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so very inspiring

Michelle McKinley — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:05:17 -0500

sure needed that laugh this morning!

:oP

http://superfabuloushousewife.blogspot.com/

TANIS IS DA BOMB

marymac — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:02:08 -0500

She's been an inspiration to me; love her in a bloggy-smoochy lovefesty way.

http://www.pajamasandcoffee.com/

Ironic?

karlerikson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:17:12 -0500

Not irony, just comedy.

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Karl

SecondHand Tryptophan

Just curious

raffaellotamagnini — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:04:29 -0500

Karl , i know it's unrelated for the topic , but can i have more details about the film , or was just ironic ? thanks :)

my site: hotel milano

my blog: www.raffaellotamagnini.com

gigglegiggle

shanbrentris — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:44:51 -0500

That's my little smurfette. ;-)

Loves me some Tanis

karlerikson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:03:41 -0500

She's starring in the low budget porn movie I'm filming in Chicago this year.

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http://secondhandkarl.com/2009/07/blogher-hard/

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Karl

SecondHand Tryptophan

A true patriot!

Michellew_ — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:53:38 -0500

I love Tanis, blue beaver and all!

Michelle Wolfson

Mommy Confessions
Philadephia Moms Blog

Tanis is Canadian?

Jory Des Jardins — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:46:03 -0500

Egads, there's no blue in that country's flag!

Jory Des Jardins
writes on business and career topics at BlogHer, and on her personal blog Pause

Yay Tanis!

Mom101 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:23:36 -0500

She is arguably one of the best consistent blog reads on the web, whether you're a mom or a dad or nothing of the sort. You just have to bring your sense of humor and be ready to embrace the irreverent.

Although I'd imagine that her blue choice had more to do with a fondness for Smurfs (or Robert Downey Jr in Back to School) than patriotism, since she's Canadian. But hey, we'll take her pledge of alliegance any time she'll ofer it.

Mom-101

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BlogHer of the Week: Attack of the Redneck Mommy

Jory Des Jardins — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:49:42 -0500

When we reach beyond the expected boundaries of the everyday we expect praise, perhaps even applause. The script in our mind may even play out a John Williams score, foreshadowing the risk or the sacrifice behind our endeavor. One can only guess at the music playing behind Tanis's latest ordeal, one that she took on in a heroic attempt at maintaining--even enlivening--her marriage.

Anticipating the return of her husband from an extended business trip, she attempts to make their home a place of comfort and ... adventure.

I knew exactly what it was I needed to do to surprise my husband home in a manner he’d never forget.

I was going to dye what little hair remaining on my body blue. That’s right. It was time to turn the old landing strip into a runway he’d never forget.

The story resulting from this Herculean--or perhaps Fekkain--effort elicits our laughter and wincing in ways we never thought possible from just any dye job. If for any other reason than because she managed to find 25 ways to refer to the pudendum and three visuals to evoke pubic hair, we have selected Tanis, author of the post "The Tale of Blue Thunder" from her blog Attack of the Redneck Mommy, as our BlogHer of the Week.

Perhaps it was extreme patriotism and anticipation of the Fourth of July that also inspired Tanis, whose pale skin and severe pain, coupled with her new shock of color, instantly reminds one of the colors of our nation.

Tanis encounters more obstacles on her journey to re-invention than Jason and the Argonauts: Navigating the "trim" and failing to avoid bleaching the "sensitive skin". The true test comes as she withstands the ultimate test:

Just as I made peace with standing like a statue with my legs wide apart, there was a knock on my door.

Imagining it was my father who would likely just barge in (as he’s been known to do), see my blue plastic-wrapped muff and then keel over dead, I wondered how I would explain this to the authorities so I grabbed a robe and ran to the door to try and stop my dad from buying the farm.

Except it wasn’t my father, it was the UPS driver. He must have thought I was a tad freakish what with the robe on in the middle of the afternoon and the way I sorta bounced up and down as once again the toxic chemicals burned their way into my female folds. I quickly signed for my package, ignored his polite chit chat and all but slammed the door in his face as I tossed the parcel onto the couch and beelined back to the bathroom.

With a newly shorn, Smurflike "box of love", Tanis expects to surprise and delight her man upon his arrival. Finally, the time of the Big Reveal. Her husband,:

...Laughed so hard tears poured down his cheeks. He laughed so hard I wondered if he’d ever be able to get it up. If I had gone through all the torture of ripping, stripping, coluring and burning my beaver all for naught.

Of course, some journeys can only be appreciated in the re-telling. What could not be appreciated in the moment will go down in our books as a most worthwhile endeavor. Never will we see a bikini wax or a Smurf the same way again.

Thanks to everyone for continuing to send in your nominated posts.
Remember to nominate individual posts, not entire blogs, and keep them
coming! If you want to check out all the BlogHer of the Week posts, check out the BlogHer of the Week archive.

Best,

Jory

For Elisa, Jory and Lisa, BlogHer Co-founders