FAQS for Tearfree aka Reject the Koolaid

Tearfree, you post so much, are you a total loser with nothing else to do?

No, I’m trying to build my blog audience and this is one of my tactics.

But you said you were a working mother, what about your boss?

I am an academic. I’ve filed my grades. I’m not back in class until September. New media is one of my areas. So in a way, this is my job.

Can I look you up on Rate My Professors?

No, absolutely not.

Ok, but if you’re in new media, how come you can’t hyperlink?

I just got a MAC and Blogspot doesn’t seem to work well with Safari. (Bleg: If anyone has any tips on hyperlinking under these conditions, I welcome them.)

What about your kids. When do you ever find time to take care of them?

Kid, singular. Starting high school next fall. Takes public transport alone. Old enough to have friends with blogs. Plus, like I said, I’m an academic.

Some posters said you must be a horrible mother – is that true?

I’m a great mother. My kid is proof.

Tearfree, some people said you’re a man. Are you?

Nope.

They also said you can’t possibly be happy. Are you?

Yes.

Tearfree, are you really against tears?

No I'm just agains Koolaid-fuelled sob sessions and stuff like this
http://ninepounddictator.blogspot.com/2006/05/major-meltdowns.html

Why do you read the Mummy bloggers if you think they’re Koolaid drinkers?

It’s an interesting phenomenon. And one of my areas of specialization is groupthink, new media narrative trends, emerging post-modern literature.

Tearfree, did you plan all this as an exploitative audience-grabbing manoeuvre?

No, but I can see how it looks that way.

Tearfree, why did you back pedal and become nicer?

Really, I didn't mean to. I honestly don't understand why people are saying I recanted. In fact I stand by everything I said at http://badladies.blogspot.com/2006/04/back-to-basics.html