IT'S A GIRL!

Bloggranddaughter VW Bug of One Happy Dog Speaks has brought a bouncing baby blogdaughter into the world.

In accordance with recent Bad Example Family Tree Trunk tradition, her daughter is actually her sister.

Tink of Tink's Tribulations

Cue the banjo music.

Anyway, let's see what's in the bassinet:

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Traditional sucky first post - "Arrgghh. I'm insane." Yeah... that pretty much sucks.

Teenage thong underwear blogging? Glad I'm not HER daughter.

See that face? The kid probably knows he's being blogged about.

Auto-pyromaniacal tendencies? - check.

Wow... and I thought *I* had a horse-dog...

Pic of Mama Bug having a bad make-up day. On the bright side, even without lipstick, eyeshadow, or blush, she's still DAMN hot.

The cast of characters - The folks Tink plans to blog about. For the record, sweetie, you need to either A) link that post somewhere near the top of your sidebar for easy reference or B) put the list itself in the sidebar. Your readers will thank you, because that's a HELL of a list. Either that or learn about the ACRONYM tag.

On the pain of saying goodbye.

Does Excedrin come in IV form? Maybe with an automatic timer on the drip, like a coffee-maker?

Good question - "Now explain to me how you can get an F in art?"

How did Tink wear out her batteries? *I'm* not telling...

Chicken recipe - I'll never try it, but only because it doesn't involve microwaving something in a cardboard tray.

Next on Fox - "When Trees Attack!"

So Bug's hubby is now "Bug Brains"... does this make anyone else think of those gigantic, maggoty-looking things in "Starship Troopers"?

Some Memorial Day thoughts, with pics of her military boys. Say, is that an EM3 patch on Nuke's shoulder?

Pointing out other good Memorial Day posts.

Kid blogging. If I had a paternal bone in my body, I'd probably say something like "AWWWW! Cute!"

A little game of "hide the hairbrush", anyone?

Which only SOUNDS dirty.

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Anyway, Tink, you can pick up a Bad Example Family logo from this post, and you may, if you wish, blogroll the rest of the Bad Example Family using the handy blogrolling javascript, although neither is a requirement.

Membership in the Bad Example Clan is also an option, if you're so inclined to jump through the requisite hoops, but is not mandatory.

Meanwhile you can look forward - with either anticipation or dread - to regular visits and comments from me.

Welcome home.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MACHELLE!

DAMN!

I left myself a reminder on the 26th to get her something nice, then forgot about it until this morning.

Nevertheless, I think my little Quality Weenie will enjoy her (first) 39th b-day present:

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RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU GOT THAT JOB YOU WERE AFTER

You... in the back... blogdaughter Tammi of Tammi's World.

Congratulations.

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MEANWHILE ACROSS THE POND

Just a general update on Blogdaughter Sally of Whimsy Capricious and Blogson-in-law Alex of Alex in Wonderland, both of whom have been missing from the blogging scene for the last couple months.

They (and their daughter Tara) are alive and well and still living in England. They've bought a new house, the decorating of which is eating a lot of their time.

As you can imagine the house, whilst being brand spanking new, still needs a lot of work doing to it to bring it from just being a house into being a home.... almost all the spare time and effort we have is going into getting the living room right at the moment - my nice bonus I got for project completion just went on a new sofa, paint, cushions and curtains. We are having new flooring laid next week in that room in an effort to have at least one room done in the way that we want. On top of all of that I have my family threatening to come down and see the house so we have to get something sorted sooner rather than later in that respect too.

The downside, of course, is that there will be no more Munchkin stories.

Meanwhile Alex is ungodly busy with his business, so while he has the URGE to write, he hasn't got the time.

On the bright side, I found one of his recent clients to be particularly fascinating.

I wonder when this will hit the States?

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CRACKING UNDER PRESSURE

Blogdaughter Boudicca of Boudicca's Voice has relented to my nagging and agreed to put up a "Reader Quotes" section in her sidebar.

Now all she needs is some quotes.

If you have something interesting, witty, or even sufficiently silly to say about Bou or her blog, go drop it in her comments.

For example:

"Like Erma Bombeck, except with more funny. AND more sword-wielding vengeance."

or

"Smart like The Professor. Hot like Mary Ann. Unpredictably violent like a Kupa-Ki headhunter."

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