Here’s the link to The Big Day: Getting Cleared For Take-off about the actual day of surgery. Read the whole rest of the blog entry by following the link. In the meantime, Dig Dash Shaw’s fantastic work…

Laura just wanted to be sure to point out Robin’s great blog — the fabulously named “Ranting with Robin” (www.readingwithrobin.blogspot.com). Just like Oprah’s “After Hours” or “After the Show” or whatever it’s called that she shoots after taping her real show, this is more great stuff from Robin about books and authors.

OK, as usual Laura is behind the eight ball for no good reason (unless you count a dead car battery, a plumbing problem, and a bunch of overdue work that Laura hasn’t gotten to because of Thanksgiving), so of course she’s posting this notice late. But better late than never, right?

Remember last year when Laura did that radio interview on the “Reading with Robin” show and felt, about two minutes in, that she and Robin Kall were NBFs? Well, Robin is celebrating the show’s 5th anniversary (!) on WHJJ Saturday, December 1, from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Books on the Square on Angell Street in Providence. Robin was nice enough to include Laura in the authors she chose to help her celebrate and Robin was even kinder to include author Emily Franklin since Emily is also from Newton and they’re going to carpool together to the signing. (This will give Emily and Laura a chance to finally have a conversation someplace other than in the cramped overcrowded highly-charged atmosphere of Russo’s, the fabulous bargain fruit-and-vegetable market also in Newton where they occasionally run into each other but can’t really talk since people are practically killing each other trying to get to the cheap cantaloupes and even cheaper red peppers.)

But enough about Laura and Emily (who are both signing at 1:00 p.m., BTW). To find out more about Robin and the event (which is also a fundraiser for the RISPCA) and about what other authors are coming check www.readingwithrobin.com.

Here’s the link to the fourth illustrated blog which is called “The Whole Truth About Breast Reconstruction.”

Laura is currently consulting a local self-professed blogspert - Sara Whitman who writes the Suburban Lesbian Housewife blog — about how to actually insert this clip right here into the brant — and assuming she’s not a techno-phony, check back later to be wowed by her impressive knowledge and skill in the AV department. In the meantime, here’s the link to the piece about the School of Rock — a national music school (about 30 schools across the country) for kids started by Paul Green — on Fox 25 News. The piece is about the School of Rock in Watertown, Mass., where Ben has been taking drum lessons for the past few months. Dig the long hair and the lips moving while counting the beat….

READ THIS hilarious but true piece by Nataly Kogan, Work It, Mom! co-founder (and friend of Laura’s), called “Don’t Call Me Mommy” about the annoying trend of mommy-calling. Whenever a woman who has children does anything now, she and her business somehow end up with the “mom” or “mommy” prefix, as in “mompreneurs.” But as Nataly points out:

“When I was in venture capital most of the companies I ran into were run by men; yet I never heard anyone refer to them as dadpreneurs.”

Laura also loves the fact that this is a true rant.

Here’s the link to Part III: “Next Stop: Plastic Surgery Tutorial”… It’s a little more technical/medical and a little less entertaining but hey, Laura can’t always make this topic fun…