IT'S A GIRL!

Nobody saw this one coming (not even me, actually) but I've got another blogdaughter now:

Pam of Camp HappyBadFun!

Here's the deal... My first post over at IMAO was a bit... er... apolitical/pornographic... and garnered a little tsk-tsk'ing in the comments. One of the tsk'ers was Pam.

After I got finished crying and kicking the dogs, I thought about what she'd said & realized that she had a point. I also decided to have a little fun with the whole incident, which led to my "Making Amends" post at IMAO.

Pam thought I was poking fun at her - well, yeah, kinda - and was concerned that I might actually be miffed at her criticism, so she sent me a very nice, supportive e-mail where she told me that I made her laugh and not to let her comments get to me.

She's so sweet.

After a little more back & forth, it occurred to me that Pam was a talented writer with a good command of the English language and a bright sense of humor. So, with a gleam in my eye that she couldn't see, I asked my favorite question:

"if you WERE going to start a blog, what would you name it?"

That should sound familiar to some of you ;-)

I was expecting that we'd be discussing this for quite a while, and - since she'd been a comment-lurker for a couple YEARS - I wasn't sure anything would come of it.

She had a blog up in 24 hours.

Let's take the tour, shall we?

First post - credits me by name for pushing her over the edge. Apparently I'm not the FIRST person to tell her to get a blog, just the most persistent and/or encouraging. She also tells a little about herself, and explains some of her reasons for wanting to blog. A nice "get to know ya" kind of post.

Second post - flaunts her vocabulary by asking us to use the word "quiddity". Isn't that that weird Harry Potter game?

Third post - explains to her son that it's not a good idea to write threatening letters to the Tooth Fairy. Personally, I always just hid in the corner with a baseball bat. Even an ethereal, flight-enhanced magic being is no match for a Louisville Slugger.

Anyway, please welcome my shiny, sparkling new blogdaughter Pam to the blogosphere with the traditional virtual butt-sniffing.

Pam - being a member of the Bad Example Family, you are cordially invited to grab the logo of your choice from this post. You may also, if you choose, blogroll the rest Bad Example Family. Neither is mandatory, but both are encouraged. No matter what you do, you'll always be my beloved blogdaughter, and that's what matters to me.

So... Tammi... _Jon... back to the drawing board.