I’m doing some copy writing for JC Penney’s Home Style Guide blog, and they just put up my post about how we collect clocks that don’t work. I also put together an alarm clock shopping guide at the bottom, so if you need one, go have a look.

Heather is on vacation, so I guest posted on Dooce.

This week I’m a guest editor for Kirtsy, which is like Digg for women. (You may also know Kirtsy as Sk*rt, they renamed it recently due to lawsuit unpleasantness.) Anyway, I picked a few things I think folks will like, so check back every day this week to see a few of my favorite things.

Heather just published her very first book, Things I Learned About My Dad (in therapy). It’s a collection of essays about fatherhood, and if you ever wondered how I feel about my dad, mine’s in there too. As is Alice’s. In fact, her essay about fatherhood and Star Wars also appeared in this month’s Wondertime magazine. (That’s why I have an 8.5″ x 11″ photo of Alice dressed as Princess Leia stuck to the side of our fridge. Also, one in my night stand drawer, but I digress.)

I’m excited for Heather right now, because I know something very big is about to happen. Sometime soon, a stranger will ask what she does. Instead of saying, “Well… do you read… like… how do I put this. Uh, I’m a blogger?” she can look them straight in the eye and say, “I’m a writer.”

And a damn good one too.

I just wrote a Gift Subscriptions guide for The Morning News that could help out if you’re still searching for gifts. While you’re there, I had a couple of tips in the Hangover Cures feature as well.