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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:13:53 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/howimet111108.jpg?w=300&h=172" />We were sad to hear that vile MTV couple Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag will be ruining one of our favorite shows by  <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/news/heidi-montag-and-spencer-pratt-to-guest-star-on-how-i-met-your-mother">making an appearance on <em>How I Met Your Mother</em> in January</a>. But, while doing some research, we came across a website that cheered us up. </p>
<p>On <a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/video/video.php?cid=446409135&amp;pid=iRR23dV4ReqQhEy5UsBIoFTuF35FhIAp&amp;play=true">last night's episode</a> of <em>How I Met Your Mother</em>, Barney worried that he accidentally made one of his recent hook-ups into a mom. Barney, our favorite bro <a href="http://www.observer.com/2007/meet-mother-please">played with brilliance by Neil Patrick Harris</a>, learns that he won't be a father, leading him to declare to his friend, Marshall, <a href="/cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/bio/jason_segel/bio.php">played by Jason Segel</a>, &quot;This is the happiest moment of my life, Marshall! The way I feel about not having kids, I never knew I could love something this much.&quot;  </p>
<p>Inspired, he creates a new holiday: Not a Father's Day. According to his reasoning, &quot;Why can't there be a day for people who are single and like it that way?&quot; (Hey, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/fashion/19FEST.html?ex=1261285200&amp;en=db4f7ed9ace21684&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland">Festivus</a> started out as a joke once, too.) Barney then went on to plug <a href="/notafathersday.com">notafathersday.com</a>.</p>
<p>Behold, for all your Not a Father's Day needs, <a href="http://foxshop.seenon.com/index.php?v=foxshop-notafathersday">an actual Not Father's Day Web site</a> (courtesy of the Fox Shop). The site has a simple, web 1.0 kind of design, lacking silly social networking, widgets, or links to a Flickr pages. This is all about simple service; A bro's bro site that calls to mind the very Web 1.0 concept of <a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/29/tvweb.idg/index.html%22">TV-Web convergence</a>, which brought the world various <a href="http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/information/websites.shtml"><em>Simpson</em>-themed sites</a> like <a href="http://www.mrxswebpage.com/">Mr. X's Webpage</a>, which was first mentioned on-air in an episode called &quot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Wore_Menace_Shoes%22">The Computer Wore Menace Shoes</a>.&quot;</p>
<p>On notafathersday.com, you can send out a Not a Father's Day postcard or buy a <a href="http://foxshop.seenon.com/index.php?v=foxshop-howimetyourmother&amp;SESSID=4d1f525bab4e296caff5c19d0eafdccb">Not a Father's Day mug</a> for that special not-a-father in your life.   There's also a list of possible &quot;Not Fathers&quot; including George Clooney, Dr. Seuss, and George Washington. </p>
<p>That last one comes with an asterisk clarifying, &quot;although he was the father of our country.&quot;  </p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/howimet111108.jpg?w=300&h=172" />We were sad to hear that vile MTV couple Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag will be ruining one of our favorite shows by  <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/news/heidi-montag-and-spencer-pratt-to-guest-star-on-how-i-met-your-mother">making an appearance on <em>How I Met Your Mother</em> in January</a>. But, while doing some research, we came across a website that cheered us up. </p>
<p>On <a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/video/video.php?cid=446409135&amp;pid=iRR23dV4ReqQhEy5UsBIoFTuF35FhIAp&amp;play=true">last night's episode</a> of <em>How I Met Your Mother</em>, Barney worried that he accidentally made one of his recent hook-ups into a mom. Barney, our favorite bro <a href="http://www.observer.com/2007/meet-mother-please">played with brilliance by Neil Patrick Harris</a>, learns that he won't be a father, leading him to declare to his friend, Marshall, <a href="/cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/bio/jason_segel/bio.php">played by Jason Segel</a>, &quot;This is the happiest moment of my life, Marshall! The way I feel about not having kids, I never knew I could love something this much.&quot;  </p>
<p>Inspired, he creates a new holiday: Not a Father's Day. According to his reasoning, &quot;Why can't there be a day for people who are single and like it that way?&quot; (Hey, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/fashion/19FEST.html?ex=1261285200&amp;en=db4f7ed9ace21684&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland">Festivus</a> started out as a joke once, too.) Barney then went on to plug <a href="/notafathersday.com">notafathersday.com</a>.</p>
<p>Behold, for all your Not a Father's Day needs, <a href="http://foxshop.seenon.com/index.php?v=foxshop-notafathersday">an actual Not Father's Day Web site</a> (courtesy of the Fox Shop). The site has a simple, web 1.0 kind of design, lacking silly social networking, widgets, or links to a Flickr pages. This is all about simple service; A bro's bro site that calls to mind the very Web 1.0 concept of <a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/29/tvweb.idg/index.html%22">TV-Web convergence</a>, which brought the world various <a href="http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/information/websites.shtml"><em>Simpson</em>-themed sites</a> like <a href="http://www.mrxswebpage.com/">Mr. X's Webpage</a>, which was first mentioned on-air in an episode called &quot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Wore_Menace_Shoes%22">The Computer Wore Menace Shoes</a>.&quot;</p>
<p>On notafathersday.com, you can send out a Not a Father's Day postcard or buy a <a href="http://foxshop.seenon.com/index.php?v=foxshop-howimetyourmother&amp;SESSID=4d1f525bab4e296caff5c19d0eafdccb">Not a Father's Day mug</a> for that special not-a-father in your life.   There's also a list of possible &quot;Not Fathers&quot; including George Clooney, Dr. Seuss, and George Washington. </p>
<p>That last one comes with an asterisk clarifying, &quot;although he was the father of our country.&quot;  </p>
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