Cool Mom - Funny videos on parenting and pop culture http://coolmom.com parents don't know what they are doing anyway, might as well laugh about it Wed, 22 May 2013 02:32:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 too nervous to write: election night for Los Angeles http://coolmom.com/2013/05/21/too-nervous-to-write-election-night-for-los-angeles/ http://coolmom.com/2013/05/21/too-nervous-to-write-election-night-for-los-angeles/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 02:32:39 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9561 Okay, I have more to say about my deep involvement in the LA Mayor race, but right now it’s less than an hour till polls close and I can’t get thoughts together.  We first did something to help Eric Garcetti … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/05/17/mama-chat/feed/ 0 Etiquette time with Lizzie Post http://coolmom.com/2013/05/16/etiquette-time-with-lizzie-post/ http://coolmom.com/2013/05/16/etiquette-time-with-lizzie-post/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:49:32 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9547 What do you do if you lost the list of gifts and givers for your son’s bday? Yes, it happened to me.  So I asked Lizzie Post, etiquette lady.  What should I do?  She said I should tell them I … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/05/16/etiquette-time-with-lizzie-post/feed/ 0 Do I have to vote with my vagina? http://coolmom.com/2013/05/15/do-i-have-to-vote-with-my-vagina/ http://coolmom.com/2013/05/15/do-i-have-to-vote-with-my-vagina/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 19:36:51 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9536 This was originally posted on Momocrats.com earlier this week.  I have touched on this subject on coolmom.com, but I think this was a more thoughtful exploration of the issue and bit less “bloggy”  for me at least. I added a couple … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/05/15/do-i-have-to-vote-with-my-vagina/feed/ 5 Dr Harvey Karp, the man who got me to bed http://coolmom.com/2013/05/13/dr-harvey-karp-the-man-who-got-me-to-bed/ http://coolmom.com/2013/05/13/dr-harvey-karp-the-man-who-got-me-to-bed/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 20:28:45 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9524 I was cruising through the mini meetings at Mom 2.0.  They were in a big banquet hall and every 15 minutes one was to run from one table to the next depending upon the topic.  The most popular subjects were … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/05/13/dr-harvey-karp-the-man-who-got-me-to-bed/feed/ 2 Mother’s day, yuck http://coolmom.com/2013/05/09/mothers-day-yuck/ http://coolmom.com/2013/05/09/mothers-day-yuck/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 19:12:46 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9517 Please do not send me one more pitch about things to do for Mother’s day.  I never, ever liked it.  Well, not true I did enjoy the breakfast in bed last year and watching my political show in peace, but … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/05/09/mothers-day-yuck/feed/ 3 Another funny mom : Laurie Kilmartin http://coolmom.com/2013/05/06/another-funny-mom-laurie-kilmartin/ http://coolmom.com/2013/05/06/another-funny-mom-laurie-kilmartin/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 21:03:26 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9513 Laurie Kilmartin and performed the same night for cafe mom studios.  I have been negligent in posting her act.  Funny and a great joke in there for an intactivist like me. Since I’m an older mom as well her act … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/05/06/another-funny-mom-laurie-kilmartin/feed/ 1 I’m in deep http://coolmom.com/2013/05/06/jan-perry/ http://coolmom.com/2013/05/06/jan-perry/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 20:39:30 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9476 GAS! ( Garcetti Action Squad, what my sister and I call ourselves) were fired up to meet Jan Perry and the other primary candidates who are all supporting Eric Garcetti for Mayor of LA.  None of them have the worldwide … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/05/06/jan-perry/feed/ 3 what’s YOUR channel http://coolmom.com/2013/05/01/whats-your-channel/ http://coolmom.com/2013/05/01/whats-your-channel/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 18:47:02 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9505 Recently my step daughter came by for a quick visit.  Good big sister that she is she was on the trampoline in the back with Vivien and Rex.  Vanessa came in laughing and told me what they had discussed.  Something … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/05/01/whats-your-channel/feed/ 2 camp planning http://coolmom.com/2013/04/29/camp-planning/ http://coolmom.com/2013/04/29/camp-planning/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:13:09 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9500 Congress has come to the rescue of the overworked air traffic controllers and frustrated passengers.  Wonder if there is any help available for another scheduling issue.  Summer Camp.  This is issue is multiplied by the amount of children you have. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/04/29/camp-planning/feed/ 7 best of: butt crack moms http://coolmom.com/2013/04/24/best-of-butt-crack-moms/ http://coolmom.com/2013/04/24/best-of-butt-crack-moms/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:04:04 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9492 Hey, it’s a REAL gloomy day here.  The kind of day that made me run screaming from Northern California.  I don’t know how people do it in places where it is always overcast.  I think I would drink…more. So, here … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/04/22/cruel-online-week/feed/ 8 Hausfrau! http://coolmom.com/2013/04/18/hausfrau/ http://coolmom.com/2013/04/18/hausfrau/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:18:49 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9454 I always feel like I need to be doing when my kids are in school.  Advancing work stuff, or exercising.  Writing. Not today.  I’m embracing my inner hausfrau.  I’m working on cripsy kale.  Some with red pepper spice for me, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/04/15/no-name-calling/feed/ 2 Road trip 2 http://coolmom.com/2013/04/11/road-trip-2/ http://coolmom.com/2013/04/11/road-trip-2/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:11:15 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9435 Okay, so this is the part 2 of my Spring Break family adventure.  Not like Hangover 2… except I think they both had barf in them. Just so you know what an awful mother I am… we pulled over while … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/04/11/road-trip-2/feed/ 1 Step parenting is like… http://coolmom.com/2013/04/10/step-parenting-is-like/ http://coolmom.com/2013/04/10/step-parenting-is-like/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:14:26 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9430 I have recently been socializing with other step parents.  I hear and can share their frustrations.  Step parenting is like being the District of Columbia.  You pay taxes, but don’t get a vote. In my recent read about Lincoln I … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/04/10/step-parenting-is-like/feed/ 6 post break break http://coolmom.com/2013/04/08/post-break-break/ http://coolmom.com/2013/04/08/post-break-break/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:01:12 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9414 We are back!  All the moms I see lately are saying something along the lines of “why did I take the kids on that long/complicated/ far trip?  I should have stayed at home.  It would have been easier for me.” … Continue reading →

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]]> http://coolmom.com/2013/04/08/post-break-break/feed/ 6 the last of the Teen Trilogy http://coolmom.com/2013/04/04/the-last-of-the-teen-trilogy/ http://coolmom.com/2013/04/04/the-last-of-the-teen-trilogy/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:48:08 +0000 Daphne http://coolmom.com/?p=9411 I JUST got home.  What to tackle first?  The caked on barf in under the car seats?  The laundry?  The stale funk that permeates my house or my stubble legs?  Yeah, that will be last.  Thankfully, I have one more … Continue reading →

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