Five Star Friday's Edition #79
Friday, November 13, 2009 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
"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
"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"
"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:
Reader Comments (9)
I have no idea who nominated me but whoever you are, thank you. :)
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.
Wow, thanks! Honored to be featured here. Looking forward to checking out all of the other posts, yours included Schmutzie. Thanks!
Thank you so much. It is indeed an honor to be featured here. Thanks a bunch.
Some of my very favorites from this week are up there for sure. Nice work everybody!
Thrilled and honored to be featured here among such compelling talent. Thank you!
Eek! My first time on Five Star Friday. Thank you so much.
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.)
One of my favorite websites for parents of kids with special needs is featured -- go BLOOM!