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A Mothers Day tribute, from The Forward. -via Buzzfeed
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While many sites are posting about wonderful, selfless mothers that make you feel inadequate on Mothers Day, here’s a list that will make you or your mom feel like a saint in comparison! Pop culture has moms that eat their young -sometimes literally. First on the list: Mom, from Futurama.
She has three sons, and she knows the father of one of them for certain. But she smacks them around and insults them on a fairly regular basis. Though they’re all pretty stupid and infatuated with her that they don’t seem to notice they’re being physically and emotionally abused. And ripped off — Mom owns 99.7 percent of MOMCORP while the other .3 percent is evenly distributed among the three of them. But like I said, they probably have no idea. Is it abuse if they don’t notice? If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Exactly. (Mom said that’s how it works.)
Link -Thanks, Susana!
Looking for a little extra oomph to the traditional Mother’s Day breakfast in bed this weekend? Give pancake art a whirl. With a squeeze bottle and a little practice, you can produce some results that are pretty sweet (with or without syrup).
Link (and good directions here) via More Design Please
That is all. Happy Mother’s Day! 
To, ahem, celebrate (that’s the word!) Mother’s Day, Urlesque has a compilation of videos of mothers pranking their children.
Why? Because there’s nothing that says "I Love You" like a fake chest knife wound and scary Halloween mask. Thanks for the psychologically scarring us for life, moms! Link
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Of course you should give your mother your undying love and devotion, but if you feel that she deserves something more tangible this Mother’s Day (May 9th, guys!), we’ve got plenty of gifts for moms at the NeatoShop. Check it out: Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Shipments are guaranteed to arrive by May 8 in the United States (sorry, no guarantees for international shipment as customs clearance may take longer than expected).
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After that gosh-darn-they’re-so-cute post about animal moms taking care of their babies, posted from the Upcoming Queue by smellslikepurple, I think Neatorama needs to provide a badly needed counterbalance.
So, with the help of National Geographic, here’s Mother’s Day Mayhem: 5 "Worst" Animal Moms. Take, for instance, the burying beetle mom:
She’s a "bad" mom because … she eats her young in a deadly game of musical chairs.
Burying beetle larvae typically move into a mouse carcass their mother and father have buried. The mother feeds her young by eating the carcass and regurgitating the mouse meat.
"The little larvae wave back and forth, begging to mom," said Scott Forbes, University of Winnipeg biologist and author of A Natural History of Families.
"The first ones get fed, but the very last one sitting there begging [after the portion runs out] gets eaten by the mother."
Give Mom a break, because … burying beetle mothers are likely culling their brood to match the food supply. The beetles typically produce broods bigger than the carcass can support. A bit of strategic cannibalism boosts overall survival chances for the larvae left "standing" when the music stops.
Link (Photo: Gary Meszaros/Visuals Unlimited)
Get ready for Mothers Day by getting to know how animal mothers take care of their babies.
From the jungles to the oceans, from the rainforests to the frozen poles, mothers in the wild can bear some similar resemblances to mothers in the city. They bring us into the world, nurture us, love us, teach us the skills we need to survive and protect us from harm, until we are ready to go off on our own. And with Mother’s Day just around the corner, what better way to celebrate motherhood than by looking at how the motherly instinct runs through the wild.
From the Upcoming 
ueue, submitted by smellslikepurple.
Even ancient folks expressed their appreciation for mothers -maybe not enough, but mothers have been celebrated for a long time.
While some complain that Mother’s Day is a Hallmark holiday, celebrations of motherhood can in fact be traced back to ancient times. Ancient Greeks celebrated Rhea, the mother of the gods, while ancient Romans had a holiday to celebrate Cybele, a mother goddess. The tradition of celebrating mothers in springtime can be traced back to the celebrations of the goddess Brigid, which occurred at the first milk of the ewes. This brief history traces the way embarking on motherhood moved from being women’s sole purpose, to an assumption, to a duty to produce heirs, and finally, to a decision for the woman
herself.
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by smellslikepurple.
