Badmommies in NYMAG

PRpeeps, bring me that lip balm because Crabmommy is going straight to the top, yo!

As in, I got mentioned in this badass piece by badass Ayelet Waldman in badass NYmag (is that badass enough for the PR peeps with the lip balm?) OK, enough about the lip balm and the Crabmom inside jokes. I am just trying to spread a little blogliciousness and remind people that I am super-duper-famous and THEREFORE they should also read me crabbing at Cookie magazine, which will keep me both super-duper-famous and also a teensy bit gainfully employed.

OK, I am just briefly mentioned.

But it's a dang good piece. About bad mothers. And their bitchy, nasty, lazy and resentful ways. Or at least, it's about conceptions and notions about what it means to be a good vs. bad mom. And as you know, that's a topic I never tire of.

Oddly enough, both this piece and my current bloglet post, "The Power of Negative Thinking," mention the drowning of children in bathtubs. In my case, this reference, which I did make flippantly, gained me a spot of vitriol in the Cookie comments this week. And speaking of vitriol, did you guys see the chick who wants me reported to DCF for washing Crabtot's mouth out with soap? Crikey, I can only begin to wonder what she will think of my spanking-related material. She's a scary lady! But as she says, she's a good mother (and inexplicably, she lists living in "a large Colonial house" as proof of that! Lady, GOOD. FOR. YOU. Enjoy!)

OK, so on another tack, sorry for the general blog-silence but I am in Africa and we have power outs constantly because it is called "load shedding" here and also I am dealing with car theft and too much gin and tonic and so forth. Back in US end of this week. If I live to tell the tale of that hellish journey, I surely will.

And for those of you new to the Crabmommy and wondering why I am supposed to be bad when really all I talk about these days is lip balm and going on safari, don't feel cheated, for I shall I provide here a smattering of pieces -- call it a smorgasbord, if you must -- that should give a sense of the generally more tweaked vibe I like to emit:

I like to rag on edu-mommies.
And bragmommies.
I try to be a patient mommy, but I mostly lose my temper. Bear witness.
And if that doesn't float your boat, many other topics are covered regularly in these pages; for example, rodeos, Mormons, prefabricated houses (my personal favorite blog-post here), and I also give out prizes purchased from my local dollar store, such as mango-flavored pineapple strips.

OK, enough. Really, Crabmommy. It's enough.