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That one time when Emily Henderson picked on me

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My friend Robin went to the BlogHer conference in New York last weekend, so when I saw that my favorite HGTV babe was going to be there, too, I asked Robin to go cuddle with her for me.

I was kind of joking, but Robin is the least inhibited and most fearless person I know. So of course she found Emily Henderson and chatted her up. And then this shows up in my Twitter stream:

Thank you, Emily Henderson, for the tweet. I’ve never been taunted by a celebrity before. It’s a strange and thrilling feeling.

And thank you, Robin, for spooning with a stranger for me. Your next assignments are:

  • give Ryan Reynolds a firm handshake.
  • touch Ryan Lochte’s bicep.
  • ride a bicycle with Ryan Gosling.
  • pick Ryan Seacrest up and swing him around a little. (See 0:49.)

    Go For It, Robin. And have a super fab birthday today, OK?

    (I’d bet $5 that she makes at least one of those things happen in the next 12 months.)

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    Friday links! On politics, progress and parenting.

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    A lot of people I love dearly don’t share my political beliefs. I’m OK with that, mostly. There are some topics I just don’t discuss with them, though, because I feel very strongly about them and I don’t like arguing with the people I love and, frankly, I don’t want to know how they really and truly feel about some things because I don’t want it to affect my opinion of them.

    I realize that’s rather cowardly of me.

    I’m not planning to change my cowardly personal policy. But I am going to post some seriously liberal links today.
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    July’s three most popular posts

    1. What second grade looks like in our house.
      July 20, 2012.

      Poppy’s first-grade year is kind of bleeding over into second grade because we didn’t get all the way through some of her books last year. We’re going to be sticking with many of the same companies this year, though, so the transitions should be pretty smooth.

    2. What kindergarten looks like in our house. Version Pete.0
      July 20, 2012.

      Pete’s fifth birthday is in November. Which means: (1) my tiny sweet baby is almost 5 years old; and (2) he’d miss the cut-off date for kindergarten this year if he went to public school. I’m not sure he’s entirely ready for kindergarten at home, either, so we’re tentatively calling his year K4.

    3. Four fun places in Atlanta to visit with your kids.
      February 23, 2011.

      Even at full price, the Georgia Aquarium is absolutely worth the money. The Ocean Explorer exhibit alone is almost worth it. It holds 6.3 million gallons of water, and it is breathtaking.