Comments for Michelle Newcome http://michellenewcome.com Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:54:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on What Is That In Your Junk Drawer? by Michelle http://michellenewcome.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-is-that-in-your-junk-drawer/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Michelle Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:54:20 +0000 http://michellenewcome.com/?p=100#comment-120 Sean - congrats! That's a brand spanking new baby you got there! I bet he still has his new baby smell! Just wait until he discovers his junk and it becomes his new favorite toy. Nothing like a baby boy to teach that it just comes naturally to you boys. :) Sean – congrats! That’s a brand spanking new baby you got there! I bet he still has his new baby smell! Just wait until he discovers his junk and it becomes his new favorite toy. Nothing like a baby boy to teach that it just comes naturally to you boys. :)

]]> Comment on What Is That In Your Junk Drawer? by Michelle http://michellenewcome.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-is-that-in-your-junk-drawer/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Michelle Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:53:01 +0000 http://michellenewcome.com/?p=100#comment-119 Sally, they literally asked me about the whole "c" thing five minutes after I found out I was having a boy. I'm like, "whoa! can I just adjust to the fact that I'm having a son before we talk about taking off pieces off him!" Luckily my hubs was fine with the decision. I would have left it to him, but we had some loooonnnggg talks. Our midwife actually tried to be neutral, but then applauded when we finally told her no cutting would occur! Sally, they literally asked me about the whole “c” thing five minutes after I found out I was having a boy. I’m like, “whoa! can I just adjust to the fact that I’m having a son before we talk about taking off pieces off him!” Luckily my hubs was fine with the decision. I would have left it to him, but we had some loooonnnggg talks. Our midwife actually tried to be neutral, but then applauded when we finally told her no cutting would occur!

]]> Comment on What Is That In Your Junk Drawer? by Michelle http://michellenewcome.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-is-that-in-your-junk-drawer/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Michelle Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:50:31 +0000 http://michellenewcome.com/?p=100#comment-118 Thank you so much Cinthia. I appreciate your guffaws and your support. You're such a classy lady. I'd like to see the guffaws in person. We'll have to have cocktails some time. :) Thank you so much Cinthia. I appreciate your guffaws and your support. You’re such a classy lady. I’d like to see the guffaws in person. We’ll have to have cocktails some time. :)

]]> Comment on What Is That In Your Junk Drawer? by Michelle http://michellenewcome.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-is-that-in-your-junk-drawer/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Michelle Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:49:27 +0000 http://michellenewcome.com/?p=100#comment-117 "Rearranging the furniture in his basement." I LOVE that! I'm totally stealing it. “Rearranging the furniture in his basement.” I LOVE that! I’m totally stealing it.

]]> Comment on What Is That In Your Junk Drawer? by Sean http://michellenewcome.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-is-that-in-your-junk-drawer/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Sean Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:29:48 +0000 http://michellenewcome.com/?p=100#comment-116 We just had a baby boy (6-1-10) and I wrestled with snipping for years before I even had a child. I have Cattledogs (Queensland Heelers) that a lot of people dock their tails and cut their dew claws and I refused to that. And even after being advised that it lowers the risks of infection and transmission of STD's, I still wasn't convinced. But in the last 3 years I've seen 4 toddlers in my family who needed "corrective" surgery that a circumcision would've fixed early in the childs life (less traumatic). I decided to go with the Pro's advise and got him snipped. We just had a baby boy (6-1-10) and I wrestled with snipping for years before I even had a child. I have Cattledogs (Queensland Heelers) that a lot of people dock their tails and cut their dew claws and I refused to that. And even after being advised that it lowers the risks of infection and transmission of STD’s, I still wasn’t convinced. But in the last 3 years I’ve seen 4 toddlers in my family who needed “corrective” surgery that a circumcision would’ve fixed early in the childs life (less traumatic). I decided to go with the Pro’s advise and got him snipped.

]]> Comment on What Is That In Your Junk Drawer? by Sally http://michellenewcome.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-is-that-in-your-junk-drawer/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Sally Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:16:08 +0000 http://michellenewcome.com/?p=100#comment-115 Dude, Michelle, I'm so glad I'm not alone! When I told some of the ladies I worked with that I was having a boy, the question of cutting eventually came up. I was, and still am, vehemently against it but was surprised by the cavalier attitudes of some of the mothers, particularly the one who admitted that she circumcised her son because it "looked better." All I'm saying is that my son was an angel. He slept and ate well and almost never fussed. I like to think it's because I didn't tamper with his junk. Dude, Michelle, I’m so glad I’m not alone! When I told some of the ladies I worked with that I was having a boy, the question of cutting eventually came up. I was, and still am, vehemently against it but was surprised by the cavalier attitudes of some of the mothers, particularly the one who admitted that she circumcised her son because it “looked better.”

All I’m saying is that my son was an angel. He slept and ate well and almost never fussed. I like to think it’s because I didn’t tamper with his junk.

]]> Comment on What Is That In Your Junk Drawer? by Sean http://michellenewcome.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-is-that-in-your-junk-drawer/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Sean Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:52:30 +0000 http://michellenewcome.com/?p=100#comment-114 Love it! I don't know why men adjust their junk except to say it's mostly a "comfort" thing. If a guy is rearranging the furniture in his basement for any other reason, he's probably not much more than a player anyways (or perverted). i saw absolutely nothing in the article that was censorable. maybe the other's on the site see themselves as "above sophomoric humor," which I love. Sad because it's writers stifling writers. Even more egregious than the Powerful doing the same. Maybe you should be a guest writer on boingboing.net. You seem to share Xeni's style and Cory is pretty good at fiction. Love it! I don’t know why men adjust their junk except to say it’s mostly a “comfort” thing. If a guy is rearranging the furniture in his basement for any other reason, he’s probably not much more than a player anyways (or perverted).
i saw absolutely nothing in the article that was censorable. maybe the other’s on the site see themselves as “above sophomoric humor,” which I love. Sad because it’s writers stifling writers. Even more egregious than the Powerful doing the same.
Maybe you should be a guest writer on boingboing.net. You seem to share Xeni’s style and Cory is pretty good at fiction.

]]> Comment on What Is That In Your Junk Drawer? by Cinthia http://michellenewcome.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-is-that-in-your-junk-drawer/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Cinthia Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:55:02 +0000 http://michellenewcome.com/?p=100#comment-112 Loved it! Wish I wasn't the only one awake right now so I could laugh, guffaw and snicker as loud as I would have liked. I can NOT believe anyone wanted to censor this post. In my mind it wasn't offensive at all. Just humorous and informative. A boomerang...who knew??? Michelle, I'm very sorry this situation turned out the way it did. It was wrong, just plain wrong. Loved it! Wish I wasn’t the only one awake right now so I could laugh, guffaw and snicker as loud as I would have liked.

I can NOT believe anyone wanted to censor this post. In my mind it wasn’t offensive at all. Just humorous and informative. A boomerang…who knew???

Michelle, I’m very sorry this situation turned out the way it did. It was wrong, just plain wrong.

]]> Comment on What Is That In Your Junk Drawer? by Michelle http://michellenewcome.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-is-that-in-your-junk-drawer/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Michelle Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:00:32 +0000 http://michellenewcome.com/?p=100#comment-111 "If you write drivel censor (yourself) all you want!" ZING!!! You rock. “If you write drivel censor (yourself) all you want!”

ZING!!! You rock.

]]> Comment on What Is That In Your Junk Drawer? by Michelle http://michellenewcome.com/blog/2010/06/07/what-is-that-in-your-junk-drawer/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Michelle Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:58:39 +0000 http://michellenewcome.com/?p=100#comment-110 Oh, Julie. I am going to adopt your take on this because to think they've been blinded by my humor is a much happier spin! Oh, Julie. I am going to adopt your take on this because to think they’ve been blinded by my humor is a much happier spin!

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