Woo-hoo! My Big Fat Announcement

This week, a fantabulous new humor website launched just for moms.  It's called nickmom.com and I am super stoked to be a part of it.  I'm honored to be among writers and comedians like Calise Hawkins, Brenna Jennings of the blog Suburban Snapshots, Leanne Shirtliffe of the blog Ironic Mom, and lots more.

No worries -- I'm still going to be ranting and raving right here, too.

Okay.  I know exactly what my long-time readers are thinking: I can't believe Nickelodeon hired you after what you wrote about Dora.

I. Know.

In fact, when the hipsters at Nick first contacted me, I was all, "um, you should know about this thing I wrote because I really think it's going to bite me in the ass it would be really embarassing for you to hire me and then find out later."

If you'll recall, I may have said implied that Dora's parents were out partying with Max and Ruby's parents, and perhaps a call to Child Protective Services was in order.  I may have said something about Dora and Boots both being on peyote.  It's also somewhat possible that I also explicitly stated hinted that MTV (also owned by Viacom) should have an entire episode of Intervention dedicated to the entire lineup of NickJr. parents.

My actual next line was:

Note: I believe this is the exact moment my blog became ineligible for any of the awards on the Nickelodeon "Parents Connect" site.

It turns out that the people at Nickelodeon have a great sense of humor (and apparently also a forgiving nature), because they didn't tell me not to let the door hit me on the ass on the way out.

That, my friends, is what we call being the luckiest writer in the world.

My first post is up at nickmom, and I even have an author page, which makes me feel pretty fancy.  My first post is about how much I'd like to be like Ma Ingalls.  You should totally check it out, because who didn't enjoy Pa Ingalls', um ... hardtack?

I'd love for you to check me and the other writers out on nickmom.  There's some serious motherfunny over there, and I think you're going to love it.

Oooh, and also?  If you have time, can you leave me a comment there so I can feel all popular and stuff?

Mostly I want to say thank you to you guys who come here and read my nonsense.  If it wasn't for you, Nickelodeon would never have noticed me in the first place.  Thanks, y'all.