Missing Link

I just took a link down, over there on my little link list, and at the risk of being preachy and not at all amusing, I'm gonna tell you why. I used to read Celebrity Baby Blog all the time. It was my time-sucker of choice, my crack, my porn, and I spent an unhealthy amount of time reading about crazy names being bestowed on celebrity offspring, whether Gwyneth and other A-listers were breastfeeding or not, whether they'd gained 60 pounds during pregnancy, like I did, if they had a nanny, or several, whether they were driving with their kids on their laps or having nervous breakdowns - you know, all the good gossip. I knew it was stupid and wrong, but I couldn't help myself.

I started feeling bad about it back when Johnny Depp talked about how he doesn't want his kids to be photographed, but the paparazzi still hounds them and scares his kids. I felt worse when Ryan Phillipe said that his daughter got teased at school because of a paparazzi photo of her holding a blanket. One afternoon in January, I was on my way to catch the F train home, and I came upon a horde of paparazzi camped in the street outside Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams' place. I knew he'd just died, I knew that was their house, but I hadn't thought anyone would be there - I thought Michelle Williams was still in Sweden or something. No - she was inside with her daughter, and this pack of wolves was outside. I felt sick to my stomach. Still, I didn't banish my CBB habit. But today they published a picture of Sarah Jessica Parker's son, and he's just trying to be a kid and have fun, and he's got a camera in his face, and he looks scared. It put me over the edge. Enough. I'm done. Yuck.

So CBB is no longer linked here, and I've added two lovely mamas whose blogs I enjoy - Carole and Jenn. Go read those instead.

Ah, I feel better now.