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Post details: #4 - High-Five Fridays!

02/15/08

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#4 - High-Five Fridays!

"High Five Fridays" is a GREAT meme... and was started by bloggers who deal in "erotica" and therefore, certain links may be of a more "Adult" variety... If you see the dreaded "NSFW" (Not Safe for Work) or "NWS" (Not Work Safe) and you're of a more delicate constitution, please do not click on those links. That said, this new "meme" is a great idea... and I am glad it exists and plan on using it to it's fullest potential!

So, without further adieu...

My Fourth High-Five Friday...

Saskboy comes in first just because of this marvellous post about the animosity of political bloggers... and their fierceness... and he's another "Pollution is Bad and NOT a Political Philosophy" types like myself!

Oddly enough, Saskboy kinda offended my next "high-five" blogger, Canadian Cynic, who gets a "High Five" from me this week because it is a breath of fresh air for this moderate to find someone OTHER than a hard-right-wing blogger out there... or at least, it seems that the uber-right make up the lion's share of the blogsphere... so it was GREAT to read some rants on the OTHER side of the fence for a change.

Granted, in all honesty, "CC" wouldn't like me very much on a hunch... I swing to the right on a lot of issues... and I do believe that paranormal events actually are experienced by people (I believe "CC" is a humanist... or atheist... but I could be wrong).

Anyway, should "CC" read this, please DO note that we have an EXCELLENT working relationship with the fine folks at Skeptics(sic) Canada... they tolerate us... and haven't slammed us... honest! We've had the current and former chairs over for coffee at our place even! (This probably won't help my cause with "CC"... but he still gets a "High-Five"!)

Dancing Rainbows Tie-Dye gets a High-Five for the excellent work on the shirts... and for the great e-mails sent our way... and because she's a fellow bus-enthusiast (and former Double Decker driver!!!) Winning combination! She gotta write a book one day.

The Good Reverend Anaglyph almost made milk come out of my nose with this post on his blog, Tethered Cow Ahead. That deserves a high-five... and a hanky for my keyboard...

And a BIG HIGH-FIVE to Nicholas at A Gentleman's Domain for TWO BIG WEEKS IN A ROW of "Thursday Thirteens" that were NOT trying to sell DVDs or books from Amazon! {Grins!} Seriously, his is a fine blog and well worth the visit!

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

The purpose of this meme is to give high-fives to 5 people, posts, blogs and/or websites you've admired during the week. I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 5 high-fives on Friday. Trackbacks, pings, linky widgets, comment links accepted!

Visiting fellow High-Fivers is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your High-Fives in others comments (please note if NSFW - Not Safe for Work).

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Comments:

Comment from: Sara Winters [Visitor]

· http://sarawinters.blogspot.com/2008/02/high-five-fridays-5.html

Your polite warning at the beginning makes me think you're afraid of erotica or just the writers. Don't be afraid to come to the dark side... ;-)

Permalink 02/15/08 @ 00:23

Comment from: Slip of a Girl [Visitor]

· http://tadtoomuchtanfortaupe.blogspot.com/2008/02/giving-you-bird-by-decades-60s-70s.html

Wasn't I just here a few hours ago? Seems like only yesterday we were TTin' together lol (Thankfully I knew the way here, because *again* you forgot to note your post lol)

If I admit that I've been in a Gentleman's Domain, will you think less of me? :batting lashes:

I'm high-fivin'
http://aslipofagirl.blogspot.com/2008/02/high-five-friday-magical-5-edition.html and http://tadtoomuchtanfortaupe.blogspot.com/2008/02/high-five-fridays-animal-themed-edition.html

Remember not to hate me because I am dutiful...

Permalink 02/15/08 @ 03:07

Comment from: Silent Porn Star (NWS!) [Visitor]

· http://silent-porn-star.blogspot.com/2008/02/high-five-fridays-5.html

He's not afraid of us, Sara; he's just warning those who aren't mature enough to play with us -- or is that 'immature' lol

Happy High-Five Friday, and continued good luck with the bus!

Permalink 02/15/08 @ 04:39

Comment from: admin [Member]

· http://www.doubledeckerbuses.org/

Hey Sara Winters... I'm not... but I do have to take into account my regular readers... and right now, when I'm still asking for some help, I can't afford to alienate anyone.

Hello Slip of a Girl... I didn't post my note because I usually write my memes the night before... and then ping/note them the next day when I wake up. In other words, I went to bed last night with this "waiting" to be published at midnight... when it was, I was in REM! So, it waited until this morning...

Hi Silent Porn Star... Bingo! :)

Permalink 02/15/08 @ 06:50

Comment from: Pop Tart [Visitor]

· http://www.kitschy-kitschy-coo.com/2008/02/high-five-fridays-5.html

Politics :sigh: Some days I think we should put 'em all on a bus and... Not your bus, of course :p

Permalink 02/15/08 @ 17:29

Comment from: admin [Member]

· http://www.doubledeckerbuses.org/

Hey Pop Tart... Well, some of 'em could be put UNDER my bus... :)

Permalink 02/15/08 @ 20:18

Comment from: Val Gryphin [Visitor]

· http://www.valgryphin.com/

Ooooh I have some I wanna throw under the bus!

Permalink 02/15/08 @ 23:26

Comment from: admin [Member]

· http://www.doubledeckerbuses.org/

Hey Val Gryphin... Now, now... violence is (almost) never an answer to political issues! (almost) :)

Permalink 02/16/08 @ 17:43

Allow me to start with we do not own nor are we selling a bus. Just had to get that out...

This blog was started in April of 2006... during a very bad time for me and my family when money was very tight and life was very hard.

We maintained a happier outlook on life by fantasizing... talking about what we would do when times were better... and as Sue and myself are Anglophiles, England factored greatly into our "plans".

During these bad times, while looking at news items which, at the time included items about London removing their venerable old Routemasters, I came across one photo of an old green bus... and somehow, my whole family adopted it. It became very much "our bus". (Details about "our bus" are available by clicking here.)

Like most of you, I'd heard about the fellow who'd made a million dollars selling tiny ads online... and the fellow who did trades and turned a paper clip into a house... so I thought, since we couldn't make our bus actually into "our bus" (well beyond our means,) I'd try an "online" appeal... to make the focused item of our hopes into a tangible thing in our lives...

More specifically, in a burst of adult/juvenile optimism, I had hoped to show the youngest member of the family, who at the time was still very youthful and impressionable, that dreams really could become reality if you hope and, more importantly, try.

Well, I'm pretty sure you figured it out... we had limited succes in this venture... and the youngest has now reached an age where she is more traditionally "teenaged" cynical than much else about the world, which isn't a dreadful thing... but there's a "good news" portion to this... our personal situation with money is better, life has improved, and some people really liked my rambling here... so, I decided to keep things going... Yes, I will "give up" on asking for help on a bus... and have to give up on even trying as hard to get the bus through online means... and yes, be far more realistic... but I don't mind this "turn" of things as I actually enjoy venting, trying my hand at humour, and generally keeping on online presence outside my usual things.

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