Ok, in defense of the guy who asked, most men are taught from a very early age to never assume that a woman is pregnant and also to NEVER ask her if she is. I once heard a comedian say that no one should ever assume a woman is pregnant "unless you actually see a baby coming out of her vagina". Words to live by I tell ya.

My boss died laughing when I told her your take on boys and their 'outies'.

There is just NOTHING too obvious for a boy.

Yup Andrea, it was Dave Barry. And for good reason too. I worked with a researcher who I thought was pregnant until she drank me under the table. Turns out it was a beer gut.

Awesome.

For more voyeristic/overheard fun go to:

http://www.overheardintheoffice.com

Endless hours of entertainment at work. Endless.

I have DEFINITELY repeated the Dave Barry line as advice for male friends. Too many of my girl friends have received that question post-partum while still carrying baby weight.

Q: When are you due??
A: He's 2 months old.

(AWKARD. SILENCE.)

Gotta second Andrea, but I still appreciate the conversation. :-)

And? I would have to recomend my blog of course! ;-)

LOL My way of coping with male brilliance is a simple mantra, "He's a boy."

Stating that after paying witness to something seriously stupid or oblivious seems to make it all a "little bit" better! ;)

Aside from my own blog, http://onewandering.wordpress.com, here are a couple of my must-reads:

http://www.thepioneerwoman.com - split up into four individual sites (main blog, photography, cooking and home & garden). Lots of giveaways. A love story.

http://keepyourreceipt.blogspot.com/ - side-splittingly funny; great writer.

http://wordperv.com/ - writer/poet. runner. beagle-owner and baker of world-famous madelines.

http://freeandflawed.com/ - honest and funny, a great blog by a pretty connected blogger.

http://dailycoyote.blogspot.com/ - growing up with coyote. and cat. and puppy.

http://svensto.blogspot.com/ - a grandmother's memoirs! very interesting... a name-dropper.

Well, people.com., postsecret.com and dooce are all covered ...

www.datingisweird.com. Totally falls into the "guilty pleasures" category -- and some contributors are definitely better than others.

I, for one, am glad my genitals don't hang out every which way.

As for blog recommendations, I'd also recommend Free and Flawed and The Daily Coyote, as well as these:

Sizzle Says

and

The Collective

I only just found waiterrant.net. I have been living under a rock.

I only just found waiterrant.net. I have been living under a rock. He's got a book and everything.

I am basically convinced that men have no comprehension of the effect of the words that come out of their mouths sometimes. Case in point: I work for a large company and ran into someone I hadn't seen around the office in a few months. He said "you look different", to which I replied, "well my usually straight hair is curly, and I have a tan", to which he said "and you used to be thinner". Ouch.

Love the overheard conversation. One of my favorite quotes ever is from Will & Grace (Karen): "Honey, I always say...if your genitals are on the outside, you're hiding something on the inside."

Karen Cheng's Snippets of Life - www.karencheng.com.au
Go Fug Yourself - gofugyourself.celebuzz.com
Gallery of the Absurd - galleryoftheabsurd.typepad.com
xkcd (a webcomic w/ "blag") - xkcd.com
Crabmommy (not just for parents; she's not that kind of mommy) - crabmommy.blogspot.com
Best Parents Ever - bestparentever.com

I've always been a lurker rather than a poster, but thought I would speak up here. Aside from this blog and "Sex on My Desk" here on iVillage, my favourite blogs are:

http://www.browniepointsblog.com/ - a food/cooking blog that always makes me hungry, yummm

http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/ - highly entertaining and often snarky reviews of romance novels

And for anyone who likes to read fiction (I hope it's okay to add this one here, since I'm one of the editors)... http://www.everydayfiction.com gives you a new flash fiction story every day (all different genres, always under 1000 words).

A friend of mine just started blogging - she's witty and funny and outspoken and politically incorrect. What more can you ask for!

goldbergstrashcan.blogspot.com

Well I'll plug my own and say, Alone In The Condom Aisle http://tuckandroll.blogspot.com/

It’s not porn, I promise. Once I accidentally watched four hours of public access porn because I thought I was hallucinating from a shot of absinthe. So I know.

That was so funny. I laughed out loud and then had to explain to my male co-worker why that is so obviously funny. He didn't get it. Hunh.

ooh i love waiter-rant! i worked in a restaurant for 8 years and dated some ghastly men, some of the best blog fodder out there;)

but my blog deserves a mention!

The Odd Couple

i used to be "one half" of "the odd couple" but my co-blogger just got engaged and has since left the world of "single bloggers." so now i'm just a lowly, lonely blogger with an entirely inappropriate title:)

I also like http://keepyourreceipt.blogspot.com

Ah yes, I think you skipped the part about men never looking at at you below the boobs (at least in the front). I'm sure the only thing they noticed about this boss is that hey, her boobs are bigger, cool! Hence why in my office, full of male engineers, when the ONE female engineer went out on maternity leave she told them the week before she was due. Response, "Really, Marilyn's pregnant?! Did you know Marilyn was pregnant? I didn't even know she was married!"

The new guy was just trained too well by his mama to never assume a woman is pregnant. Although the truly trained would have never brought it up in the first place.

I third? fourth? The Daily Coyote. Also really love:

http://flotsamblog.com
http://www.schnozzfest.com/blog2/

Both super talented writers.

Some are sad, some are funny, some are down right pathetic. Enjoy!

http://thisfishneedsablog.blogspot.com/

Long time lurker here. My favorite blogs are Lunch in a Box (http://lunchinabox.net/) Anglofille (http://www.anglofille.com/) and Not That Cool (http://notcoolchronicles.blogspot.com/). She used to post under What Would Coco Do, and is pretty funny. (http://www.whatwouldcocodo.blogspot.com/)

Well of course I'm going to recommend my blog. I have some pretty funny stuff on there sometimes. Okay, sometimes it's just farkin boring but we can't all lead the exciting life of 'the fish'. I love your blog, please never stop writing!!

http://themeanestmom.blogspot.com/

I love to read www.brainyjane22.wordpress.com, skrinkeringhearts.wordpress.com, and hopedieslast.wordpress.com.

I have a slight prego woman obsession, but I've learned not to ask these days. I've put my foot in my mouth too many times. But men seem to be oblivious.

Hey Fish...

Funny you should ask! Pursuit of Strange has returned. He was my favorite male blogger out there until he disappeared a while back. This morning I happened to go to his site and it looks like he's back. Clever, funny, and insightful....and a GUY! Let me repeat....a GUY. Now, if he were cute too (and lived closer to me)....

www.pursuitofstrange.com

KB

Sorry...here's the correct address...

www.pursuitofstrange.blogspot.com

OK, I'm a dork.

http://pursuitofstrange.blogspot.com

Ok, been reading for ages, not a big comment person, but there's a Blog that I love, that I thought you might enjoy: http://whoreonhold.com/

She doesn't write as often as I'd like, but come on, how can you resist a Blog from a Phone-Sex operator? Be warned, very adult in nature!

Oh, and my Blog of course... hee hee www.asfq.blogspot.com

http://www.onesentence.org/

I think the guy waited til the i-know-i'm-right-but-it's-just-a-courtesy-question moment. He probably noticed ages ago but didn't want to say it in the off chance that she'd just gained a little weight and didn't want to be thought of as a stupid guy for even asking. That's my idea... men are getting smart!

couple blogs that aren't bad - john mayer and adam duritz (of counting crows)... john in particular is hilarious...

http://redactedblog.blogspot.com/

the first blog i've ever read, and the best on the internet (imho) is life in chicago, which used to be life in la, which actually started right here. i can't believe i've been reading blogs for five years...time flies when you're having fun.

also, another interesting one is damaged damsel (::wink::), even though the ip-tracking code will hang up your browser for over 30 seconds. incredibly maddening. yet (mostly) worth it.

Me! *blush*
http://sforshenanigans.blogspot.com

apologies if u get this twice, the page hung so hit refresh...and had to post again.

http://sforshenanigans.blogspot.com

it's mine... i've started blogging pretty recently.
cheers

well, okay, then. damaged damsel.

searchforsanity.com

www.searchforsanity.com

Men are stupid.

I coached a boys team for volleyball while 7 months pregnant and one of the guys asked, "Are you doing this so you can lose weight?"

I didn't know how to reply.

I Hate Greenbeans - ihategreenbeans.com - hysterical, blog originated out of The Bachelor recap emails that will have you laughing out loud, even if you've never seen the show

Charming But Single - charmingbutsingle.com - one of the best blogs about the life of a single girl.

You're asking for favorite blogs?
I must shamelessly plug my own: http://travelsandunravels.blogspot.com

Here are a few of my favorites:
http://notalwaysright.com
http://mustardseedhouse.blogspot.com

Thanks for asking!

Evesdropping is so fun!

Oh and I reccomend my blog for your list! I know you'd heart it. :)

http://rantdojour.blogspot.com/

also

http://amandawantsahugnkiss.blogspot.com/

keep up the good work, fish!

The blogs that I live to read each day are:

You (of course)
Hollywood Sucker (http://hollywoodsucker.blogspot.com/)
Peter DeWolf (http://www.islemadame.com/blog/blogger.html)
The Barmaid Blog (http://barmaidblog.livejournal.com/)
You've already got Dooce and Go Fug Yourself covered :-)

Em

You might think you wouldn't be interested in garden-blogging, but then I'd say that's because you hadn't checked out my blog, where I cover the critical issues of the day, including hot ladybug-on-ladybug action.

I'm psyched to learn about that everydaystories.com blog, too! That's right up my alley.

I have an empire-waist winter coat that I love to pieces. One day on the T, however, a strange (and crazy) woman leaned over to ask loudly, "are you pregnant??" I was mortified, instantly obsessed with the fact that I might look it, and also pretty amused, all at the same time.

Also, I keep a blog, nothing exciting, just what happens to me. http://astrowahoo.blogspot.com/

Yeah, I don't ask unless they're wearing a shirt or button or something that says, "PREGNANT! Not Just Fat."

Brandon is back:

http://www.brandonoana.com

ME! But I may be biased....

pick me, pick me!
http://bipolarbearsohmy.blogspot.com

These are the highlights of my blogroll.

http://failblog.org/
http://notenoughmonkeys.blogspot.com/
http://alexandreena.blogspot.com/
http://windinyourvagina.blogspot.com/
http://etceterablah.com/
http://shallowhags.blogspot.com/

Since everyone else is plugging their own blog, why not me?!

www.lovecynicism.com. All about my bad dating choices and why someone so cool can still be so single!! :)

I have to say, the empire waist fad doesn't exactly help. You can't find anything anywhere that doesn't look like maternity-wear. I find myself wondering at least twice a day whether a chick is pregnant or fat.

blogging with my best friend about politics, gender, race, pop culture. Sounds like sucking up, I know, but your blog made me want to start one of my own (that I was talking the ears off anyone in my path):

http://twomatts.wordpress.com/about/

My blog is pretty funny (=

My current favorite is www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com.

I like this one:
http://poeticappetite.blogspot.com/
enjoy!

http://thelongbrake.com
http://goodmorningsarajevo.wordpress.com/

turophile.blogspot.com

sipsnapsavor.blogspot.com

and

fernflat.blogspot.com

p.s. the reading rainbow reference was off the hook, girl.

http://nopasanada.org
I also second The Collective. Lots of funny ladies over there.

I really thought you might like this...
Magnum P.I. cake

yes yes yes! Audacious! I love her as much as i do you. http://itishapeerbhoy.blogspot.com

Hey Fish!
My humble little blog is on myspace.. hope you like.
www.myspace.com/kehindea

Of course! Mine @ http://bethholmes.typepad.com
I knew you'd ask one of these days! :)

http://47andstartingover.blogspot.com/

Just found your blog. Hysterical!

http://sunderlandfamilynews.typepad.com

That's SO funny! That's one for mass distribution!

Love me some fussy.org

You can come visit my blog and watch me make fun of my husband. I find it entertaining.

www.marriageconfessions.wordpress.com