Friday
30May2008
Little Pimpin, Vol. 1
Friday, May 30, 2008 If you can't pimp your blog friends, who can you pimp (without landing in jail)?
My roundup of contests, campaigns, carnivals, theme posts and anything else my blog friends are trying to make noise about.
- Blog for Education Day: June 20 - My friends April and Cablegirl are reaching out to parent bloggers to write about something that affects us all: education. Read their posts: here and here.
- Online Parenting Group: Ashley, aka BossSanders, started an online parenting group over at Lilaguide.com and needs 600 members to win a contest. Just sign up. You don't have to subscribe to 6 weeks of Entertainment Weekly or anything nutty like that. She just needs warm bodies. Don't we all.
- Easiest Contest Ever: Tyler from Building Camelot is making us jump through hoops again. Go to his site and subscribe to his feed. Or tell him you subscribe if you already do. I know, like we don't have other things to worry about! But he's a cool dude, and you could win $50. He's also hosting the next Manival. Sounds kinky.
- Mommy/Daddy Ink: Sunshine over at And The Pursuit of Happiness is doing something really cool. So cool, in fact, that I thought of it too. But she beat me to the punch, so I am participating in hers. Send her pics of your tattoos by June 1 and she'll feature you in a mix 'n match post where readers guess the owner. I sent mine in. You should too. And if you don't have a tattoo, go get one now! Do it for your blog!
- Send Maria to BlogHer: There's something immoral up in here, and that's the way I like it. Maria, everyone's favorite Immoral Matriarch was asked to be a speaker at this year's BlogHer convention. This is a good thing for the mom blogging world. A very good thing. Read about it here, and lend her your support.
- Prom Stories Wanted: You know you have one. Go over to Mommy's Martini and join the fun. She's hosting a prom story carnival on June 3. I'm considering posting mine. Considering. (No, it wasn't at all exciting. Just something I need to make good for because it was probably the single most inconsiderate thing I ever did.)
- Can you act as your own pimp? Because I need to get you guys over to my other site, Stark Raving Dads. Submit questions (moms, we're opening it up for you too!) because we're running low on blog fodder.
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Reader Comments (20)
Luckily my hoop is pretty low to the ground and easy to jump through. I hope nobody complains when they win $50!
Thanks for the mention. Have a great weekend.
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[BusyDad] I certainly won't (complain, that is).
Yay! Thanks for pimpin' me out ;) I'm going to go over to Stark Raving Dads, now...to submit my question.
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[BusyDad] Does that mean if you get 600 members, you need to give me like 60 or something?
Daddy, I feel so very honored to be one of your girls. Or Fury's. Whomever is the pimp is who I'm talking to...
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[BusyDad] Fury is the pimp behind the pimp behind the pimp. Sorry, I know I use Swingers references WAY TOO OFTEN.
Cool round-up Jim! Did you put an entry in the Discovering Dad Blog Carnival for June - it's coming out on Sunday? I know that you were in last month - e-mail me a link and I'll put you in! Later man!
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[BusyDad] Will do!!
You're an awesome pimp! Thank you!!
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[BusyDad] Damn, I really should have listened to my guidance counselor when he told me that. But nooo, I went into marketing.
Is it pimping or whoring? I've been called both recently!
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[BusyDad] Well if I'm pimping myself, you're probably right about the whore part. And not to worry HuckD. I think you're only 15% whore.
Can we start a "get Natalie a new cell phone because it's too hot in Arizona and her sweat broke the 3,6, and 9 keys" drive?
No?
Darn.
But my birthday is June 3rd (*ahem*). Maybe I'll participate in that carnival, even though I remember approximately NOTHING about my prom. Have the pictures though!
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[BusyDad] You need my cell phone. Casio G'Zone - waterproof and drop-proof baby! The BEST cell for parents.
I am also pimping April on my blog, so dude, did you steal that title from ME? Some of these are really great opportunities for our voices, as parents and as human, to be heard. Others just sound like a shitload of fun. In faaact....think I need to go out and GET a tatoo just so I can have a photo of it on someone's blog. I am cheap and easy like that.
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[BusyDad] Now that's the Spirit!!
Okay, so I submitted a question. Hope you don't mind if I submit about a gazillion more.
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[BusyDad] As long as you don't follow all our advice, I think it'll be fine.
Pimps are my fav.
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[BusyDad] I think they're right there between Firemen and TV Doctors, right?
Pimp daddy, you rock my world! :) First of all, that photo of Fury is seriously amazing. Secondly, thanks so much for adding prom night to this list. I'm hoping for all kinds of great, crazy (or contrite *hint hint*) stories on Tuesday. And third, I'm so excited to check out some of these other carnivals and things, since most of these are new blogs to me. Excellent work.
(What's your "take," by the way? Return pimpage?)
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[BusyDad] Anything for you MommyTime! I'm conflicted about that prom story. Still debating...
My 12 year old (you know, Fury's biggest fan) told me that is the coolest pimp picture he has ever seen. Which begged the question "How many 'pimp pictures' HAVE you seen, son???!!"
I'm going to go submit a tattoo now. Cool linkage.
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[BusyDad] HAHA! Yeah, as I recall when I was 12, I had only seen maybe 5 tops. Not a good sample size from which to make a sweeping judgement like that.
Love the pimp. Got one in my Cre8buzz photos. Love Maria, too. What can I do to help?
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[BusyDad] Pimpin ain't easy... but now I see that the payoff is worthwhile. Check out her post on this. I think you can simply paypal her. Like I said, she would shake things up over there quite nicely.
'Easiest contest ever'....
If you're willing to move continents perhaps....
;0)
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[BusyDad] hahaha! I did see your laments on the blog as well as Twitter.
dang. a lot of homework in that thar post!
Well, it's supposed to rain today, so I'll get started.
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[BusyDad] I'd be a total buzzkill of a substitute teacher eh? ;)
Oh my. I love that pic of Fury....
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[BusyDad] I second that, I have to say. He represents the kinder, cheek-squeezablier school of pimpage.
OK, that is the cutest picture ever!
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[BusyDad] :) One of my favorites ever. Just needed the right post to pimp it.
Oh how I wish I could get my kids in on the act...I can't even get them to dance on cue for the camcorder!
Oh - and I'm working on a project...when it's done. will you be my pimp too?
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[BusyDad] OF COURSE. Pimp's honor.
My prom story is the stuff of legends...
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[BusyDad] I just read it. That was truly legendary.
Look who's pimpin'... where on EARTH did you get that photo done LOL! He is such a cutie!
Thx, BD, will have to check out all these links!
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[BusyDad] His SCHOOL of all places :) They do an old-fashioned dress up photos day every year. I guess when they asked him what he'd like to dress up like, he said, "pimp"