Nearly everyone who has a mother with a working computer has received some unintentionally funny emails from her at one point or another. Whether it's an update on the health prognosis of someone don't know and have never met (your cousin's ex-husband's barber's neighbor who was recently diagnosed with cancer of the toe, for example) or the latest warnings on the dangers of toilet spiders, technology and moms can be a pretty funny mix.

Instead of just forwarding these e-mails to girlfriends to enjoy and/or commiserate over, Jessica Grose and Doree Shafrir launched Postcards from Yo Momma, a blog with the tagline: A repository of modern day maternal correspondence. The idea was so great and the letter so brilliant, they've even been offered a book contract. Love, Mom will be released in April 2009.

"We started it on a lark," says Grose. "We never thought people would get so excited." Some of my favorite entries:

Rectal Exam

I hope you are feeling better today. Now you have a special area to treat with care. That's an important orifice as it gets used for most necessary business every day, so make sure it gets respect.
Looking forward to seeing you. That's an important milestone, graduation from college. Let us know if you want us to bring anything.
mom
(trying to not be toooo mom-like)

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About Your Date

I think the age difference for you is OK. The only thing is that he might be very ready to settle down at 30. And you have said you are not ready. Nice that he is cute but not essential.
Take care of yourself. Watch your heart. Keep your head. Have fun.

Love always,
Mom

(Maybe you should google him)

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Small Animals

I dunno. Small animals (except for Mickey) seem to turn on us. Your hamster was a b-tch. My bird was a b-tch. He literally bit the hand that fed him.

I had a turtle when I was 10. I buried him in a chinese food container because he died. I later found out that they hibernate, so possibly he wasn't dead at all.

Perhaps small animals have found out about this through their small animal network, and now they all run for hills when we want to buy them.

-Mom.

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I have to admit, I was a little proud when one of my sons said he had something to submit. Apparently he enjoyed my response to his first email checking to see if a new email account worked so much that he saved it. (I wonder if he shared it with his friends?!)

One Word: Cooties

It does! Hi! Behave! Wash behind your ears! STAY AWAY FROM GIRLS!!

-Mom