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October 7, 2009 It’s Time to Have a Little Fun
Yes, we’re having a CONTEST!
Do you have a most embarrassing parenting moment? Of course you do. Would you like to share it with us? And then have everyone on the Internet laugh at you for the rest of your life? SOUNDS GREAT, I KNOW!
Describe your worst, most panic-filled, but-everything-came-out-OK-well-at-least-no-one-DIED parenting moment — bonus point for photos* — in 150 words or less and e-mail it to contest@lets-panic.com by October 31, 2009. The winner will receive a PANIC KIT! that includes fire extinguishing spray, a photoelectric sensor smoke alarm, a battery-operated carbon monoxide alarm, and several other safety items from the generous folks at First Alert.
The winner will also have their story published on lets-panic.com. Anonymously, if necessary.
Void where prohibited. Wherever THAT is.
*Points rescinded for photos of anything that came out of your baby’s back end. No, really.
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September 18, 2009, In Which Accolades Are Graciously Accepted
We know what you’re saying to yourself. You’re saying, “Oh, Doctors Kennedy and Bradley, how is it that you have not yet received the Nobel Prize for the enlightening work that you publish for free on your Internet website?”
Honestly, we’ve been asking ourselves the same question. Much like the origin of life itself, the lack of gratitude coming out of Sweden for all we do remains a mystery. What’s crystal clear, however, is that we have made a small splash in the good ol’ English-speaking biosphere! In other words, we got linked on Metafilter a few weeks back. If you go there and ignore the fact that half of the discussion veers off into some amusing rants about xenophobia, you’ll find at least twelve people who really like this site.
The other fun thing is that the oldest women’s magazine in the United States of America — yes, that would be Redbook — published a little notice about us in their October issue, calling Let’s Panic About Babies! their “favorite time-waster.” They go on to describe this site as,
a hilarious Onion-style website about parenting from all-star mommy blogger and soon-to-be REDBOOK columnist Alice Bradley and her cohort Eden Kennedy. Launched in June to crashing levels of traffic, Let’s Panic will soon be adding contests, giveaways, and reader Q&A’s.
Wikipedia defines cohort thusly:
Originally, the cohort was a sub-unit of a Roman legion. Each Roman legion would have ten cohorts. The first of ten cohorts had five double-sized centuries totaling 800 men whereas the other nine would usually consist of 480 legionaries including six centurions. The cohort itself was divided into six centuries of 80 men commanded each by a centurion.
So then I’m like some sort of legionnaire?
I need to go buy a fez!
Anyway, we didn’t want to brag, but somehow we managed to do it all the same.
Oh, and Alice is going to be a columnist in Redbook starting in January, did you catch that part?!
August 28, 2009, How About a Little Historical Context?
After an unexpected hiatus last week — Alice was barricaded on a beach somewhere fending off the attacks of feral children, while I slaved away at a surprising variety of meaningless and soul-numbing tasks — we are back with more scientific and doctorly advice for the pre-pregnant, the post-pregnant, the pseudo-pregnant, and whoever else is left with a working ovary. We also aim to inform those who find all three classes of human, as well as their tiny offspring, amusing. (From a distance.)
First off the bat, we aim to educate you in the history of your predicament with a little post we like to call Pregnancy Through the Ages. Finally, the life-changing perspective you needed on the difference between Sumerian and Minoan birth goddesses!
Our other big release is a two-part guide to forcing — uh, we mean peacefully and responsibly teaching your child to sleep independently. Part one reveals our soon-to-be-patented step-by-step guide to getting your baby down for the night. Part two, which we’ll publish next week, is a simple one-step method for ruining your life. It’s your choice!
Stoically,
Drs. Bradley and Kennedy