{"id":1086,"date":"2009-07-30T13:39:34","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/theirbadmother\/2009\/07\/babies-and-blogging-and-bacon-oh-my.html"},"modified":"2009-07-30T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:39:34","slug":"babies-and-blogging-and-bacon-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/theirbadmother\/2009\/07\/babies-and-blogging-and-bacon-oh-my.html","title":{"rendered":"Babies And Blogging And Bacon, Oh My"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, hey. Ever wondered what I sound like? No? Didn&#8217;t think so. But on the off-chance that you <i>have<\/i> been dying to know whether I have a high, chirpy Meg Ryan voice, or a low throaty Kathleen Turner voice or whether I, like, totally, say ABOOT and yammer on about hockey and bacon, well, I have just the thing for you. Behold, my Pepsico interview from BlogHer, hosted by BlogTalkRadio. In which, yes, I <i>might <\/i>have said a thing or two about bacon:<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/counters.gigya.com\/wildfire\/IMP\/CXNID=2000002.0NXC\/bT*xJmx*PTEyNDg5NzU4MTgzNTEmcHQ9MTI*ODk3NTgyMjAwMCZwPTQ1MDk3MiZkPSZnPTImbz1iMjM*YjQwNDU*Y2I*Njg4YjExMDIwOTJiMzdmY2ZiMCZvZj*w.gif\" border=\"0\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" \/><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/BTRPlayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eblogtalkradio%2Ecom%2Fplaylist%2Easpx%3Fshow%5Fid%3D623148&amp;autostart=true&amp;bufferlength=5&amp;volume=100&amp;borderweight=1&amp;bordercolor=#999999&amp;backgroundcolor=#FFFFFF&amp;dashboardcolor=#0098CB&amp;textcolor=#FFFFFF&amp;detailscolor=#FFFFFF&amp;playlistcolor=#999999&amp;playlisthovercolor=#333333&amp;cornerradius=10&amp;callback=www.blogtalkradio.com\/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx?referrer_url=\/show.aspx\" quality=\"high\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"210\" height=\"108\"><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that I also said a thing or two about parenting and writing and being Canadian, but yeah: BACON. There was a lot of talk about bacon. Which, I don&#8217;t know. It seemed relevant at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, hey. Ever wondered what I sound like? No? Didn&#8217;t think so. 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