Congratulations, Lezzy Winners

A very hearty congratulations to the winners of the 2009 Lezzy Awards, sponsored by The Lesbian Lifestyle. There are some mighty fine blogs out there, including Up Popped a Fox, who took it home in the Parenting category, over Lesbian Dad and myself. Vikki keeps us all in stitches with her riotous tales of parenting life.

It’s a pleasure having such good competition—although I hesitate to use the word. Comrades or sisters-in-arms is more like it.

Thanks to all of you who voted for Mombian.

Go check out some of these other blogs, if you haven’t already:

• Best Entertainment/Culture: Dorothy Surrenders
• Best Humor: Grace the Spot
• Best Parenting: Up Popped a Fox
• Best Engagement/Wedding: My Big Fat Gay Wedding
• Best Feminist/Political: Feministing
• Best Personal: Peaches & Coconuts
• Best Out Later in Life: Making Space
• Best Sex/Short Story/Erotica: Sugarbutch Chronicles
• Best New Lesbian Blog: Autostraddle
• Best Podcast: The Lesbian Lounge
• Lifetime Achievement: AfterEllen.com

Last Chance to Vote!

Today is the last day to vote for Mombian as Best Lesbian Parenting Blog in this year’s Lezzy Awards, an annual contest run by The Lesbian Lifestyle. (Vote for your favorite blogs in other categories, too.) Voting closes at midnight, ET.

Even if you’ve voted before, you can do so again, as long as your previous vote was 24 hours ago. (Yes, unlike in presidential elections, multiple votes will count.)

You will receive a confirmation e-mail with a link you must click for your votes to be valid. Please don’t forget that crucial step. (It’s necessary in order to prevent vote fraud.)

Many thanks! This is a great opportunity to discover new blogs, no matter who the winners.

Please Vote for Mombian!

One of you lovely readers was kind enough to nominate Mombian as Best Lesbian Parenting Blog in this year’s Lezzy Awards, an annual contest run by The Lesbian Lifestyle. Many thanks! It turns out Mombian is now a finalist.

I hope you will take a minute to pop over and vote for Mombian, along with your favorite blogs in other categories.

The way the voting works is that you can vote once per category within a 24 hour period. That means you should vote every day for your favorite blog in each category in order for it to have a chance of winning. Voting goes through 12:00 a.m. EDT on March 2nd.

You will receive a confirmation e-mail with a link you must click for your votes to count. Please don’t forget that crucial step. (It’s necessary in order to prevent vote fraud.)

I also want to congratulate the other two finalists in the Parenting category, Lesbian Dad and Up Popped a Fox. Worthy competition both—though I view them less as competitors than friends. (You can also vote for Up Popped a Fox as Best Personal Blog.)

Many thanks! Regardless of the winners, I hope people use this as an opportunity to discover new blogs and celebrate the wide range of lesbian voices.

Get Mombian on Kindle

Did your sweetie treat you well this holiday season and get you a Kindle? Looking for something to fill its sleek yet capacious body?

You can now get Mombian delivered right to your Kindle. It costs $1.99 per month (after a 14-day free trial); the advantage over the free version here is that you can get it anywhere you have a wireless Kindle connection—which is just about anywhere the AT&T network reaches. On the bus, in the park, at your child’s basketball game—you name it. (Don’t let a stray ball hit the Kindle, however.)

Enjoy!

I am a member of the Amazon Associates program, and get a small referral fee from all purchases made at Amazon.com via links on this site. You are under no obligation to purchase through them.

Happy Turkey Baster Awareness Day!

A very happy Thanksgiving to all of you celebrating it this week. Remember to make the turkey baster jokes before your relatives do.

Posting will be light here for a few days as our family will be stuffing ourselves with poultry and pie.

Let’s Stay in Touch

A reminder to all readers that there are several ways to stay in touch with Mombian:

• Subscribe to Mombian by Email to receive a Daily Digest of Mombian posts. (Max of one e-mail per day, even if there are several posts.)
• Join the Mombian Facebook Group to meet other members and receive an occasional message from me on items of interest. (I keep the volume low—no more than one per week unless there’s major breaking news.)
• Also, NEW: Become a Fan of Mombian on Facebook, which doesn’t get you on the group mailing list as above, but shows that you like the site.
• Follow me on Twitter for more frequent messages about Mombian posts, breaking news, and occasional chatter. (I try to keep the signal-to-noise ratio high, but sometimes throw in something fun and random.)
• Subscribe to the Mombian RSS feed to read posts via a feedreader like Google Reader or Bloglines, or include the feed in a customized homepage like My Yahoo! or iGoogle.
• You can also now sign in to Mombian using your Facebook account (the button is over in the right sidebar of the site) to see other Mombian readers who are online and using Facebook. You can also choose to crosspost your Mombian comments to Facebook. (You’ll see the checkbox below the comment box.)

I hope this helps us share and continue our ongoing conversations about LGBT parenting.

Many thanks for being part of the Mombian community,
Dana

Be Right Back

A quick note to say I’m going to be offline more than usual over the next few days in preparation for my son starting first grade (!!!) next week. I have a bunch of posts scheduled, though, including the vlog tomorrow, in which Helen and I discuss the classic theme of sperm banks and turkey basters.

Please do stop by, then, but just note that comment moderation may be delayed and I may be slow in responding to e-mail. (Hey, I couldn’t write a parenting blog if I didn’t go parent once in a while.)

Have a great rest-of-the-week!

Let’s Stay in Touch

A reminder to all readers that there are several ways to stay in touch with Mombian:

Subscribe to Mombian by Email to receive a Daily Digest of Mombian posts. (Max of one e-mail per day, even if there are several posts.)

Join the Mombian Facebook Group to meet other members and receive an occasional message from me on items of interest. (I keep the volume low—no more than one per week unless there’s major breaking news.)

Follow me on Twitter for more frequent messages about Mombian posts, breaking news, and occasional chatter. (I try to keep the signal-to-noise ratio high, but sometimes throw in something fun and random.)

Subscribe to the Mombian RSS feed to read posts via a feedreader like Google Reader or Bloglines, or include the feed in a customized homepage like My Yahoo! or iGoogle.

You can also now sign in to Mombian using your Facebook account (you’ll see the button over in the right sidebar of the site), to see other Mombian readers who are online and using Facebook. You can also choose to post your Mombian comments to Facebook. (You’ll see the checkbox below the comment box.)

I hope this helps us continue our ongoing conversations about LGBT parenting.

Many thanks for being part of the Mombian community,
Dana

Thanks, Curve!

Thanks to Curve magazine and contributing editor Sheryl Kay for profiling me in the “Out in Front” section of their July/August issue. It’s an honor.

The issue is not yet online, but you can view the PDF here. If you subscribe, you can find me on p. 19.

Have a Good Holiday!

No Weekly Political Roundup this week, as I’m spending the time with my family for the holiday, and I suspect few of you will be around either.

Have a good holiday, if you’re celebrating it!