A Question Answered

I have received a few queries about a missing post as of late, so I thought I would take this opportunity to address the circumstances around it.  I received many emails containing cries of injustice, but this one was the most poignant:

Dear JT,
Last week, I read an amazing post you wrote about the art of farting.  It was the most brilliant piece of comedic writing I have ever read.  I returned to your website in the afternoon because I wanted to forward the link on to the Nobel Peace Prize committee because I think if that post was read to nations that are at war, it would bring about world peace.  If it was read in hospitals, it would cure the ill.  If it was read to the homeless, it would end poverty.  If it was read in third world countries, it would be enough sustenance to end world hunger.


Where, oh, where did that masterpiece go?


Signed,


The World Will Never Be The Same


Okay, so I might be embellishing just a tad on the email, but I did have several people ask where it went.  For those of you that missed it, I wrote a post about my, ahem, fondness for passing gas.  So, why did it get deleted?

In the days leading up to that post, I had been conversing with a woman in Saskatoon who runs a mommy group.  I had approached her to see if she was interested in having me come in and talk about my experience with post-partum depression everything.  I ended up emailing her a link to this post (where I first talked about it) so she could have a heads up on what I'm going to say.  The coordinator then asked me if she could share the link to my blog with her mommy group.  I said, "Of course".

At some point that evening, it completely slipped my mind that my blog was being shared in a, somewhat, professional capacity and I went ahead and posted about my fever for flatulence.  The post was up for less than a day when I realized all these potential listeners would be reading about my taste for tooting and when I finally get the chance to speak to them, I did NOT want them thinking that I was standing up there, letting 'em rip.  Thus, the post was promptly deleted.

My apologies to those who missed it.  And, actually, to those of you who did read it as well :)

On a side note, Mike and I were discussing organ donation last night.  When trying to decide whether to donate for transplantation or for medical education, Mike suggested I donated my anus to science because, in his words, "that is some unnatural shit you got going on down there and it needs to be researched by science".

Awwww....thanks, Babe.  I love you too.