Bloggers In The Spotlight

The Peanut Queen

2006-05-07T19:23:00.000-07:00

Stacy
The Peanut Queen

Male or Female: Female

Age? Yeah, unfortunately I do...but it beats the alternative, which is death. Okay, okay...I'm 37.

Married? Oh yeah....since 1992.

Kids: Yes, three fur-faced canines. We opted for dogs in place of kids so we can lock them in kennels and smack them with newspapers and we won't get arrested for it.

Pets: (See Kids above) Three dogs....Rastas (a Rhodesian Ridgeback Cur), Jezebel and Strider (Pit Bulls)...and a Betta fish named Brutus.

How long have you been blogging for: Well, my first blog entry was on November 5th, 2004 but no one read me way back then. Hell, even I didn't want to read me way back then.

Who/What was your inspiration to start blogging: I guess I wanted something creative to do...something that was my very own...be it thoughts from my head or a rant about my husband or if I'm just looking for some advice. And I tell you what...I've found blogging is THE BEST therapy. Not that I've been in therapy, mind you...but it is incredibly therapeutic!

What blog do you read every day: Go check my blogroll. I read them all...at least once a day. They're a bunch of awesome bloggers.

What was your favorite post you ever wrote: Sheesh, that's a tough one! I always liked "The Royal Tooth Fairy" (about my husband and me trying to pull his tooth) and "The Long, Gross Flying Placenta Tale" (about my Pit Bull having her puppies in the back seat of my new Tahoe).

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogverse: I have no idea! Well, hopefully, I can give some words of encouragement to someone who needs them, can share and commiserate with other people that I may have never come to know if I hadn't been introduced to the blogverse. Oh, and so I can be honored like a Peanut Queen should be honored.....let's not forget that too. :)

Your favorites:

Movie: Oh I cannot do just one favorite movie...it changes from time to time....I guess the classic "It's a Wonderful Life" is terrific. I also love "A Knight's Tale" too....great music and a hot knight in shining armor...what isn't there to love about that movie???

Band: Evanescence...no question about it. Best band on earth.

Place: Big Pine Key...well, damn near ANYWHERE in the Keys actually. And I think I'd would LOVE Costa Rica if I ever got to go. You'd probably have to drag me back to Palace Peanut kicking and screaming. ;)

Blog: See my blogroll....every single one of them!

Pet Peeve: I guess it would be that my husband is in the construction business and he never ever ever works 40 hours a week....more like 20. I guess I'm just damn jealous...:)

Quote: I have two...one for when I'm angry and in traffic: "You're SUCH an asswipe!" and one for when I'm just wanting to be all philosophical: "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothing."

Please feel free to add anything else to the spotlight that you want people to know. I really have no idea how to answer this one...oh wait! I know! I will pay good money for anyone who can give me information leading to the whereabouts of Viggo Mortensen (preferably his name, address, telephone number, daily schedule and the alarm code password to his house). Just kidding...I'm not a psycho. Am not. Am not!!! AM NOT!!! :)

Here's where my picture can be found: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Anastasia68/babycharley4.jpg

And please let me know who you want to nominate: I nominate Greekchickie at http://greekchickie.blogspot.com.

Please go visit Stacy, while there leave her a comment and tell her how you found her.

6 Year Med

2006-03-31T08:30:00.000-08:00

Danielle
www.6yearmed.blogspot.com

Male or Female? Female
Age? 21
Married? No, but thanks for the reminder
Kids? No, see above
Pets? Yes! Phoebe the cat. My roommate and I rescued her from a shelter. When one of us moves away, we are debating who will get custody. I have already claimed every other weekend all all the Jewish Holidays.

How long have you been blogging for? 2 years

Who/What was your inspiration to start blogging?
Okay, so this is really horrible, but I was getting SOOOO tired of people asking me, "How's Medical School?" and "What are you studying right now?' that I decided I could just start a web-page that would have all that information on it, so I could just direct people there instead of answering the question 20 times a day. I am not really a people person. Kinda ironic, considering my chosen profession.

What blog do you read everyday? MissingJTSnow.

Why? Because Kelly is real and honest and rarely politically correct. Plus, she updates (usually) everyday

What was your favorite post you ever wrote? Hmm...I liked this one about my first experience cutting on a dead human body:
"The First Cut"

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse? I hope that people will read my blog and say, "Hey, doctors are real people. They have families, and lives and cats that do porno flicks. And they make mistakes and have regrets and they laugh and hurt just like I do."

Your Favorites:

Movie? SNEAKERS
Band? Caedmon's Call
Place? My big, fluffy bed
Pet peeve? It's a tie between e-mail forwards and people who do not know how to order coffee at coffee shops. Seriously people, "Large, vanilla, soy latte." It is not that difficult
Quote? "We can do no great things; only small things with great love." (Mother Theresa) I want this to be my legacy.

Please go visit Danielle, while there leave her a comment and tell her how you found her.

Steve's Nude Memphis Blog

2006-03-17T19:49:00.000-08:00

Written by Steve
stevenjones.blogspot.com

Male or Female?
I prefer females for things like sex and cuddling in sleeping bags. Males are usually better for football and kickboxing though. I'm not keen on kicking a female in the head so much. Plus, if anyone is gonna fight dirty it'll be the female. I'm not keen on that either. A cup can only do so much, and quite frankly it isn't enough.

Age?
Too old for MySpace.com and high school girls, apparently. Oh, and hula hoops. Yep, too old for MySpace, high school girls, and hula hoops. And trick or treating. MySpace, high school girls, hula hoops and trick or treating. Other than that, I'm good.

Married?
That's what they tell me. There's a woman who sleeps next to me in the bed and
she looks familiar. I think it must be my wife. Oh, and I've seen her naked. Tee
hee! No, seriously, yes I am. I'm married to the beautiful Mrs Nude Memphis. If you ever want to see Mr Nude Memphis get mean just mess with Mrs Nude Memphis and you won't know what hit you. Well, I guess you will know since I just told you, but if I hadn't told you then by God you wouldn't know what hit you. It was me.

Kids?
Not yet. Not that I'm aware of anyway. Do you know something that you're not telling me?

Pets?
We have 2 cats. I even created a webpage just for them, but I'm not sure if it's still there.

How long have you been blogging for? Since 2004

Who/What was your inspiration to start blogging?
I used to email Patricia Pearson, a former columnist for the National Post in Canada. I'd bug the hell out of her about her articles and somehow we got into a joke-fight. I nicknamed her Natasha the Communist and she called me Teev Squarepants. At one point she gave me her editor's email address and said "you should write." I ran this suggestion by another columnist I liked to email smart-ass comments to, Kathleen Parker, and she agreed that she liked my sense of humor and that I should be a writer. Anyway, everything I wrote and submitted was rejected, so I decided to blog instead. I've somehow moved a long way away from the articles I was writing, but I'm having fun so I keep doing it.

What blog do you read everyday?
Stacy the Peanut Queen, Steph the Attention Whore, ... blogger is down right now so I can't check my blogroll. I read a bunch of them every day. A whole bunch of them.

What was your favorite post you ever wrote?
No idea. What was your favorite post that I ever wrote? I remember thinking the thing I did about Model Hazing was funny, but most of the photos were linked from other sites and they're gone now, so it's broken.

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse?
Me becoming a big star and making lots of money. Yeah, that would be good.

Your Favorites:

Movie? Tobacco Road, maybe. Raising Arizona? Bufford's Beach Bunnies? Whatever my favorite is, it's funny.

Band? Oh geez, I don't know. I just ordered 3 Kenny Wayne Shepherd CDs. Does this help?

Place? The beach!

Blog? Oh no, you' re not making me pick one blog a nd piss off all the rest. Not gonna do it! Na Ga Na!

Petpeeve? Leaving the seat down. No, just kidding. How about people who park in 2 spaces and then just leave their car that way, as if they're entitled to 2 spaces? I hate those people. I'd key their cars if they weren't all made out of plastic these days.

Quote? "How can I miss you if you won't go away?"

Please feel free to add anything else to the spotlight that you want people to
know! Um, I have a 14 inch long penis. Yeah, as far as you know.

Steve Nominated:
Stacy the Peanut Queen

Please go visit Steve, while there leave him a comment and tell him how you found him.

Mean Coffee

2006-03-09T08:24:00.000-08:00

Molly
www.meancoffee.blogspot.com

Male or Female? My husband hopes I'm female
Age? 30
Married? Yep.
Kids? One on the way.
Pets? One dog, Gromit, and one cat, Guinness

How long have you been blogging for?
Since June of 2005, although Blogger the hateful bitch ate my June archive.

Who/What was your inspiration to start blogging?
I don't know, I had something mean to say about someone I think, so I started a blog. :)

What blog do you read everyday?
All the blogs listed on my blog are pretty much what I read every day, but without FAIL, I always read One!

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse?
Discontent and rage?? No wait, Sunshine and kitten kisses?? There you go!!

Your Favorites:

Movie? Pulp Fiction or Shaun of the Dead
Band? Ooh, that's a tough one....I guess if I had to pick JUST one...I'd say Nine Inch Nails.
Place? Paris.
Blog: Go Fug Yourself

Molly nominated:
Spikey from Oot and Aboot

Please go visit Molly, while there leave her a comment and tell her how you found her.

Dallas Ks

2006-03-03T18:22:00.000-08:00

a.k.a. Kami
www.dallasks.blogspot.com

Male or Female? female

Age? 31!!

Kids? 1 - Nikolaus, 3.5 years old

Pets? 2- Pete and Simon, dogs, both spring '99 models, and 18 Harvester Ants

How long have you been blogging for?
since April 2005

Who/What was your inspiration to start blogging?
Mama Duck

What blog do you read everyday?
all the ones on my Blogroll, and then some

What was your favorite post you ever wrote?
http://dallasks.blogspot.com/2006/01opping-tip-175-for-men.html

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse?
a few laughs, and world peace

Your Favorites:

Movie?
Gone With the Wind

Band?
Sublime, 311, RATM, Eminem, um, how many do I get?

Place?
home

Blog?
ooooh, I have lots, but Mean Coffee is pretty damm funny

Petpeeve?
stupid people

Quote?
"Irrespective of whether you are a believer or nonbeliever, whether Buddhist, Christian, or Jew, the important thing is to be a good human being." - the Dalai Lama

Mrs. Dallas K nominated:
Robyn from Funky Bugs

















Please go visit Mrs. Dallas K, while there leave her a comment and tell her how you found her.

The Kept Woman

2006-02-27T00:00:00.000-08:00

The Kept Woman
http://pinktangerine2.blogspot.com/

Male or Female: Female

Age: Twenty Twelve

Kids: Two adorable girls

Pets: Two adroable girls...no, only kidding...no pets

The Kept Woman has been blogging since July 2004

Who/What was your inspiration to start blogging?
Initially I started my family site to keep the grandparents abreast (hee hee...I love that word) of what their granddaughter was up to in Texas. Shortly after that I was inspired to start my own site as a place for therapy to save my sanity. And I could swear and talk about boobs without giving my dad a heart attack.

What blog do you read everyday?
Way too many. Seriously. It's embarrassing.

What was your favorite post you ever wrote?

My favorite post ever was a letter (to be used a birth control in the future when she thinks about doing dirty things with boys) to my oldest daughter about how evil she was on a car ride home from her grandparents.Other than that, the Questioning the Paternity post is a pretty good insight as to what my life is like but then again so it the Goldfish Porn so that isn't really saying much.

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse?

Oh, very important stuff. Mostly it's top secret so I can't reveal it in this interview.

The Kept Woman's Favorites:

Movie: Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Band: Jimmy Buffett and DMB

Place: St. Thomas and Austin

Random Ramblings

2006-02-23T00:00:00.000-08:00

Carrie
http://cac1128.blogspot.com/

Male or Female: Female

Age: 30

Kids: nada, none, zip, zero

Pets: 3 kitty cats

Carrie has been blogging since June of 2005

Lucky Lum was her inspiration to start blogging!

What blog do you read everyday?
That's a really long list. :)

What was your favorite post you ever wrote?

The Duck Encounter

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse?
Animal awareness and mindless entertainment

Carrie's Favorites:

Movie: All three Lord of the Rings, Requiem for a Dream, Gladiator...just to name a few

Band: I honestly don't know

Place: Las Vegas and Port Aransas

Blog: So many, but Cute Overload is currently my favorite because, well, it's cute and it makes me smile. :)

Petpeeve: Ignorant people with big mouths, people who drive gigantic SUVs yet go super slow over speed bumps, and people who are cruel or neglectful to animals

Quote: Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Ernest Hemingway (it's on my blog after all) :)

Carrie nominated:
Molly at Mean Coffee

Please go visit Carrie, while there leave her a comment and tell her how you found her.

The Everyday Lums

2006-02-20T00:00:00.000-08:00

Lucky
www.thelums.blogspot.com/

Male or Female: Female

Age: 29

Married: yes

Kids: 2: Sophie 2 1/2 yrs old, Holden 11 months

Pets: 2 dogs: Hendrix and Toni, and a goldfish named Goldie

Lucky has been blogging for a little over a year!

Mama Duck was her inspiration to start blogging. She is a good friend of hers and after she started reading her blog, she became addicted. She learned so much more about her and felt like she was inside her brain. It was a neat way to feel more connected. Shortly after, Lucky decided to start her own blog to keep their far away family and friends updated on their lives.

When asked what blog she reads every day, she said, "All of them!"

Her most favorite post is the one about her BAMF shoes!

Lucky's Favorites:
Movie: Right now, Napoleon Dynamite! Flippin Sweet.

Band: Hands down, my all time favorite is Janis Joplin (I know she's not a "band")

Place:My bed

Blog: Dooce

Petpeeve: Ignorance
Quote: Well behaved women rarely make history.

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse?

What I hope for is to make my friends and family smile, laugh, cry, enjoy, and feel like apart of us...

I also hope for making new friends. Even if you never meet them in person, sometimes they are terrific friends who are always there to back you up!

Lucky nominated:
Christie at The wonderful world of Christie

Please go visit Lucky, while there leave her a comment and tell her how you found her.

Mom Underground

2006-02-15T00:00:00.000-08:00

Mom Underground
http://momunderground.blogspot.com/

Male or Female: Female
Age: 29
Married: Yes
Kids: Two: Big G, age 4.5 (the half year is an extremely, very, really,
absolutely critical piece of data); and Little G, 13-months.
Pets: No, as we are clearly bereft of good ideas for pet names. We've got
stuffed animals named "Old Navy," "Pookie" and "Mouse the Squirrel" ...
and Big G recently informed us that he'd like to name a kitty
"Brownies."

Mom Underground has been blogging for two years or so total, but only a few months at her current URL.

When asked what her inspiration to start blogging was, she answered:
My inspiration to start blogging was a desire to stop family members from calling and/or making me feel guilty
for not updating them about the kids enough or sending them photos, etc. I figured a blog would help them get
their fix and get them off my back - I tend to be a little anti-social. However, I couldn't help but write about other
things - posts I thought were interesting, funny and very well-written.
Unfortunately, my family proved to be unparticipatory readers, which started to piss me off. The only feedback
they gave me was about pics of the kids. The other stuff? The GUTS of my blog? NADA. Not one peep. It was as
though I didn't exist outside of recording things about the kids. Okay, my mom loved what I wrote, but she's my
mom. She's horribly biased. She also thinks I'm beautiful, should write a book and run for Congress. So, blogging
about the kids became its own kind of tedium and I finally closed my old blog, all 150 Appleworks pages of it. Now I've
started fresh, more anonymously ... and my family still thinks I'm off the blogwagon. Or on it. Whatever - I'm
clearly confused by my own clever metaphor.

I'm still struggling with being inspired to blog, though, but I think that has more to do with dealing with depression.
I haven't really bounced back since Little G was born last December.

What blog do you read every day?
How about what blog have I STOPPED reading every day? That would be Dooce.

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse?
Smaller government and lower taxes.

Mom Underground's Favorites:

Movie: "Truly, Madly, Deeply."

Band: I'm going to amend this question a bit with my answers. Currently, I'm into the Grey's Anatomy soundtrack.
I know, kind of lame to like a tv soundtrack, but no, really. It's good. And I'm obsessed with Israel Kamakawiole's
version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." I've got it on repeat in iTunes right now.

Petpeeve: No one says "excuse me" when manuevering in store aisles anymore. I have half a mind to grab some
ten-dollar bills and randomly hand them out to strangers in stores who exhibit manners as a token of my
appreciation for helping hold together the fabric of polite society.

Mom Underground nominated:
Flutter at The Butterfly Girl

Please go visit Mom Underground, while there leave her a comment and tell her how you found her.

Missing JT Snow

2006-02-13T00:04:00.000-08:00

Kelly
www.missingjtsnow.blogspot.com/

Missing JT Snow

Male or Female: Female; I am a woman who loves baseball and am "Super Mom" at times
Age: I just hit 36 - yikes!
Married: Yes. I've been married for 7 years.
Kids: Yes. A 5 year old boy and a 3 year old girl.
Pets: Yes. We have an American Eskimo dog and some fish

How long have you been blogging for?
I actually had to look at my "Blogger Profile" to figure this one out. I've been "blogging" since March 2004 when I started a blog of updates about my daughter who has special needs, I started my own personal blog (i.e.: this one being highlighted) in July of 2005.

Who/What was your inspiration to start blogging?
My inspiration to keep blogging is definitely my daughter Jenelle. I keep her blog going because I feel it is important to share her story with the world because she remains "undiagnosed" and her medical issues are extremely rare. I blog for myself on my blog so that I can have a reality check once in a while to feel like a "normal" person and vent frustrations without taking away attention from the importance of my daughter's issues.

What blog do you read everyday?
I love reading and getting comments on my own blog and I also love to check Site Meter- LOL! All silliness aside, I read "All About Lilyanna Blu" on a daily basis because she is a little girl much like my daughter and I always want to know how she is doing. (she would be a great candidate for the "VIBES" list as well!)

What was your favorite post you ever wrote?
A Confession

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse?
I hope that people that find and/or read my blog will get a few laughs and smiles, or that maybe reading about my sometimes crazy life, they can put their own problems into perspective in a weird sort of way. I hope that doesn't sound like I think I'm a Saint or anything - sometimes I think people can appreciate seeing how others can handle adversity, especially if it is handled in a positive way. I try to stay positive in every aspect of my life.

Kelly's Favorites:
Movie: A League of Their Own, Hitch, Say Anything, Super Troopers

Band: U2, Metillica, The Replacements

Place: Diamond Club at Angels Stadium

Blogs:
6 Year Med (This young med student is wise beyond her years!)
The Dallas Ks (Kami updates almost daily - there is always something new to read!)
Pink is the New Blog (Because everyone loves celebrity gossip, right?)
Dad Gone Mad (I love this blog because I've met this guy in person and sometimes he blogs about our mutual friends!)

Petpeeve: I hate it when there are bread crumbs in the butter!

Quote:
"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see it is what you would have wanted had you known." Garrison Keillor

Please feel free to add anything else to the spotlight that you want people to know!
In case you haven't figured it out - I'm a huge fan of baseball, particularly anything involving Little League and/or the "Anaheim" Angels. It is the "off season" right now - in case you didn't know! ;) I really don't have much of a crush on J.T. Snow anymore, but he is nice to look at in photos! I hope to write a book someday about my daughter. She has taught me so many wonderful lessons about life, and makes me a better human being every day!

Kelly nominated:
Danielle at 6 Year Med.

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The Bucky Four-Eyes Cotillion

2006-02-12T11:13:00.000-08:00

Katy Barzedor, Bucky Four-Eyes
bucky4eyes.blogspot.com
The Bucky Four-Eyes Cotillion
"Completely insincere - and I mean that"

Male or Female: Female (no, REALLY!)
Age: 40
Kids: none that I'm aware of squirting out my vagina
Pets: 1 dawg- Snickers

Bucky has been blogging since November 2004

Reading Dooce is what got her blogging. "I realized people might think
inappropriate subjects were funny after all. My time had come."

Bucky blogs about anything & everything. "What happened today,
what happened when I was a kid, plastic toys in unholy poses, weird
movies where I use Play-Doh for anything but its intended purpose...if
it's absurd and obscene, I'll get around to it eventually."

When asked what blog she reads every day, she said, "My sis, the Squirl."

Her most favorite post could change at any moment, but right now it's "Now I know how Peppermint Patty Felt"

Bucky's Favorites:

Movie: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" and many, many warped and
wrong comedies.

Band: Just one? Can't do it. Let's see...have always loved Tom
Waits. Been digging lately: Gravity Kills (yeah, I know they broke
up - I always come too late to the party), Marilyn Manson, Joss
Stone...I like lots and lots of music.

Place: New Orleans, Chicago, San Francisco

Blog: Not saying. :)

Petpeeve: Morality legislators

Quote: "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to
death!" Rosalind Russell as Auntie Mame

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse? Cheap laughs and
a fleeting sense of shame.

Check out Bucky's Pictures here: Bucky's Flickr

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Rant N' Ravin Haven

2006-02-12T11:08:00.000-08:00

Tammy

www.rantnravinhaven.blogspot.com

Rant N' Ravin Haven

Female

Age:30

Kids: 2 - Ages 5 and 2

Pets: 4 if you count the damn turtle. 2 dogs, Bogey and Molly. Cat, Newman. Turtle - Turquoise.

Tammy has been blogging since May of 2005
"Mama Duck/TKW was my inspiration to start blogging"

Tammy usually blogs about her family mostly, but also things that piss her off.

When asked which blog she reads everyday, she responded with, "Too many. Kami's, Kristine's, The Kept Woman."

Her favorite post that she wrote is the one about the bathroom rules.

Tammy's Favorites:

Band: Sugarland

Place: Home, in bed.

Blog: The Dallas K's.

Petpeeve: Stupid people.

Quote: "I hate people" - Tammy

What do you hope your blog brings to the blogoverse? World peace? No, seriously. I hope everyone gets a daily laugh

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