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Ode to Dooce

Thursday night, I went to Borders in Oakbrook for Heather B. Armstrong’s book signing. Armstrong writes under the pseudonym “Dooce.” If you haven’t heard of either, I must ask: have you ever heard of “blogging?” Dooce is a fucking legend amongst bloggers. Read her shit. Hilarious. I want to be her, except for the whole “having a vagina” part.

If you are unfamiliar with her work, I will summarize: Dooce.com popped off in February 2001. She was canned from her job as a graphic designer due to the content of her blog: she wrote rather unflattering things about her boss. Since then, she has risen to the cream of the blogging crop. Dooce has written about the experience of her first pregnancy, her battle with postpartum depression, family life and poop. The results have incredibly entertaining.

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