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GIVEAWAY AHOY! Win Free Bon Jovi Tickets!

The first concert I ever saw live was Bon Jovi and Cinderella at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1987. At that point in my life it was by far the coolest thing I had ever seen. When my 15 year old self saw Jon Bon Jovi strut out in the same jacket he wore in the "Livin' on a Prayer" video I thought I was going to pass out. I screamed like it was the Beatles. I knew then that I could die happy.

Three Minute Recap: Friday Night Lights "The Skin of a Lion"

A three minute recap of your favorite shows because sometimes busy parents barely have time to watch any TV, much less the all the shows they love. So if you missed the show and want to catch up, check it out here.

Sparklecorn 2010 Update!

Well, I have some good news and I have some bad news...

Sparklecorn 2010: A Party That Will Live In Infamy

Friends of MamaPop, I bring you tidings of great joy. Great sparkly, glitter-drenched joy.

Oh yeah, you know what I'm talking about.

This Week in Sparkle Motion

 If you haven't yet found the truth, the light, and the way by joining the cult that is our new MamaPop Community, Sparkle Motion, here is some of the content you've missed:

Jason does interpretive dances to some of the Best Picture nominees, edited by the incomparable Palinode

Steff makes a shocking observation about Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's Mad Hatter

Adam gets some coffee laced with meth and shares his drug-addled ponderings

Harpy Lee posts a video I'm not even gonna TRY to describe, but that I assure you is totally cool

Laurie reports on a woman in China who started growing a UNICORN HORN!! FROM HER HEAD!

COKE_KITTY exposes the evil cult of MamaPop with some incriminating legal documents

There's more fun to be had at Sparkle Motion. It takes just seconds to register and the Kool-Aid and glitter are FREE FREE FREE! See you there.

 Hey, did you guys know that we have launched a big fucking sandbox of awesome for you to play in? And that the sandbox is actually filled with (figurative) glitter and pure Bolivian cocaine rather than all that gross, dirty sand? Well, here are some highlights. Come play with us...forever and ever and ever and AUGH!!! I'm sorry about that.

Some highlights:

• OK Go's new music video melts your face with its awesomeness.
• Community member Charlie posts the best commercial for mobile homes you've ever seen.
• Hey, Courtney Love? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FAAAAACE?
• Community member somedayphd shares a story about electric pee.
• Community member ynl exposes us to a comic about a unicorn man written by a 5 year old and drawn by a 29-year old.

Come on over to SparkleMotion! Post content and chat with MamaPop writers and readers alike. It's like a slumber party, but without the unfortunate bra freezing or bed wetting.

It's alive! Our brand-new community blog-thing, powered by the PEOPLE. Of the WORLD. And MAMAPOP.

Join us at Sparkle Motion and start posting your own funny pictures, videos, links, and thoughts on badly-dressed celebrities and television and other vitally important issues. See what's making the Mamapop writers and your fellow readers slack off at work today, or just what in sam hill Lady Gaga is wearing NOW, OMG.

What are you waiting for? Clickity!

Someone up there must love us, because we are one unicorn hair away from an episode of Glee directed by Joss Whedon and guest starring MamaPop's gay boyfriend, Neil Patrick Harris. Fuckin' a, right? 

Hey kids, can we break away from the conversation about John Gosselin's manboobs to talk about another set of boobs for a minute? I'm talking about Anissa Mayhew's boobs. Actually, I'm talking about the magnificent woman attached to those magnificent boobs. 

Okay. Like, SERIOUSLY. 

I know you're getting sick of this already. But I want to put out a special plea to all of you MamaPop readers to not just support MamaPop with your vote, but also to take an extra moment to spread that love on over to my personal blog Sweetney, nominated for Best Family Blog (you can vote once *in each category* everyday).

REMEMBER: Voting is open until 10/9, and you can vote once daily in each category, so won't you please take a moment to vote for both MamaPop AND for Sweetney? Thanks, kids.

It's time once again for the Friday Combo Platter, the weekly feature in which we highlight our favorite LOL-or-WTF-worthy comments and our favorite email thread from the past seven days.

This week's best email thread was actually born out of what was originally our comment of the week. But the ensuing snark was too funny and another comment came along to take its place. So, let's get to it, shall we?

ETA: Please remember you can VOTE ONCE PER DAY until 10/9, and keep those votes a-comin'! Might I also suggest an additional vote for MamaPop as BEST OVERALL BLOG, too?

MamaPop has been nominated for a BaltSun Mobbie Award in the Best Pop Culture Blog category (WOOT!), and it goes without saying (I hope) that we can and should win this thing, in the name of all that is right and good in the world... In the name of Mad Men, and True Blood, and NPH, in other words. cough.

Voting is open until 10/9, and you can vote once daily, so won't you please take a moment to vote for us? Your support keeps MamaPop strong, and means the unicorns and glitter will keep on flowing, unlike those shity gettho pop culture sites that FORCiBLY redirect your Sidekick LX to a crappy mobile site. WHICH WE WOULD NEVER DO, BY THE WAY.

. . . . .
PS: Sweetney is also up for a Mobbie, in the Family category, and obviously if you wanted to vote for me too I'd have NO PROBLEM WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.

You are regularly treated to the wit of your beloved MamaPop writers here on the site. But did you know that behind the scenes we crack each other up via our email distro? At least once a week, an email thread brightens the days of your resident pop culture mavens through the cunning use of sarcasm and absurdity. Not too long ago, someone had the fantastic idea of picking the best thread of the week and letting the readers get a peek inside the insanity, er, brilliance that keeps this place going.

We also receive some very special comments from you, our dear readers. Comments that give us some insight into the quirky inner workings of the emotional roller coasters that you ride when reading about shark movies and Top Chef and Speidi.

So, as material permits, we're going to start bring the best of the distro and the comments in a new feature called the Friday Combo Platter.

Those of you who were at Sparklecorn 2009 doubtless remember the presence of our friend Edward, who was featured prominently in many a party photo taken that night:

Well at the end of the evening, we were startled to find that... we could not find him. He was GONE. *POOF!*

OH MY GOD SOMEONE HAD STOLEN OUR EDWARD. BASTARDS!

But wait. It gets better. MUCH better.

To be clear, we would love it if we could just party all the time - I think that we have demonstrated that amply - but we're so much more than that, really. Sure, we can dance up a storm and toss back the whiskey, but hey: we has thoughts, too. Also, ideas. And: more thoughts!

Because that was the other thing that we were doing at BlogHer, when we weren't dancing our asses off or carving up unicorns: we were holding forth with our thoughts. And it was awesome.

This Week In Sparkle Motion

 Hey, did you guys know that we have launched a big fucking sandbox of awesome for you to play in? And that the sandbox is actually filled with (figurative) glitter and pure Bolivian cocaine rather than all that gross, dirty sand? Well, here are some highlights. Come play with us...forever and ever and ever and AUGH!!! I'm sorry about that.

Some highlights:

• OK Go's new music video melts your face with its awesomeness.
• Community member Charlie posts the best commercial for mobile homes you've ever seen.
• Hey, Courtney Love? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FAAAAACE?
• Community member somedayphd shares a story about electric pee.
• Community member ynl exposes us to a comic about a unicorn man written by a 5 year old and drawn by a 29-year old.

Come on over to SparkleMotion! Post content and chat with MamaPop writers and readers alike. It's like a slumber party, but without the unfortunate bra freezing or bed wetting.

It's alive! Our brand-new community blog-thing, powered by the PEOPLE. Of the WORLD. And MAMAPOP.

Join us at Sparkle Motion and start posting your own funny pictures, videos, links, and thoughts on badly-dressed celebrities and television and other vitally important issues. See what's making the Mamapop writers and your fellow readers slack off at work today, or just what in sam hill Lady Gaga is wearing NOW, OMG.

What are you waiting for? Clickity!

Someone up there must love us, because we are one unicorn hair away from an episode of Glee directed by Joss Whedon and guest starring MamaPop's gay boyfriend, Neil Patrick Harris. Fuckin' a, right? 

Hey kids, can we break away from the conversation about John Gosselin's manboobs to talk about another set of boobs for a minute? I'm talking about Anissa Mayhew's boobs. Actually, I'm talking about the magnificent woman attached to those magnificent boobs. 

Okay. Like, SERIOUSLY. 

I know you're getting sick of this already. But I want to put out a special plea to all of you MamaPop readers to not just support MamaPop with your vote, but also to take an extra moment to spread that love on over to my personal blog Sweetney, nominated for Best Family Blog (you can vote once *in each category* everyday).

REMEMBER: Voting is open until 10/9, and you can vote once daily in each category, so won't you please take a moment to vote for both MamaPop AND for Sweetney? Thanks, kids.

It's time once again for the Friday Combo Platter, the weekly feature in which we highlight our favorite LOL-or-WTF-worthy comments and our favorite email thread from the past seven days.

This week's best email thread was actually born out of what was originally our comment of the week. But the ensuing snark was too funny and another comment came along to take its place. So, let's get to it, shall we?

ETA: Please remember you can VOTE ONCE PER DAY until 10/9, and keep those votes a-comin'! Might I also suggest an additional vote for MamaPop as BEST OVERALL BLOG, too?

MamaPop has been nominated for a BaltSun Mobbie Award in the Best Pop Culture Blog category (WOOT!), and it goes without saying (I hope) that we can and should win this thing, in the name of all that is right and good in the world... In the name of Mad Men, and True Blood, and NPH, in other words. cough.

Voting is open until 10/9, and you can vote once daily, so won't you please take a moment to vote for us? Your support keeps MamaPop strong, and means the unicorns and glitter will keep on flowing, unlike those shity gettho pop culture sites that FORCiBLY redirect your Sidekick LX to a crappy mobile site. WHICH WE WOULD NEVER DO, BY THE WAY.

. . . . .
PS: Sweetney is also up for a Mobbie, in the Family category, and obviously if you wanted to vote for me too I'd have NO PROBLEM WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.

You are regularly treated to the wit of your beloved MamaPop writers here on the site. But did you know that behind the scenes we crack each other up via our email distro? At least once a week, an email thread brightens the days of your resident pop culture mavens through the cunning use of sarcasm and absurdity. Not too long ago, someone had the fantastic idea of picking the best thread of the week and letting the readers get a peek inside the insanity, er, brilliance that keeps this place going.

We also receive some very special comments from you, our dear readers. Comments that give us some insight into the quirky inner workings of the emotional roller coasters that you ride when reading about shark movies and Top Chef and Speidi.

So, as material permits, we're going to start bring the best of the distro and the comments in a new feature called the Friday Combo Platter.

Those of you who were at Sparklecorn 2009 doubtless remember the presence of our friend Edward, who was featured prominently in many a party photo taken that night:

Well at the end of the evening, we were startled to find that... we could not find him. He was GONE. *POOF!*

OH MY GOD SOMEONE HAD STOLEN OUR EDWARD. BASTARDS!

But wait. It gets better. MUCH better.

To be clear, we would love it if we could just party all the time - I think that we have demonstrated that amply - but we're so much more than that, really. Sure, we can dance up a storm and toss back the whiskey, but hey: we has thoughts, too. Also, ideas. And: more thoughts!

Because that was the other thing that we were doing at BlogHer, when we weren't dancing our asses off or carving up unicorns: we were holding forth with our thoughts. And it was awesome.

One of Us! One of Us!

It's alive! Our brand-new community blog-thing, powered by the PEOPLE. Of the WORLD. And MAMAPOP.

Join us at Sparkle Motion and start posting your own funny pictures, videos, links, and thoughts on badly-dressed celebrities and television and other vitally important issues. See what's making the Mamapop writers and your fellow readers slack off at work today, or just what in sam hill Lady Gaga is wearing NOW, OMG.

What are you waiting for? Clickity!

Someone up there must love us, because we are one unicorn hair away from an episode of Glee directed by Joss Whedon and guest starring MamaPop's gay boyfriend, Neil Patrick Harris. Fuckin' a, right? 

Hey kids, can we break away from the conversation about John Gosselin's manboobs to talk about another set of boobs for a minute? I'm talking about Anissa Mayhew's boobs. Actually, I'm talking about the magnificent woman attached to those magnificent boobs. 

Okay. Like, SERIOUSLY. 

I know you're getting sick of this already. But I want to put out a special plea to all of you MamaPop readers to not just support MamaPop with your vote, but also to take an extra moment to spread that love on over to my personal blog Sweetney, nominated for Best Family Blog (you can vote once *in each category* everyday).

REMEMBER: Voting is open until 10/9, and you can vote once daily in each category, so won't you please take a moment to vote for both MamaPop AND for Sweetney? Thanks, kids.

It's time once again for the Friday Combo Platter, the weekly feature in which we highlight our favorite LOL-or-WTF-worthy comments and our favorite email thread from the past seven days.

This week's best email thread was actually born out of what was originally our comment of the week. But the ensuing snark was too funny and another comment came along to take its place. So, let's get to it, shall we?

ETA: Please remember you can VOTE ONCE PER DAY until 10/9, and keep those votes a-comin'! Might I also suggest an additional vote for MamaPop as BEST OVERALL BLOG, too?

MamaPop has been nominated for a BaltSun Mobbie Award in the Best Pop Culture Blog category (WOOT!), and it goes without saying (I hope) that we can and should win this thing, in the name of all that is right and good in the world... In the name of Mad Men, and True Blood, and NPH, in other words. cough.

Voting is open until 10/9, and you can vote once daily, so won't you please take a moment to vote for us? Your support keeps MamaPop strong, and means the unicorns and glitter will keep on flowing, unlike those shity gettho pop culture sites that FORCiBLY redirect your Sidekick LX to a crappy mobile site. WHICH WE WOULD NEVER DO, BY THE WAY.

. . . . .
PS: Sweetney is also up for a Mobbie, in the Family category, and obviously if you wanted to vote for me too I'd have NO PROBLEM WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.

You are regularly treated to the wit of your beloved MamaPop writers here on the site. But did you know that behind the scenes we crack each other up via our email distro? At least once a week, an email thread brightens the days of your resident pop culture mavens through the cunning use of sarcasm and absurdity. Not too long ago, someone had the fantastic idea of picking the best thread of the week and letting the readers get a peek inside the insanity, er, brilliance that keeps this place going.

We also receive some very special comments from you, our dear readers. Comments that give us some insight into the quirky inner workings of the emotional roller coasters that you ride when reading about shark movies and Top Chef and Speidi.

So, as material permits, we're going to start bring the best of the distro and the comments in a new feature called the Friday Combo Platter.

Those of you who were at Sparklecorn 2009 doubtless remember the presence of our friend Edward, who was featured prominently in many a party photo taken that night:

Well at the end of the evening, we were startled to find that... we could not find him. He was GONE. *POOF!*

OH MY GOD SOMEONE HAD STOLEN OUR EDWARD. BASTARDS!

But wait. It gets better. MUCH better.

To be clear, we would love it if we could just party all the time - I think that we have demonstrated that amply - but we're so much more than that, really. Sure, we can dance up a storm and toss back the whiskey, but hey: we has thoughts, too. Also, ideas. And: more thoughts!

Because that was the other thing that we were doing at BlogHer, when we weren't dancing our asses off or carving up unicorns: we were holding forth with our thoughts. And it was awesome.

Neil Patrick Harris + Joss Whedon + Glee = MAMAPOP IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD

Someone up there must love us, because we are one unicorn hair away from an episode of Glee directed by Joss Whedon and guest starring MamaPop's gay boyfriend, Neil Patrick Harris. Fuckin' a, right? 

MamaPop Loves Anissa (Update 5)

Hey kids, can we break away from the conversation about John Gosselin's manboobs to talk about another set of boobs for a minute? I'm talking about Anissa Mayhew's boobs. Actually, I'm talking about the magnificent woman attached to those magnificent boobs. 

Shameless Self-Promotion/Vote Begging/Throwing On Your Mercy/Groveling

Okay. Like, SERIOUSLY. 

I know you're getting sick of this already. But I want to put out a special plea to all of you MamaPop readers to not just support MamaPop with your vote, but also to take an extra moment to spread that love on over to my personal blog Sweetney, nominated for Best Family Blog (you can vote once *in each category* everyday).

REMEMBER: Voting is open until 10/9, and you can vote once daily in each category, so won't you please take a moment to vote for both MamaPop AND for Sweetney? Thanks, kids.

It's time once again for the Friday Combo Platter, the weekly feature in which we highlight our favorite LOL-or-WTF-worthy comments and our favorite email thread from the past seven days.

This week's best email thread was actually born out of what was originally our comment of the week. But the ensuing snark was too funny and another comment came along to take its place. So, let's get to it, shall we?

ETA: Please remember you can VOTE ONCE PER DAY until 10/9, and keep those votes a-comin'! Might I also suggest an additional vote for MamaPop as BEST OVERALL BLOG, too?

MamaPop has been nominated for a BaltSun Mobbie Award in the Best Pop Culture Blog category (WOOT!), and it goes without saying (I hope) that we can and should win this thing, in the name of all that is right and good in the world... In the name of Mad Men, and True Blood, and NPH, in other words. cough.

Voting is open until 10/9, and you can vote once daily, so won't you please take a moment to vote for us? Your support keeps MamaPop strong, and means the unicorns and glitter will keep on flowing, unlike those shity gettho pop culture sites that FORCiBLY redirect your Sidekick LX to a crappy mobile site. WHICH WE WOULD NEVER DO, BY THE WAY.

. . . . .
PS: Sweetney is also up for a Mobbie, in the Family category, and obviously if you wanted to vote for me too I'd have NO PROBLEM WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.

You are regularly treated to the wit of your beloved MamaPop writers here on the site. But did you know that behind the scenes we crack each other up via our email distro? At least once a week, an email thread brightens the days of your resident pop culture mavens through the cunning use of sarcasm and absurdity. Not too long ago, someone had the fantastic idea of picking the best thread of the week and letting the readers get a peek inside the insanity, er, brilliance that keeps this place going.

We also receive some very special comments from you, our dear readers. Comments that give us some insight into the quirky inner workings of the emotional roller coasters that you ride when reading about shark movies and Top Chef and Speidi.

So, as material permits, we're going to start bring the best of the distro and the comments in a new feature called the Friday Combo Platter.

Those of you who were at Sparklecorn 2009 doubtless remember the presence of our friend Edward, who was featured prominently in many a party photo taken that night:

Well at the end of the evening, we were startled to find that... we could not find him. He was GONE. *POOF!*

OH MY GOD SOMEONE HAD STOLEN OUR EDWARD. BASTARDS!

But wait. It gets better. MUCH better.

To be clear, we would love it if we could just party all the time - I think that we have demonstrated that amply - but we're so much more than that, really. Sure, we can dance up a storm and toss back the whiskey, but hey: we has thoughts, too. Also, ideas. And: more thoughts!

Because that was the other thing that we were doing at BlogHer, when we weren't dancing our asses off or carving up unicorns: we were holding forth with our thoughts. And it was awesome.

Friday Combo Platter: It Takes a Willage Edition

It's time once again for the Friday Combo Platter, the weekly feature in which we highlight our favorite LOL-or-WTF-worthy comments and our favorite email thread from the past seven days.

This week's best email thread was actually born out of what was originally our comment of the week. But the ensuing snark was too funny and another comment came along to take its place. So, let's get to it, shall we?

Help MamaPop Kick Ass

ETA: Please remember you can VOTE ONCE PER DAY until 10/9, and keep those votes a-comin'! Might I also suggest an additional vote for MamaPop as BEST OVERALL BLOG, too?

MamaPop has been nominated for a BaltSun Mobbie Award in the Best Pop Culture Blog category (WOOT!), and it goes without saying (I hope) that we can and should win this thing, in the name of all that is right and good in the world... In the name of Mad Men, and True Blood, and NPH, in other words. cough.

Voting is open until 10/9, and you can vote once daily, so won't you please take a moment to vote for us? Your support keeps MamaPop strong, and means the unicorns and glitter will keep on flowing, unlike those shity gettho pop culture sites that FORCiBLY redirect your Sidekick LX to a crappy mobile site. WHICH WE WOULD NEVER DO, BY THE WAY.

. . . . .
PS: Sweetney is also up for a Mobbie, in the Family category, and obviously if you wanted to vote for me too I'd have NO PROBLEM WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.

You are regularly treated to the wit of your beloved MamaPop writers here on the site. But did you know that behind the scenes we crack each other up via our email distro? At least once a week, an email thread brightens the days of your resident pop culture mavens through the cunning use of sarcasm and absurdity. Not too long ago, someone had the fantastic idea of picking the best thread of the week and letting the readers get a peek inside the insanity, er, brilliance that keeps this place going.

We also receive some very special comments from you, our dear readers. Comments that give us some insight into the quirky inner workings of the emotional roller coasters that you ride when reading about shark movies and Top Chef and Speidi.

So, as material permits, we're going to start bring the best of the distro and the comments in a new feature called the Friday Combo Platter.

Those of you who were at Sparklecorn 2009 doubtless remember the presence of our friend Edward, who was featured prominently in many a party photo taken that night:

Well at the end of the evening, we were startled to find that... we could not find him. He was GONE. *POOF!*

OH MY GOD SOMEONE HAD STOLEN OUR EDWARD. BASTARDS!

But wait. It gets better. MUCH better.

To be clear, we would love it if we could just party all the time - I think that we have demonstrated that amply - but we're so much more than that, really. Sure, we can dance up a storm and toss back the whiskey, but hey: we has thoughts, too. Also, ideas. And: more thoughts!

Because that was the other thing that we were doing at BlogHer, when we weren't dancing our asses off or carving up unicorns: we were holding forth with our thoughts. And it was awesome.

Friday Combo Platter: Shity Gettho Edition

You are regularly treated to the wit of your beloved MamaPop writers here on the site. But did you know that behind the scenes we crack each other up via our email distro? At least once a week, an email thread brightens the days of your resident pop culture mavens through the cunning use of sarcasm and absurdity. Not too long ago, someone had the fantastic idea of picking the best thread of the week and letting the readers get a peek inside the insanity, er, brilliance that keeps this place going.

We also receive some very special comments from you, our dear readers. Comments that give us some insight into the quirky inner workings of the emotional roller coasters that you ride when reading about shark movies and Top Chef and Speidi.

So, as material permits, we're going to start bring the best of the distro and the comments in a new feature called the Friday Combo Platter.

OH NOES! Edward Kidnapped!

Those of you who were at Sparklecorn 2009 doubtless remember the presence of our friend Edward, who was featured prominently in many a party photo taken that night:

Well at the end of the evening, we were startled to find that... we could not find him. He was GONE. *POOF!*

OH MY GOD SOMEONE HAD STOLEN OUR EDWARD. BASTARDS!

But wait. It gets better. MUCH better.

We Don't Want To Party All The Time. Just Most Of The Time.

To be clear, we would love it if we could just party all the time - I think that we have demonstrated that amply - but we're so much more than that, really. Sure, we can dance up a storm and toss back the whiskey, but hey: we has thoughts, too. Also, ideas. And: more thoughts!

Because that was the other thing that we were doing at BlogHer, when we weren't dancing our asses off or carving up unicorns: we were holding forth with our thoughts. And it was awesome.