Five Star Friday's Edition #61
Next to doing things that deserve to be written, nothing gets a man more credit, or gives him more pleasure than to write things that deserve to be read.
— Lord Chesterfield
In case you are new to Five Star Friday, this is a reader-guided weekly roundup of some of the weblog world's best writing. The list below contains submissions sent in by readers who had the the wherewithall to try to spread a little more attention toward their favourite writers, and by some accounts, it works. Also, I get to have some pretty kick ass writing served to me every week. It's win-win, no matter how you look at it.
So, I now hand over the task of dropping your work, because it's Friday, dammit, sitting back, and reading away a couple of hours. It's a task you can all handle, I assure you.
"These Teeth Were Made for Kicking" from Jerk Ethic
"On a Hot Day When I See Bicycles" from cribchronicles.com
"Caged" from Peace, Love and Flowers
"Wisdom Within Cartoons" from A Falling Tree
"I Love My Dead Gay Dog" from Tied Up With a Black Velvet Band
"Long Days" from Isa, Leukemia, Life
"The Greatest American Worker of My Time Was a Black Boy from Gary Who Performed in White Face" from Cold Drank
"Where Even the Shopping Carts Aren't Free" from Diapers and Dragons
"Summer" from Barefoot Foodie
"We Are Clean" from Forever Younger
"America Has Taught Him Well" from Classy Chaos
"Apron Strings" from Leahpeah
"Why Denver and I Broke Up" from Learn to Duck
"They're Getting Too Big to Cuddle, Or Jamie Foxx Can Kiss My Grits" from Whiskey In My Sippy Cup
"Rescue Wednesday" from Mouchois
"Chomp" from Life... As We Know It.
"I Wash Myself With a Rag on a Stick So You Don't Have To" from I Do Things So You Don't Have To
"Things I've Learned About Blogging" from Scribbit
"Just Like a Woman" from kdiddy.org
"Let Me Tell You How This Works" from It's Like, I'm... Mmmagic!
"Deodorant Wars IV: The New Class" from Amalah
"Proudly Served Without Giving Handjobs, Blowjobs or Getting It Up the Butt" from Kevin Charnas
And two submissions came in for Sweetney:
"Saturday"
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"Mouse"
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Five Star Friday's Edition #60
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.
— Anais Nin
This week's roundup of blogular goodness is being brought to you from the noisiest coffee shop I have ever been in. The internet is out at home, despite our provider's assurance that we would experience no alteration in our service, so I ended up here, where babies scream and a man continually sucks the mucus from his sinuses and the acoustics cause the espresso machine to sound like a landing airplane.
I have had some concentration issues, to say the least.
But! There's always the brighter side of the coin. It is Five Star Friday, and there is good reading to be done. Happy Friday!
"Not Sorrow but Tribute" from Mommy's Martini
"Town Crier" from Jerk Ethic
"Michigan" from Wind in Your Vagina
"And the Boys, ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah." from Monkey In a Suit
"Some Things of a Wednesday" from Centre of the Universe — The Dreaming
"On Wal-Mart, Women, and Wanting" from ChrisHokeBlog.com
"How Starbucks Saved My Life. And I Don't Even LIKE Starbucks." from Is It 5 O'Clock Yet?
"My Dad Would Give This Post Thumbs Up. If He Weren't So Dead All the Damn Time." from Steam Me Up, Kid...
"Nomenclature" from Kikipotamus the Hobo
"My Gay Heart Always Skips a Beat When..." from John and Steve Are Having a Baby
"The End of a Rental" from Goutant
"Bane" from abdpbt
"Crazy Art" from Is There No Sin In It?
"Be Noble for You Are Made of Stars" from Spin Me I Pulsate
"The Label Maker" from Chicken and Cheese
"I Don't Think I Want to Know What's Going On Here" from Party of 3
"The One Where I Drop a Bomb..." from Just a Titch
"To My Dearest" from The Duchess
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Five Star Friday's Edition #59
I have no fancy quotations about writing with which to start off this week's Five Star Friday roundup of good weblog posts, just a note of appreciation.I don't know if it's the nice weather or my becoming a more positive person or the lack of oxygen to my brain following my workout with a Jillian Michaels DVD, but spending this morning reading through all of this week's submissions just made me feel so pleased. To everyone who takes the time to write excellent weblog content and everyone who takes the time to let us all know about it, THANK YOU.
Now go read these posts, comment to let the authors know they rock, and then take your weekend by storm!
"Michael Jackson Is Gradually Consuming Himself" by the Palinode at MamaPop
"Mothering Anatomically" by Deb at Moms Without Blogs
"For Mack" from Redneck Mommy
"Gastrokid Homemade Gatorade" from Gastrokid
"Things My Son Has Discovered Lately" from Fussy
"Portrait of a Mother" from Miss Britt
"Mother Mythology" from The State of Discontent
"The Lightning and the Lightning Bug" from Neil Gaiman's Journal
"Maurice" from Are You Sassified?
"D-Day Anniversary" from Jennéthink
"Afternoon Delight" from Wheels On the Bus
"My Allegiance to Love" from Gifts of the Journey
"Mr. Pickles Visits Walmart" from Swistle
"What DO Doctors Drink" from Is It 5 O'Clock Yet?
"Pre-Preggers Pants" from The Fence
"It’s Time For Another Episode Of Drop Everything Because T.R. Is On The Barefoot Contessa" from iambossy.com
"My Own Stress As a Working Mom" from Misszoot.com
"Introducing..." from Dooce
"Open Letter #2" from Forever a Younger
"Anderson's Market" from One Big Love
"The Priest's House" from Uttarakhand and I
"Dear Facebook Ex-Friend" from Breed 'Em and Weep
"My Big Fat Ass" from Margaret and Helen
"5 Delightful Ways to Torture Your Children" from Quest for Balance
"Profit Loss" from Lemoncraft
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Five Star Friday's Edition #58
Please write again soon. Though my own life is filled with activity, letters encourage momentary escape into others lives and I come back to my own with greater contentment.
— Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
Stop. Working. Right. Now. Grab a coffee. It is incumbent upon you to peruse Five Star Friday right now. Your boss/kids/whathaveyou will understand.
"Panopticon" from Sweetney
"Marketing Buzz" from Satire Is Reason
"Bad Habit Are Like Zombies" from Canned Laughter
"Don't Be Such a Boob" from ...And Sometimes Why
"All Aboard the Train to Bonerville..." from Out-Numbered
"Second Floor" from Daysgoby
"Kendra Wilkinson Wants to Know If You've Noticed Her Rack Yet" by the Palinode at MamaPop
"On Meeting [Seeing Myself in] a Man" from Amanda Koster
"Mermaid, Baby Dolphin" from the~spirit~of~the~river
"A Fixed Point" from The Eleventh
"What Was, What Isn't" from All & Sundry
"'If They Know Us, They Don't Vote Against Us'" from Lesbian Dad
"Extra Postage" from Barefoot Foodie
"WIYV: The Musical" from The Wind in Your Vagina
"Seven" from Shakesville
"My Period Is Not a Natural Disaster, Thank You Very Much" by Carrie Wasterlain at The Frisky
"Row Upon Row of Chairs, And This Is the Row I Get" from Pixie Dust
"Picnic" from Frog and Toad Are Still Friends
And the Bloggess gets two this week:
"Everyone Is Beautiful"
AND
"It's Kind of Like a World of Warcraft Quest Except Instead of Winning the Magical-Shield-of-Reckoning It Ends with Blow-J0bs and Unfettered Access to the Internet" from The Bloggess
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Five Star Friday's Edition #57
There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.
— Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith
This week's collection has had me both laughing bubbles into my coffee and wiping tears from my cheeks. Today is one of those days that reminds me that the people of the internet can, indeed, bring it home. Thanks for kicking my cynicism in the shins!
"Once Was Lost" by TwoBusy at DadCentric
"I Don't Care What You Say. He's Happily Married to a Manipulator" from Classy Chaos
"Consulting Gandalf Regarding Mike Tyson and Chris Brown" by Black Hockey Jesus at MamaPop
"How the Other Half Writes: In Defense of Twitter" from BLDGBLOG
"The Most Fun I Had All Week" from My Very Last Nerve
"A Day Late and a Dollar Short" from Not Undecided
"A Child of Five Would Understand This. Send Someone to Fetch a Child of Five." by Heather! Anne! at The Collective
"Dear Scott" from Dear Scott
"Couple Things" from Sun Tzu Says
"What I Learned from a Stripper" from Quest for Balance
"For Sadie" from Secret Agent Mama
"RIP Frankie" from Things I've Found in Pockets
"Threes" from Fussy
"About This Baby" from Velveteen Mind
"Not So Pretty Woman" from The Stiletto Mom
"The New Suck" from The Mixtape Jones Report
"A Cat, Two Boxes, and a Couple of Boobs" from Schmutzie.com
"Stories" from My Bottle's Up
"That" from Breed 'Em and Weep
"The Diagnosis" from Isa, Leukemia, Life
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Child of My Dreams
It is only a few months after we had the twins. We are driving down the freeway, to where I don't remember. Somehow the conversation has turned to the fact that we have only sons."Well, you know, honey," I say to him, "We could always still adopt a girl."
"No. No we couldn't," is his instant reply. Four children is enough. We are happy with all boys.
I remember my heart breaking a little.
...continue reading "Child of My Dreams".
The above featured weblog entry was originally written and published by Insta-Mom on her weblog. "I am cynical, opinionated, and moody. I am a self-proclaimed iced tea addict, and I love all things peppermint. I use ellipses entirely too often. I live with my four sons--Aaron (9), Noah (4), and Palmer and Vaughn (1)--and J.R., the guy they get their good looks from. If you don't mind dust and dog hair, come on in."
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'Wonderfully Made' or 'How I Learned About Sex'
In my house, we had a book. In this book was the secret to life. It was written in 1967. I am not sure why it was in my house because none of us kids needed it until 1982 or so. This means, of course, my mother learned about sex in her late teens. From this book. It is a wonder we were ever born....continue reading "'Wonderfully Made' or 'How I Learned About Sex'".
The above featured weblog entry was originally written and published by May-B on her weblog, Buggering Crap Monkies. She is a "...dog owner, domestic failure, cross stitcher, counsellor, dreamer and critic."
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