Blogging celebrity Heather Armstrong (better known as Dooce to most of cyberspace) recently made an appearance on The Today Show. Only instead of promoting her newly released book, Heather was subjected to the judgements of Kathie Lee Gifford about the evils of blogging . (Gifford, who clearly would not know a blog from a bog said, "There's something that worries me about it (blogging)......")

She might be famous for playing a character who wouldn't be caught dead in last season's clothes, but Sarah Jessica Parker is no designer diva when it comes to dressing her five-year-old son, James Wilke.

"He only wears hand-me-downs because I've got all these older nephews," Parker, 43, says in the newest issue of Parade magazine. "That's the God's honest truth! Plus, my mother saved all my brothers' clothes. I am not kidding. I don't think I've ever bought him any clothes. Maybe a new winter's coat...."

Apparently the Duggar clan hasn't quite filled that quiver! Michelle Duggar, matriarch of the popular Discovery Channel program "The Duggars" and mother to seventeen children managed to surprise the entire lot live on the Today Show when she announced that once again she is expecting.

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:

There's not doubt that most Americans are having to tighten their fiscal belts and with more than a 100 million customers a week, discount giant Wal-Mart is a great place to get a sampling of U.S. consumer spending.

Last week Eduardo Castro -Wright, CEO of Wal-Mart's U.S. stores, reported strong sales in groceries, health and wellness products, as well as flat-screen televisions and other consumer electronics. And at the same time Starbucks reported a 28% drop in profits last quarter, Wal-Mart reported an increase in sales of coffee and cappuccino makers leading one to believe Americans are staying home more both for their meals and their entertainment.

A friend and I were talking about the ridiculous sayings we heard growing up. We marveled that because our mothers (and sometimes fathers) said it, we never questioned the science or logic behind gems like:

• If you keep making that face, it might freeze that way!
• Clean your plate, there are children in (China, India, Africa, Ohio, etc.) who are starving.
• If all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you?
• Do I look like I'm made of money?
• Don't sit too close to the TV, you'll go blind!
• Don't read in the dark, you'll go blind!
• Don't wear someone else's glasses, you'll go blind!
• Do you think money just grows on trees?
• You'd forget your head if it wasn't attached to your shoulders!
• Don't touch that/put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's been!

You don't hear people using Mom-isms much anymore. Perhaps in honor of Mother's Day, we should dust them off and remind the next generation that cleaning behind the ears is what prevents potatoes from growing because losing mom-isms, no matter how wacky or bizarre, just seems a shame.

There are still many facets of life in the United States where there is room for improvement, but it's still an incredible place to hang your hat and owe your taxes. Where else could you find a place where a serious presidential contender would take the time to answer the questions of a bunch of mommy bloggers?!

Disappointed at the lame questions and lack of follow-up in that last televised debate, the MOMocrats sent a list of questions they wished had been addressed to the Obama campaign. Amazingly, they received a response from Obama on a variety of topics ranging from torture to maternity leave.

Of course, these answers were likely edited and assessed by dozens of handlers and speech writers and this is excellent PR for Obama. But it's still pretty awesome that average citizens can have the ear of a presidential nominee, even for just a second in cyberspace.

Dunder Mifflin fans will be happy to hear that Angela Kinsey, who plays uptight head of accounting Angela Martin on NBC's The Office, is doing just fine after giving birth on Saturday.

Isabelle Ruby Lieberstein is the first child for Kinsey and her television writer husband Warren Lieberstein. She weighed six pounds, fourteen ounces.

Pregnancy apparently agreed with Kinsey. According to costar Kate Flannery (who play office drunk Meredith on the show), "She is a very happy pregnant woman. One of the happiest . . . I have ever seen."

A little Office trivia fact: if baby Isabelle gets to hang out at The Office while mom is working, she'll be among friends and family. Toby, the long-suffering HR rep is her daddy's brother, Paul Lieberstein.

Angela Kinsey(click thumbnails to view gallery)

Suri Cruise, daughter of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes recently celebrated her 2nd birthday, officially becoming a Big Girl. However, recent photos of the cutie have the internet abuzz with the question: did this little child really get a hair color change?

Photos of the formerly raven-haired tyke leaving a Manhattan hotel with her similarly dark-haired parents make Suri's hair appear to have become three shades lighter practically overnight. Speculation on this phenomena ranges from being due to the angle of the lighting, bleaching in the sun, children's hair naturally fading as they grow, and to a chemical treatments.

If Suri's hair has been chemically treated: umm, why?! And also, could I have the name of that colorist? My kids' hair looks fine, it's their mama that could use some help!

Another day, another notification that food you may have purchased could contain extras that could make your own expiration date come around a lot quicker.

This time the offender is Gourmet Boutique brand products fresh and frozen meat products that were sold by Shaw's, ACME and Jewel-Osco. The recall involves 286,000 pounds of the company's meat products might be contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. Symptoms of listeriosis include fever, muscle aches, nausea and diarrhea. If infection spreads to the nervous system, headache, stiff neck, confusion or convulsions may occur.

The products included in the recalled are:

• Gourmet Boutique, Honey Nut Fruit and Chicken Salad, UPC: 2 16611 XXXXX, All Lots
• Gourmet Boutique, Chicken Salad Homestyle, 1/6 lb, UPC: 0 70612 90040 4, All Lots
• Gourmet Boutique, Twister Buffalo Bob, UPC: 0 70612 90037 7, 1/5 pc cs, All Lots
• Gourmet Boutique, Twister Chicken Caesar, UPC: 0 70612 90304 6, 1tr white tortilla (ALA), All Lots
• Gourmet Boutique, Twister Chicken Parmesan, UPC: 0 70612 90038 3, 1/5 pc, All Lots
• Gourmet Boutique, Twister Italian Stallion, UPC: 0 70612 90037 9, 1/5 pc, All Lots
• Gourmet Boutique, Twister Turkey Club, UPC: 0 70612 90304 7, 1/5 pc, All Lots

Customers who purchased any of the items may return them to any ACME, Jewel-Osco or Shaw's store for a refund.