DISQUS

Where's the obligatory auto-play gangsta song? ;)

E.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=740d8sTpM7U&feat...

Me Like this post (mentioned it in One Degree too, btw )
http://www.onedegree.ca/2009/07/influenced-insp...

What do you suggest is the best way to figure out if I should follow someone back? Is there a service you could recommend. I have tried http://tweepler.com/ but didn't find it all that useful.

You smell lovely! I just thought it was a fun idea. Realized fairly quickly that the recipient may not be as tickled. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhamburg/3592960754/

The "skeionaig" made my morning.

My typing is far more artistic - I was able to come up with the elegant "heubirard" for "keyboard". It hurts to be so talented.

Oh, Glenn, what a beautiful and thoughtful post. Thanks for that.

Ah! Now I get it -these people meant to talk to someone privately:
http://monicahamburg.blogspot.com/2009/02/twell...

Thanks so much for entering, Beth! Those. Are. Simply. Wonderful... :)

Great post, Glenn!

My favorite kind of recipe! Bland and lots of dishes to wash!

Congratulations, Jess! Have fun!

Wow. This both inspires and hurts me (so much more to learn ;)

While I make like to hang out with Quebecois guy, I have to suggest that that particular resume might be best on nothired.com

Lovely. Twitter (and people) can be pretty amazing.

Hi John, I'm a writer & Social Media Evangelist - and I have a wry sense of humor so tweets are generally amusing. Promise: no tweets about what I've eaten unless I've been hospitalized for food poisoning

I wondered the same thing myself. I always get a little confused when I see the person is not sharing their contacts. I have to assume that the person is only asking people they supposedly trust to connect on Linkedin and in that case, why not allow the them to browse his contacts. I don't think the reciprocal sharing option exists - but I think that's a great idea.

Awesome.

Have a great holiday, Mark!

Congratulations, Karl!

It was great to see you there! Thanks for coming and for the post.

Perfect - because it's so hard to train a dog to poop inside the house.

P.S. You might enjoy the products I don't understand from Skymall :)

http://monicahamburg.blogspot.com/2008/06/skyma...

and

http://monicahamburg.blogspot.com/2008/06/skyma...

It's worse that this guy is actually a good singer. What a waste to have to sing lines like "she's leading the team in the mid-east".

@Beth - BTW - absolutely loved this post. Funny, smart and thought-provoking. Kudos.

@buzz I'm sure they do take over - and that's understandable. And my rant (to the Stepford Wives, not to you) is that that's FINE.

But a word to the cult: it's also FINE to not have kids. I wonder if, instead of being polite about the condescending comments directed at the child-free, cult-of-moms (thanks for that, Buzz!) would prefer we take an equally insulting stance and respond to someone telling us they have kids with "You have GOT to be kidding me!!!"

@dan - Thanks so much :) And I appreciate the use of the word "intellectual" placed anywhere around my name.

@Dan - don't get me started on this. I didn't realize single men ever experienced this - so thanks so much for that.

Now the rant: I don't want children. Never did, never will. I'm 34. Biological clock never installed. Not interested. Period.

I have heard all 8 reasons you wrote above and they all make me borderline homicidal in their condescension, but they all fall behind the most popular and insulting ones A) "You'll change your mind" (Can I say that about how you feel about your children?! Or would you think that RUDE...?) B) "You're a woman, that's your purpose." (But what about typing and answering phones?!!)