Wendy Does Waco

By Laura

July 3, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

Did you not watch Baby Borrowers last night? Great (free despite the cost of your cable bill) birth control!

By Scott Baker

July 3, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

If your playlisting is half as good as your blog titling, I’ve got some serious competition…

Well played.

By Fred

July 3, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

Everytime a new baby is born into this world……the father’s future child support just went “up”.

By karen

July 3, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this

You really do go out of your way to gross people out don’t you?

By Fred

July 3, 2008 8:43 PM | Link to this

Dearest Karen: And as the Bard once said…..”now there’s a wench, come and kiss me Kate”.

By Stephanie

July 3, 2008 9:59 PM | Link to this

Ah yes, Fred. But in act II the Bard had her so wisely respond: “Asses are made to bear, and so are you.”

By Stephanie

July 3, 2008 10:02 PM | Link to this

Actually I sort of blended two quotes together there, but you get the drift.

By C.F.M.

July 3, 2008 10:35 PM | Link to this

Wendy,I’m not sure you make my day, but sometimes, you do make it worth getting up in the morning…

By Fred

July 4, 2008 4:33 AM | Link to this

Hey Stephanie……Ah yes. The Bard is indeed a two-edged sword. I actually like that quote (even if it does apply to me). Alas, if I must be an A$$……I will be a royal-pain-in-the-A$$. Maybe that’s why I always liked “A Mid-Summers Night Dream”. ID crisis? Hee-Haw, Hee-Haw.

By Buck Owens

July 4, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Speaking of Hee-Haw, make sure you pick the right guy when you choose to have a kid. Remember your college biology class and the lessons about inter-mingling of genes. You don’t want to end up with a kid like Junior Samples, Lou-Lou, that guy who wheezed and beat his chest as musical entertainment, or Fred the porch dog.

By Dan

July 4, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

I hope you didn’t pay someone to come up with that title. FETUS? Are you serious? How abour PREGNANT? Or if you need to trick it up, how about PREGGO? Get serious. Thank God you aren’t planning on getting pregnant yourself, you are clearly too superficial and selfish to care for a child.

By C.F.M.

July 4, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

Dan this girl is a joker, and a kidder, dont take her to serious she is a lot of fun but take what she says with a grain of salt, most of the time….Yes getting preggers is a serious business and I have never meet a woman that didnt know that, hell its a built-in system in women, and from what I can tell she is a woman.. I think lolol

By wendy

July 4, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this

Dan, I’m crushed, I can’t believe you think I would pay someone to write my blog titles. But seriously, you do know that fetus is not a cuss word, right? Neither are placenta or embryo. Just thought you should know.

By The Daily Cynic

July 4, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this

Geez, Dan. “Fetus” is actually a medically relevant word. (Just imagine if she had said “blastocyst”!)

By mark

July 4, 2008 7:58 PM | Link to this

Dan, I was a fetus once, or so I’m told!! Why you gotta hate on the fetuses?

By Dan

July 4, 2008 8:14 PM | Link to this

I am aware not only that “fetus” is not a cuss word, but I know that it is medically relevant, and at one time, everyone reading this was a fetus. Thanks for the updates. I just think you’d be hard pressed to find any pregant woman that referred to herself as being “with fetus” or telling a first child that “mommy has a fetus in her tum-tum.” It’s commonly referred to (coldly) as a fetus when it is unwanted, which seems to be the point of this article.

By C.F.M.

July 4, 2008 10:36 PM | Link to this

Dan , old son, man, you seriously need to chill out, hmmm, I think that is the term. At 69 one is never sure of terms nowdays…..lololol

By KDF

July 4, 2008 11:25 PM | Link to this

No one may care, but Wendy, the word you used “freaking” as in Killeen is a substitute word for “you-know-what”. Not looking for feedback, just letting you know if you didn’t already!! <><

By Louise

July 5, 2008 12:42 AM | Link to this

I am pregnant and so are several of my friends. I think the title, “Fetus is the new black,” is quite clever actually.

By Fred

July 5, 2008 4:34 AM | Link to this

Fetus with a side order of after-birth? Isn’t that what they serve for lunch at the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce? They eat babies you know.

By Cleetus the Fetus

July 5, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this

Sounds like Dan might be feeling a little unwanted.

I’m 44 years old and my dad STILL calls me Cleetus the Fetus. But that’s usually just when he’s got a tum-tum full of rum.

By Cleetus the Fetus

July 5, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

Dan, I want to personally thank you for all you’ve done for me. Since you posted here, I have gotten a date. Mark (see above), who was also once a fetus, contacted me and invited me to attend a Texas Rangers game with him. So we two former fetuses are going, and we’re not ashamed of who we are — two reasonably healthy former viable fetuses who like to drink a few beers!! Thank you again, Dan. If the State of Texas ever allows fetuses to marry, you’ll be my man of honor!!

By Mike

July 6, 2008 7:23 AM | Link to this

Maybe my timing on this is pretty good and maybe a little sappy, but I’ll take that risk. I just spent the morning on my drive in to work thinking about my mom who has been gone for almost 7 years now.

I still think of her and wish that I could once again give her a hug and tell her that I love her. Even stringer is the desire to be held by her again and to hear her tell me that “she” loves me.

Why we have babies is a command from our God to “Go forth and multiply and conquer the Earth.” What we learn from there is love. Some actually have parents that help them to learn the love of Christ in the way that there parents love them. Some have parents who create in them a longing for love that only our Heavenly Father can truly satisfy.

We have the opportunity to create like God creates. I have heard someone say that when they die what a joy it will be to be able to sit and watch God go about His business of creating. It is an awesome opportunity to be like our Father and experince, if even very briefly, the beauty in creating life.

There is no greater mystery than that, no more heavy soul searching to do but to understand that we act out the command of our Creator and to experience the gift of His love in entrusting us to do so.

The last thing that I can think of is that because of my mother, I know what it is like to be completely loved by another human being just for who I am bumps and all. I miss her with all my heart.

By KDF

July 6, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

Amen, brother Mike. Sappy is what we need more of in this world. It hurts less than war and makes the heart feel good. God bless you. <><

By KDF

July 6, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

Oh, and let us make today the “Take your Fetus to Church” Day. Let your child learn early the blessings that are around him. Life is not always easy, but it is easier when Jesus Christ carries our yoke for us. <><

By dustin

July 6, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

Wendy, I doubt anyone is busting down your door in a rush to copulate with you. I used to work in the newsroom and all I can remember is you had one of the loudest most obnoxious voice in the whole place. Your the last person who needs to reproduce.

By C.F.M.

July 6, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

Damn, Dustin, don’t pull any punches, just tell it like it is, lolol,,lmao….Wooooo, Obnoxious Wendy,,,, lololol

By dustin

July 6, 2008 8:33 PM | Link to this

I apologize. I’m not even sure why I was reading this blog. I am going back into my cave now.

By karen

July 6, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

Dustin, like we couldn’t tell that by the blogs she writes. Honestly, i wish she would go “do” some other city. What does Wendy ever write about that has merit? Honestly? Yes, i understand it is a BLOG. The current blog title was/is for “shock value”.

By C.F.M.

July 7, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this

Dustin, never apologize. whats done is done forget it, man or woman are what ever..Yea Karen all of these blogs inane, I suppose that is what its all about… I read, them, for the most part, to enjoy the inane comments made by others, and in doing that, I have found that I have never seen so many people, not ever one, that knew so little about so much but it is interesting,,sometimes…

By gypsy soul

July 7, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

gosh darn….people get mad over the littlest things…what did ya’ll want her to title it…puking my guts up everywhere is the new black, or you know what they say about pregnant girls….they put out????!!! some of you guys crack me smooth up. Wendy, dont let them get to you girl!

By Brother

July 7, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

Did you just “Out” me in the Waco Trib?!?! I better get busy and actually start calling people to a) tell them about the fetus..er…baby or b) apologize for not telling them about the above mentioned.

The power of the Blog is amazing!

By Jenny

July 8, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this

You people trashing Wendy, she is one of the most baby-nurturing people I know. She would be a great mom. She also has a great sense of humor, which a lot of you are completely missing! She will be a great “aunt” to my future fetus – I’m exceedingly lucky to have her in my life, even if it’s long distance, and I can’t wait to see what creative gifts she gets for my fetus shower.

By karen

July 8, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

You are too close to be unbiased in this discussion. We are reacting to her writing ability or lack there of. Perhaps she will be a better aunt than writer. The first thing I thought of when I read the “fetus” title was of a high school newspaper. Title was “sophomoric” at best. It did get attention, but not in the way she intended.

By wendy

July 8, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

Karen, hon, I’m just looking out for you here when I say that if my rough writing is so offensive to your delicate literary palate, perhaps you should darken another blog’s doorstep. It hurts me to think you keep bringing this displeasure upon yourself. It seems self destructive. Hope you have a great day and find something less sophomoric to read :)

By Jenny

July 8, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

Oh, I forgot, Karen, a title can make or break an article. My bad. I also forgot that blogs must be unbiased, being opinion pieces and all. Which journalism school did you go to, and which paper do you work for?

By Scott Baker

July 8, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this

Also, Karen, you meant “thereof.” And “sophomoric” shouldn’t have been in quotes, nor should it have been written in a sentence fragment. If you’re going to criticize someone’s writing, you might want to have a grasp on the subject yourself. Just a thought.

By painfullysickofstupidpeople

July 8, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

Karen….please, please go away. You make my head hurt and my stomach turn. Between you and Dustin (who “worked in the news room” but somehow cannot spell) there is almost no more room in my life for idiots.

Go play in traffic.

By karen

July 8, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this

I love to read but I am picky. Anyone can use words for shock value but after that the writing is usually so so. The only writing I do is in a journal when I can find the darn thing so you are right about my talent. Just because I don’t care for your style of writing doesn’t mean it is without merit, however, I am as entitled to an opinion as you are. You did come back with smart aleck answers to others and ask if they knew fetus wasn’t a cuss word. Real professional Wendy! Your little friends can tell me to play in the road but it only drives home my point about the maturity of your writing and your friends. Not professional to have your little friends bash people who disagree with you. Maybe your style appeals to a certain culture but not one most people want to be identified with especially after this particular blog. Now you (actually your little friends) can continue to call people who disagree with you names and insult their intelligence but how original is that? Pre-k, K, Elementary ????? One last thing, all of you who think you know everything - write it down NOW because in a few years you will need it. LOL

By mark

July 8, 2008 10:25 PM | Link to this

Dan. DAN. HEY DAN!!

You seriously thought, even after reading the blog that it was about abortion????

“It’s commonly referred to (coldly) as a fetus when it is unwanted, which seems to be the point of this article.”

“It’s”??? IT’S???

I guess you mean the human child the woman is pregnant with. You call that child an IT???

Who’s cold here dan??

And then somehow you take things A STEP FURTHER and determine, thru extra sensory perception perhaps, that this blog entry was actually about abortion “when it’s unwanted” ( I can only assume you’re talking about abortion, a planned abortion, a thought about abortion, yadda yadda yadda), even though the abortion word was never used in the blog and no any suggestion of abortion was IN THE BLOG.

AMAZING. Absolutely monkey fluffing amazing. Pure genius. You sir, will most definitely be invited to be the best former fetus at the marriage of two former fetuses at a time and date to be determined.

Dan, do yourself a favor, don’t read blogs if you don’t get the concept. Oops, didn’t mean to say “concept”, that word is a derivative of the unhealthy “conception”, that could sound to some like something that wasn’t intended (my Koresh, copulation???? OR CONCEIVING???)

p.s. This blog response was conceived by a former fetus for entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to an actual conception or current fetus is purely coincidental.

p.s.s Karen! Anybody can do a blog! YOU can do a blog, you don’t have to be a professional to do a blog. Hence, when a professional journalist chooses to put themselves out there and do a blog, it ain’t got to look or be or sound “professional”. There are NO professional bloggers. “Professional-pertaining to, proper to, or connected with one’s profession or calling”.

A blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. The two terms(blog and profession} are mutually exclusive. Please, please, oh Koresh, fuggit, you just can’t help some people. karen meet fred, fred meet karen, let the best man win.

By karen

July 8, 2008 11:22 PM | Link to this

Mark, She is getting paid to write this BLOG. Big difference. Don’t you think you are protesting just a little too much? Seems the only opinions that matter are yours and a few other groupies. The title was very crude and not very well thought out. I made the mistake of assuming this is or was a starting point in her career. IMO It is late and more has been written on this issue than decency allows. Put it to bed.

By Stephanie

July 8, 2008 11:58 PM | Link to this

Karen, In your opinion the title was crude. But opinion is purely subjective and if others do not agree with your opinion, you assume that they are friends of Wendy’s and are being unprofessional by disagreeing with your rather rude negativity.

I’m not a friend of Wendy’s or yours, having never met either one of you. But I am a web publisher who publishes several websites. A couple of them are written in a blog format. I do not expect all people to appreciate my writing style and voice, just as I (for example) gravitate to certain mystery authors instead of, say, romance authors because it is not a genre I enjoy. If I read it once and discover that I do not like it, I’m not going to subject myself to it again and again.

So if you do not like Wendy’s writing, why do you keep reading it? Why waste your time? Move on and find blogs that you do like. (There are literally MILLIONS out there. You could even start your own.) But to keep returning when you obviously have a deep dislike for this blog seems odd. Unless you just have a sick pleasure for insulting people. It’s quite easy online when you are not face to face. Something tells me that if you were to meet Wendy in person, you would have chosen different words when criticizing her writing skills. Just stop, please. Don’t come back if you don’t like it, otherwise you are just going out of your way to 1.) irritate yourself by spending time reading something you do not enjoy and 2.) be rude to others.

It’s like television. If you don’t like a show, don’t watch it.

By Stephanie

July 9, 2008 12:06 AM | Link to this

Mark: I agreed with everything you said.

Except, don’t say there are “no professional bloggers”. There are actually quite a few people who earn a living from their blogs. Not necessarily from being paid to blog, but by generating their own income by selling or incorporating ads on their blogs. For personal blogs, it is tricky. But if you’re blog is specialized with a specific subject and theme, it is not unheard of.

By Jenny

July 9, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

I notice Karen never answered my question about her journalism degree or which paper she works for….

By karen

July 9, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this

Stephanie, i happen upon her blog occasionally. 95% of the time I pass right over it. Yes, I do know that bloggers get paid to blog whether they are freelance, guest, or staff. I doubt i will read her blog for a long time if ever but it is really kinda strange that people come on here to defend her so much. They even tell me what i meant to say when they don’t have a clue. Don’t assume that because someone takes issue with her choice of words that they are uneducated or mean spirited. I would tell her to her face. I really had no idea that being blunt and to the point is something Wendy did not like since her writing can come across that way. As for being rude, read some other the posters, they really came down like the hammer of Thor on ME. I don’t dislike anyone. Like I said last night it is time to put it to bed.

By karen

July 9, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

Jenny, since you are feeling left out I will answer your question. I don’t have a journalism degree. I had no idea it was not acceptable to voice an opinion unless you have a degree in journalism. Does the editor know people without journalism degrees are reading his paper? And no, i don’t work for a paper/publication etc. Happy now? You have your answer so be at peace. LOL

By wendy

July 9, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

“monkey fluffing” that phrase makes me so happy. I may rename my blog that. Or maybe my first fetus. Thanks mark. I agree with Karen, we should move on to something happier. Like monkey fluffing :)

By Jenny

July 9, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

That’s what I thought, Karen. Those of us in the newspaper business get such nice critiques on our writing from people who have never been to journalism school or work at a paper.LOL

By Emily the Embryo

July 9, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

Well, I don’t know what state YOU hail from, but monkey fluffing is DEFINITELY against the law here in Texas.

And KDF can probably tell you better than I that monkey fluffing will get you an express ticket to HELL!!!

But I’d like to meet up with you, Mark. Maybe I could go with you and Cleetus to the Ranger game?

By karen

July 9, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this

Well Jenny, if we don’t read it you are out of a job. Believe it or not papers do care about circulation numbers, subscriptions, advertising etc and the consumer drives it. You are not in college anymore, grow up and take your lumps with the rest of the world. As long as you are writing someone will be critiquing, get used to it. Wait, I bet you grew up thinking that everyone wins first place, a trophy, or blue ribbon. Doesn’t happen in the real world. Read the speech given by Bill Gates at a commencement ceremony. It will give you something to think about other than that someone dared criticize without first earning a journalism degree. Some of the comments remind me of the old saying about an educated fool.

By Evil Clerk

July 9, 2008 6:49 PM | Link to this

Karen, you need to stop posting either before or after you embarrass yourself. Now is the time, regardless.

On the brighter side, WDW ranks #1 on Google for the phrase “monkey fluffing”.

By wendy

July 9, 2008 6:59 PM | Link to this

Ladies, have a glass of tea and let it go :) Evil Clerk, where are you bro? I never see ya anymore! Thanks for the Google alert, I feel so monkey fluffing special.

By mark

July 9, 2008 10:29 PM | Link to this

Okay, maybe I was the hammer of Thor and yes I might have been an a*, and yes I guess that was my intent and I apologize, I should not have attacked someone that way. (fred, you’re another thing entirely) Karen, my issue with you was I guess how you decided that the use of the word “fetus” was somehow crude. Is semen, testicles, uterus or v**** crude? I mean ( I think, only because I found Wens choice of word for “being with child” witty/ amusing and intelligent), a baby is not a baby until it’s born. Granted they’re not words that you normally see in a headline. And to Stephanie and Karen, you’re both right in that there are people that get paid to do blogs, either directly or indirectly, I mis-spoke. I think my intent was to try and express my opinion that blogging and professional journalistic standards, even if the blog is by a professional journalist are separate things. This was brought home to me a few months back when Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team would not allow bloggers into his press conferences. Blogs are not subject to the standards (truth, verification, attribution etc…) that journalism is. Karen, I get offended by the “N” word. Fetus, I can live with. And to all, especially Cleetus the fetus and Emily the embryo, I have never “fluffed” a monkey and even if I had, the department of defense would not allow me to talk about it. That aside, I did once let a dog named Zippy hump my leg only because he looked so needy.

By Chief Buffalo Humper

July 10, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

Ug. Me heap impressed with Mark. Him speak with non-forked tongue.

Me want to join you on the trip to Arlington. Rangers heap better than last year.

By Jenny

July 10, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

How about, Karen is the new Fred. How’s that for a headline?

By Jenny O.

July 10, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

I think Wendy is witty as hell, and the title ( as well as the blog entry) rocks. Fetus is the new black? HILARIOUS. And for those of you (the one of you, anyway) who find the word fetus offensive, vulgar, etc, do us all a favor and lighten the hell up. It’s a blog, not a State of the Union address. It’s supposed to be fun and tongue-in-cheek.

By karen

July 11, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Thanks, Mark, I was probably in need of some hormone therapy. LOL I think some of the disagreement was really a generational thing. When I made my way thru college the dinosaurs ruled the earth. LOL, at least my children think so. I have a junior in college and a senior in high school. Their sense of humor is very different from mine. Have a great weekend and the monkey fluffing secret is safe with me especially since I am clueless anyway.

By Dan

July 11, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

mark: Since you seem to be all-knowing in the parts of speech, how do you justify your comment, “I found Wens choice of word for ‘being with child’ witty/ amusing and intelligent?”

Let’s see… fetus is a noun.

Now, if you were to choose a word to mean the state of “being with child,” it would be an adjective.

If you were to fill in the blank (as in “__ is the new black”) you would also choose an adjective. “Black,” as commonly used here, is an adjective.

We can’t indiscriminantly substitute nouns for adjectives, can we?

Jenny: I don’t think it takes a journalism degree to critique a person’s writing. Get off your high horse, it’s journalism. Public figures subject themselves to criticism. Deal with it.

Wendy: I’ll accept your thanks for instigating the storm that has nearly doubled your next highest active comment total. This blog entry is truly unworthy of the attention.

It’s been a pleasure stirring all of your respective pots. Feast on the fodder!

By wendy

July 11, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

We should absolutely indiscriminately sub nouns for adjs AND turn nouns into verbs whenever possible AND say things that make us giggle like “monkey fluffing” and “I Google myself all the time.” Because life is too short and language is too fun and if Dan’s illity (made up word) with my fetus was the impetus for me declaring my love for playing with words, then yes, thank you Dan, powdered sugar, fluffy clouds and a great weekend to you :)

By Ernest and Julio Gallo

July 12, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

Dan had a whole week to compose a reply and that’s the best he could do?

But I guess somebody with his lack of knowledge when it comes to language structure can’t be expected to have much in the way of complex thoughts…or be able to recognize and appreciate humor.

Dan, m’boy…maybe you should leave the blogs alone and take up a hobby like…oh, I don’t know…drinking copious amounts of wine. You’re almost guaranteed to be better at it.

But you’re still invited to the wedding.

By gypsy soul

July 13, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

what the heck is monkey fluffin?

By That dude from TV

July 13, 2008 11:44 PM | Link to this

Nobody answer that question!!! If you do, you’ll probably end up on Dateline NBC!!!

Just say you showed up at the house to have some pizza and beer, and you never would’ve fluffed a 12 year old monkey DESPITE what you said on the blogs and chat rooms!!!