Five Star Friday's Edition #81

Writers are schizophrenic. On the one hand we tell ourselves, "This is a work of genius! I've created Art!" Then we try to peddle it, like a widget, to The New Yorker, Playboy, or SF Age.

   — Ken Rand

This week's roundup of excellent weblog entries is brought to you by dancing, disability on Glee, memories of then and now, libraries, domestic violence, grief over loss of intimacy, socialized medicine, frequent use of the words I love you, a mom being right, cuddling overnight in a car, Shakira, girlfriends' pets, a call to nuzzle, a friendship, how we die, an absent father, Wright Blocks, letters, the Christian side hug, Adam Lambert's homosexuality, and New Moon.

And, if you've got a weblog entry you wrote that you'd like to share, please link to it in the comments. Put yourself out there!

Happy Friday!

"So Glad I'm Here" from Ministry So Fabulous!

"Glee and Disability" by Ky at A Mandolyn and Ky

"Dominos and Card Games" from blah blah

"A Love Story and a Rant" from The Burrow

"Tabatha" by Tabulous at Violence Unsilenced

"A Keening" from Spin Me I Pulsate

"Life, Liberty and Happiness: If This Is Socialized Healthcare, Sign Me Up!" by Laurie Penny at The Huffington Post

"You Over Use the Words, I Love You" from Issa's Crazy World

"Things My Mother Has Been Right About" from Axel's Blog

"Cuddling In the Cutlass" from The Answers: One JagerBomb Away From a Breakdown

"MamaPop Video Roundtable: MamaPop vs. Shakira Edition" by the Palinode at MamaPop

"Five Ways to Win Her Pet's Approval" by Herocious at The Open End

"A Day to Nuzzle" from Kevin Charnas

Two from AmyMusings:
"Things I Carry With Me"
and
"Why Your Bucket List Can't Wait Another Day"

"The Parade of Doormen" from Slouching Past 40

"Treasured" from Girl's Gone Child

"The Day In Letters" from Praying to Darwin

Two from Feministing:
"Abstinence-Only Rap: 'Gimme the Christian Side Hug'" by Miriam
and
"It's OK Patriarchy, I Understand Adam Lambert Made You Feel Funny" by Jos

"Sometimes God Has a Plan. A Plan That May or May Not Include Me Getting to See New Moon In a Timely Manner." from Barefoot Foodie

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Comments

[Schmutzie]

I'll kick off the self-promotion thing: http://www.schmutzie.com/2009/11/mr-regional-manager-guy-with-pencil.html

[Lisa]

And I'll second that self-promotion thing with this:
http://grandmasbriefs.squarespace.com/home/2009/11/23/schedules-stairs-and-sacrifice.html

Thanks, Schmutzie!

[thordora]

Thanks man. Really really bummed, and seeing myself here helped make me smile for a minute. :)

[Ginny]

Awwww! I was trying to figure out how to get the smell of wieners off me (loooong story) when I stopped to check my email, and there was the notification that I was featured on here.

Suddenly, the processed meat smell didn't matter, quite so much.

Thank you!!!

[Stillie]

Thank you so much for putting me up on 5-Star Fridays! I wasn't sure anybody ever read me! LOL!

I'm looking forward to checking out all the other blogs linked on here.

[herocious]

cool. thanks, schmutzie.

[Squid]

Glee has been all over the board re: its attitude towards people with special needs, and so have the reactions. I loved the Wheels episode because it backed up what I always tell people -- just because I love someone with special means doesn't mean I'm not otherwise an asshole -- but thought last week's episode featuring a Deaf choir was totally patronizing.

[Ashleigh Burroughs]

Thanks for sharing my love of libraries with your audience- it's nice to be noticed!

[Axel]

I can't believe I have some press. Thanks there pal.