Five Star Friday

home   ·   submit a weblog entry   ·   buttons and badges   ·   monthly archives   ·   press   ·   search this website   ·      ·   contact   ·   support

Friday, November 13, 2009

Five Star Friday's Edition #79

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.

   — Samuel Lover

This week's roundup is brought to you by Down Syndrome, gratitude, neglect, gift giving, cancer, fathers and sons, Scrabble, grief, rape, getting someone to switch, pouring love into the things you do, bedtime rituals, the falling of the Berlin Wall, Roald Dahl, people's ability or inability to change, Livejournal drama, love loss, racial stereotyping, memories, charity, inner strength, a feral kitten, The Great Interview Experiment, parenthood as a language, Buddhism, a meme, Canada's Remembrance Day, too much family, depression, and a childhood in East Germany.

Also, I invite you to share links to your own good blog entries in the comments. Seriously. Drop your modesty at the door and give us the good stuff.

Also, I have a little charitable voting thing I would like to prevail upon you to help me out with. It has been brought to my attention that a certain program that benefits inner city youth in my city (Regina, Saskatchewan) needs funding and that it needs votes to get that funding, so if you could pretty please with a cherry on top click on the following link and vote for the Scott Hip Hop Project, those who run and those who benefit from the program would likely be very pleased. Thank you.

Happy Friday!

"How Could My Son's Birth Be 'Wrong'?" from BLOOM

"Blessings" from Huckdoll

"Other Voices, Other Rooms" from Slouching Past 40

"My Dad's Idea of Gift Giving" from BeTheBoy.com

"Lessons In Cancer" from Dashley Steele

"Fathers and Sons" from Momalom

"Weary of You" from All Adither

"Need" from Chicky Chicky Baby

"Naming Names — It's My Choice" from After Silence

"Can't Top This" from Seth Godin's Blog

"Finding Niemann" from the explicit

"Silhouettes" from Boy Crazy

"Door Number One" from The Dark Slide

"Once Upon a Time: I Won a Golden Ticket" from William Bezek the Artist

"Can People Change?" from Opinions for Nothing

"Messiahs Need People Dying In Their Names..." from Snackiepoo

"Missing" from blah blah

"If He's Black, He Must Rap" from fourfour

"Wordy One-Pager" from ArtJournal

Two from Burgh Baby:
"I Still Have You"
and
"Christmas Crazy for Kids"

"Invictus" from Sweetney

"The Storeh of the Kitteh" from Miss Doxie

"The Great Interview Experiment Returns" from Citizen of the Month

"Not Wanting Kids = A Different Language" from Ivy League Insecurities

"The Bodhisattva Warrior" from uncouth heathen

"Oddly Enough, Today Is Also the First Day of the Rest of the Month" from flurrious

"Je Me Souviens" from TurtleHead

Two from ShaunaGlenn.com:
"We're Gonna Need Bigger Fish"
and
"Heavy"

"Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down This Wall" from in your face suckers*

Please come back and share good writing with us over the coming week to be featured on the next Five Star Friday. If you have read a really good piece on someone else's weblog, submit it by Thursday at midnight CST to have it featured on Five Star Friday.

And because you are a fan of finding good new writing on the internet:
  • SubscribeSubscribe to this website to keep up with us every week.
  • Show your prideTake one of our badges for your website and spread the word.
  • Labels:

    StumbleUpon  ·  Reddit   ·  Delicious  ·  Digg!  ·  Technorati Favorites  ·  Propeller   ·  Facebook  ·  Google Bookmarks  ·  Kirtsy
       ·   link to this post   ·   subscribe to this website


    9 comments:

    Blogger Hilly on November 13, 2009 10:27 AM  

    I have no idea who nominated me but whoever you are, thank you. :)

    Blogger Schmutzie on November 13, 2009 11:50 AM  

    I'll kick of the shameless self-promotion with this post: http://www.schmutzie.com/2009/11/who-will-speak-for-glittens.html

    I think I did pretty good.

    Anonymous Boy Crazy (@claritychaos) on November 13, 2009 12:40 PM  

    Wow, thanks! Honored to be featured here. Looking forward to checking out all of the other posts, yours included Schmutzie. Thanks!

    Blogger Kat on November 13, 2009 1:05 PM  

    Thank you so much. It is indeed an honor to be featured here. Thanks a bunch.

    Anonymous maggie, dammit on November 13, 2009 1:13 PM  

    Some of my very favorites from this week are up there for sure. Nice work everybody!

    Anonymous Aidan Donnelley Rowley (Ivy League Insecurities) on November 13, 2009 2:50 PM  

    Thrilled and honored to be featured here among such compelling talent. Thank you!

    Blogger All Adither on November 13, 2009 4:46 PM  

    Eek! My first time on Five Star Friday. Thank you so much.

    Blogger Marilyn (A Lot of Loves) on November 13, 2009 5:43 PM  

    I might as well post my link. Why not, eh?

    http://www.alotofloves.com/2009/09/cults-and-dogs-and-bullys-oh-my.html

    http://www.alotofloves.com/2009/10/sometimes-you-have-to-be-adult.html

    (I liked the glitten post.)

    Blogger Elizabeth on November 15, 2009 11:53 AM  

    One of my favorite websites for parents of kids with special needs is featured -- go BLOOM!


    blog comment guidelines

    post a comment · Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom] · main




    What Is
    Five Star Friday?

    Five Star Friday, run by Schmutzie, hosts a weekly collection of links to superior weblog entries from all genres that have been submitted by the people, for the people. Anyone can submit entries, so if you know of excellence happening out there in weblog-land, send me the link for the next editions on Five Star Friday.

    If you are ever in need of good reading material of the blogular variety, this is the place to be. Enjoy!

    Subscribe

    Subscribe by RSS feed
    (what is RSS?)
    or
    subscribe by e-mail:

    Recent Readers

    Join Five Star Friday's MyBlogLog community.

    Tools And Affiliations
    Not Already Mentioned Elsewhere

    Blogger
    MyDomain.com
    Photobucket
    StatCounter

    Disclaimer

    This website is for entertainment purposes only. Advice by trained professionals should always be sought in place of any recommendations or information provided herein.

    Opinions expressed on this website do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Schmutzie or Schmutzie's employers, family, or friends, unless otherwise noted.



    Sponsors

    Text Ads

    Put your text ad on
    Five Star Friday






    home  ·  submit a weblog entry  ·  buttons and badges  ·  monthly archives  ·  press  ·  search this website  ·    ·  contact  ·  support