Ree Drummond Burnt Cheesecake

On August 5, 2006, about one month after she and her now ex-husband, Adam DuBois, were declared the parents of their 17th child by a Los Angeles County hospital, Ree Drummond posted a very clear message in all caps on Facebook.

She wrote: "How am I still alive?" That's how.

Three days later there had been almost 350 comments. There was humor and pity; praise for mommyhood and criticism, anger, threats, haterade, funny memes. And also one person with "My New Boyfriend" at the end -- he may have just screwed things up even more horribly than she could've imagined...

When it comes to celebrity moms at least, you never really know if they're having fun when they post themselves as mothers, whether writing t0 record life milestones and pining over their children or calling themselves sluts while, "Yeah, well blah." With three kids under three, all these posts seem completely surreal. When I asked Amy Poehler what her parenting philosophy was, it went back to this. ''Don't be dead before then,'' she laughed. ''We'll see.'' This is a great, practical response that suggests empathy goes way beyond waiting until people turn 40 before getting into it again. But sometimes, yeah, your Mom's got problems. You might not want these other people reading your text messages.

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[via People]

For all the recent attention Dee Reynolds has received (mostly around rumors that her son has a different mother), this reminds us that Twitter isn't always kind to women who don't fall into certain defined and marketable categories. This is just like American Idol not being judged for hiring Ryan Seacrest because he was a prince. But Dee's father may find it even more hard to ignore, since he wasn't stupid enough to think his daughter making news as an empty nester would automatically make him out to look good. Plus, she made news before she took photos naked with a guy who sent viral screen shots of her face without asking.

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At the same time, it seems pretty clear that this could've been prevented. While we don't mean to imply anyone should be fired from any job who does something provocative online but I think everyone realizes it's pretty bad for them either way, this picture raises questions -- should everyone be so frank?