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Friday
Apr242009

Five Star Friday: Edition #51

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education — sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
   — EB White

"A Word On Following Your Dream" from Sue in the City

"Beheading, Disembowelment or Priceline?" from The Creative Junkie

"Bella the Analyst" from Luckybeans

"One Year Later" from My Life as a Hotfessional

"'Do NOT Ride Your Bike Down the Waterfall'" from Dadicals

"Anyone Have a Spare Bucket of Pig's Blood?" from Mommy with a Penis

"I Now Pronounce You Wife and Donkey" from Domestiquette

"Ambivalence" from A Falling Tree

"Enough to Send the Very Best" from Mayberry Mom

"The Incredible, Edible... Bacon??" from A Common Grey Spider

"18 Celebrity Hunger Strikes" from Tink's Mom

"Insulting the Elements #5: Niobium to Tin" from In Palinode's Palace

"Swept Off My Feet" from Pulsipher Predilections

"Skellig Michael" from Hedge Society

"The Personal Politics of Being Childless" by sarah.of.a.lesser.god at The Pursuit of Harpyness

"The Man Who Invented Himself" from The Typing Makes Me Sound Busy

"The Puking Incident: A Re-enactment" from Kristabella

"Well, It's 4/21 and..." from Satan's Romance

"The Path" from Austin to Africa, Brasil to the Bay

"Au Revoir, La Chatte" from I'm Doing the Best I Can

"The Rules of the Game" from Things I've Found in Pockets

"Clay Aiken: April's Gay Daddy" from John and Steve Are Having a Baby

"Rat Poison" from This Fish Needs a Bicycle

"My Precious" from This Garden Is Illegal

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.

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    Reader Comments (7)

    Thank you for featuring me!

    Friday, April 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKristina P.

    Thanks so much for the feature. I look forward to reading the other stories on here as well.

    Friday, April 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAli la Loca

    Thank you so much for featuring me!

    Friday, April 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterCreative Junkie

    Wow. I'm awed. Thanks for featuring me here. I'll be back to look for new, good bloggers!

    Friday, April 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterWendy

    Thank you again, Schmutzie! *bows*

    Friday, April 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNan

    At this moment, after reading your other comments, to say "thanks for featuring me" seems so passe. But truly I feel honored to be among such talent. Be sure to stop by soon, for I plan to mention YOU!

    Saturday, April 25, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMommy With a Penis

    Thanks for a great list of good reads.

    Wednesday, May 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSister Mary Martha

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