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I’m worried about my header.

What’s more, I’ve been worried about my header since last summer, but I haven’t wanted to worry you about it.  But I’m tired of bearing all the stress on my own, so here it goes.

See, last spring I wanted to spruce up my header and make it more New York and  fantastic.  And at around the same time, the super talented Suzanne designed a header that I loved for The Mouthy Housewives.  I asked Suzanne to design a header for me  and after we went back and forth some, I loved the idea of using the subway sign as the backdrop for the words Motherhood in NYC.  The problem was that the subway sign images that were in the public domain were not subway stations that I used and I didn’t want to endorse them. Because I am all about integrity.  So Suzanne suggested that I roam my neighborhood and take photographs of subway signs. Like an urban Ansel Adams. And I did.

And from this

Suzanne made my header.  It was love at first sight.

And then a few weeks later, I noticed something.  Something to the lower right of the 6.  I tried to enlarge the image but  I still couldn’t see it.

So one day, I headed back to Union Square to look at the sign.

Hmm, a sticker.  Fun!  A grown up holding hands with a child with a red line across like a No Smoking sign.  Interesting! Perhaps it’s to discourage parents from metaphorically  holding their children’s hand and not letting them make mistakes and learn through trial and error?  Thought provoking!

Wait, there’s a website!  There’s more to learn!

Motherless dot com.

Aww, orphans.

What’s with the tagline Go ahead, she’s not watching, though?  Probably a warning to children to be alert because their mom can’t be constantly vigilant.  Good reminder to us all!

And then I went home and looked up the website.  Apparently, when your mother isn’t watching, it’s  an open invitation to s’odomize farm animals.

GOOD LORD.  There’s a sticker for a porn site on the header of my mommy blog.

Fantastic.

Disclaimer: Ok, I know that the sticker in the close-up looks closer to the 6 than it does in my header. I can’t explain it. It is the exact same subway station sign, though, so perhaps the sticker guerillas have gotten more bold? I should go back and check, they probably have the 6 all covered up now. Also, as far as I can tell from looking at that site, there are no farm animals. I don’t understand how that is my fault.

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