged slut. [Wonkette]
- Women sure are fat and lazy. Thanks for the memo, Coca Cola! [KRMG]
- B-Girl Terra has stolen the world’s heart because she rules. [YouTube]
- ‘World’s Most Embarrassing Mom Makes Peruvian Government Hunt Down Her Son When He Stops Posting On Facebook’ is the best story about a mom losing her shit over something Facebook-related ever. [Gawker]
- You can run, but you can’t hide…from the Beaver Baby. [One Classy Motha]
- Did you know that babies in Finland often nap outside in sub-zero temperatures? You did? Well aren’t you so smart. [BBC News]
- “If it sounds like I’m characterizing your beautiful, special, way-above-average toddler as animal-like, that’s because I am.” [Slate]
- Australian host Chrissie Swan writes about why you shouldn’t talk about your kids incessantly. [The Age]
- The sweetest story ever told whose title gets a Rihanna song stuck in your head: ‘We Found Our Son in the Subway.” [New York Times]
- “The couple chose Ily for their daughter’s first name, an abbreviation for “I love you.”” ‘Raffle to decide baby Ily’s middle name’ is hardly “news,” and yet here I am reporting it. [WFAA]
- Last but not least, happy International Women’s Day, everyone! Remembertosupportthe ladies.
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