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All parents are looking for the magic bullet to ease their suffering, shut the kids up, not embarrassing ourselves in the process, get some sleep, etc, etc. But is there one? I think if we all realize...
View ArticleDay-Off Smackdown
Isn’t funny how when movies and books and music depict romance they don’t cover the real particulars of relationships? For instance, who is more entitled to a day off from the kids, mom or dad? Well, I...
View ArticleDon’t Hug Me
Fresh on the heels of a working mom being the first ever woman on a Republican presidential ticket, here is a workingwoman issue. Being touched at work. I don’t mean in a sexual harassment kind of way....
View ArticleFoul Mouth At Work
I had a dream last night that I was in a room with Bill Clinton, and I asked him if he wanted to have a liaison (although in the dream, I said it in a more crude manner). He turned me … Continue...
View ArticleHome Office: Do Not Disturb
Another of the ongoing myths placed on modern humans is that it’s great to work at home. Yes, you use less gas, but it’s hard to tell your family to shut their pie holes when your office is in the …...
View ArticleWater Cooler
A Cool Mom Classic: This is how desperate I get for light conversation with an adult: I watch my own vlogs for company. Hey, it’s someone I agree with! But it’s not just moms who find working from home...
View ArticlePrincess Pen
I think part of being a good parent is embracing your dorkiness. I was just at the park with Vivien for her sports class, and I had on a navy hoodie, brown velvet sweat pants, and worn sneakers. No...
View ArticleDaphne Brogdon’s office
How do work at home mother’s do it? I am doing it part time and I still don’t think I’m doing it. You don’t get the water cooler chat and there is little reason to groom yourself and you can …...
View ArticlePDA posture
When I’m at the park or play date or pumpkin patch with my kids and I tap out something on my Blackberry, I can feel a little guilty. Shouldn’t I be focused on them and not on my technology? Am …...
View ArticleBucket List
I may be the last person in the world who got that “Bucket List” refers to “kicking the bucket.” I thought it was just some movie I didn’t go see. But, now that I get it it inspired this little …...
View ArticleHave You Tried to Talk to This Person?
Sure you have. We all have because we ARE this person. Sometimes in my capacity as a restaurant co-owner/chef wife, I talk to tables, welcome them, make sure they are doing well. I don’t sit in their...
View ArticleTrying to get the Daph Master Flash back
A continuing theme in Mom Lit is the search for self. Or the maintenance of it. Now doubt marriage and motherhood change you, as it should, but frankly, I don’t want it to change me THAT much. The...
View ArticleWorking from home ( crock of s–t)
I’m EXHAUSTED from the month long wake and I’ll tell you about the last night of Campanile, but now I need a laugh. Ironically, the latest episode from my collaboration with Cafe Mom Studios is about...
View Articlehot lunch when you want a cold one
Been breaking out my kid’s packit’s for camp this week. Yes, I did send Viv to a short camp. Camp Daphne had too many battles over TV watching. My commerical is running again. No, I don’t get a cut...
View ArticleStay at home moms are screwed
Did you see that piece last week in the Sunday NY Times? About 40 something moms trying to regain footing the job market. It was depressing. These woman had taken 10 years off. The most I didn’t...
View Articleis Mom Vlogging over?
Is mom vlogging DEAD? Oh, in 2007 I seemed so clever. Why not create short, funny videos for mom? Give them a bite, not the “how to” of BabyCenter, but a virtual wise cracking friend. Your own...
View ArticleNo hugging at work
Watching this video from a few years ago makes me think two things. 1) I need to go back to spray tanning, I look good. 2) This was funny and right on. Do you want to be hugged at work?The post No...
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