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Friday, September 28, 2007

Friday Five: Reverendmother's Swan Song


Well friends, as I prepare for the birth of Bonus Baby, it's time to simplify life, step back from the Friday Five, and let one of the other capable and creative RevGals take the helm. It's been a great almost 17 months of co-hosting the F5, but it's time to say goodbye... so here's my swan song.


On Endings and Goodbyes:

1. Best ending of a movie/book/TV show

2. Worst ending of a movie/book/TV show

3. Tell about a memorable goodbye you've experienced.

4. Is it true that "all good things must come to an end"?

5. "Everything I ever let go of has claw marks on it." --Anne Lamott
Discuss.


Bonus: "It isn't over until the fat lady sings." I've never loved this expression. So propose an alternative: "It isn't over until ____________________"


Let us know in comments if you play. Post a direct link to your blog entry in your comment using the following formulation:
<a href="the url of your blog post goes here">what you want the link to say goes here</a>
For a complete how-to, click here.
Posted by reverendmother at 12:01 AM
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52 comments:

  1. reverendmotherSeptember 27, 2007 at 10:35 PM

    I have occasionally cheated and posted the Friday Five on Thursday--and did with this one as well. I get on a plane at mumble-mumble thirty tomorrow morning and won't be near a computer, so everybody play nice, have fun and visit one another's blogs!

    And be sure to check out Thursday's post--lots of great RevGal reading coming up.

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  2. Jody HarringtonSeptember 27, 2007 at 11:00 PM

    I won't have time to play tomorrow, but just wanted to say that I'll miss your Friday 5's, RM!! You set a high standard of creativity and wit.

    Blessings on you, your family and Bonus Baby in the months ahead.

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  3. reverendmotherSeptember 27, 2007 at 11:05 PM

    thanks for the memories...

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  4. Hot Cup LutheranSeptember 27, 2007 at 11:12 PM

    Thanks RM for your work/creativity & wit! I loved the "cheating" on Thursdays... you say goodbye and i say...

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  5. Diane M. RothSeptember 27, 2007 at 11:23 PM

    Wow, I can't be first even on Thursday!!!

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  6. CathySeptember 27, 2007 at 11:33 PM

    Reverend Mother -- I wager this really isn't your swan song --- and said so on my Friday Five.

    I came,
    I saw,
    I played until the fat lady sang.

    However, thank you until you sing again.

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  7. TerriSeptember 27, 2007 at 11:51 PM

    Oh, woohoo, I love playing Thursday night before bed, and then reading blogs in the morning before work!

    I played sunrise, sunset

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  8. TerriSeptember 27, 2007 at 11:52 PM

    Oh, and reverendmother, thank you!

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  9. Diane M. RothSeptember 28, 2007 at 12:13 AM

    Okay, today I played tomorrow I read!

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  10. Elaine (aka...Purple) September 28, 2007 at 12:20 AM

    Endings...beginnings...endings...beginnings...here is mine

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  11. DebSeptember 28, 2007 at 12:28 AM

    Have a safe trip, and thanks for all you do to make the RevGals a loving, caring place!

    My midnight edition is here!!

    Deb

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  12. Rev KimSeptember 28, 2007 at 12:35 AM

    Thanks, Reverend Mother! Many, many blessings!

    I played here.

    Now I have no excuse to dawdle on writing my sermon tomorrow morning!

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  13. Amy StewartSeptember 28, 2007 at 12:43 AM

    LAAAAAAAAAA

    ummm, that's the fat lady singing :)

    Thanks for posting it early. I'll be on a plane tomorrow morning at mumble mumble thirty as well Reverendmother and also without internet for most of the day. I was hoping it would come early. :)

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  14. RevAnneSeptember 28, 2007 at 12:55 AM

    Something to do in the wee small hours...thanks. Or, to quote a fun book and really unsatisfying movie, "So long, and thanks for all the fish!"
    here's my play!

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  15. 1-4 GraceSeptember 28, 2007 at 1:03 AM

    Hello/Goodbye
    Now I have the Beatles song stuck in my head. I will wait for some fat lady to sing it!

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  16. ShalomSeptember 28, 2007 at 1:29 AM

    My first chance to catch this on a late Thursday night (post-Grey's Anatomy...still thinking...)

    Thanks, Reverendmother, for great questions always.Here's my shot at being a goodbye girl.

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  17. 1-4 GraceSeptember 28, 2007 at 1:43 AM

    Uh, Here?
    Oh, and so glad to see so many Princess Bride Fans!
    Did anyone see the story on where are they now for the cast?
    It was on aol.com, Wednesday.

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  18. The Vicar of HogsmeadeSeptember 28, 2007 at 1:52 AM

    I love the "early" posts 'cause my night owl ways make me early instead of late to post the Friday five. It isn't over here

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  19. Jennifer Garrison BrownellSeptember 28, 2007 at 2:20 AM

    I'm in

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  20. Dr. Laura Marie GrimesSeptember 28, 2007 at 3:37 AM

    Thanks for this and all the great FFs, RM!

    I played here and the next entry is a prayer request--several, actually--for my imminent surgery here.

    Thanks!

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  21. seethroughfaithSeptember 28, 2007 at 3:53 AM

    early posts are good for those of us in europe .

    Bless you - for all that you've done here to build this community.

    It's not the end - just the beginning of something new

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  22. SallySeptember 28, 2007 at 4:30 AM

    I played...is it ever all over;here

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  23. revhipchickSeptember 28, 2007 at 8:05 AM

    blessings reverendmother, blessings upon you, bonus baby, your whole family!

    we will miss your special way of sparking insights and creativity in one another. you have been a blessing to all of us! thank you!

    i played here.

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  24. Jeff NelsonSeptember 28, 2007 at 8:15 AM

    "Bonus Baby." Heh.

    I played here.

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  25. Anna SorensonSeptember 28, 2007 at 8:15 AM

    Thanks Reverendmother! This one was thought provoking .

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  26. RevDrKateSeptember 28, 2007 at 8:56 AM

    Didn't want to miss the chance to play the Swan Song Five. So it's here.

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  27. RevDrKateSeptember 28, 2007 at 8:57 AM

    Oh, and thanks Reverenmother as well even though by now you are on the plane! We'll miss your fun F5's

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  28. RevRosaSeptember 28, 2007 at 9:28 AM

    I wistfully played here and thank the good Reverend Mother for a grand finale!

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  29. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2007 at 9:40 AM

    I began here… and I ended here.

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  30. LoriSeptember 28, 2007 at 9:49 AM

    Here's my own tra la las.

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  31. ScottSeptember 28, 2007 at 9:53 AM

    Hello

    Hello Hello

    I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello...

    Best wishes, RM!

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  32. LutheranHuskerSeptember 28, 2007 at 9:59 AM

    This was a fun one to think about! Thanks for the Friday Five, and thanks for all the work you've done on all the other Five's you've created!!!

    I played over at my place.

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  33. Reverend Dona QuixoteSeptember 28, 2007 at 10:06 AM

    Blessings on bonus baby, blessings on you and your other beloveds.

    I played here

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  34. will smamaSeptember 28, 2007 at 10:43 AM

    Thanks RM for a job well done and in fact... Done.

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  35. StaceySeptember 28, 2007 at 10:48 AM

    I've played, even though I refuse to say good-bye to reverendmother except as the host of this fine feature.

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  36. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2007 at 10:50 AM

    Not playing today, but wanted to echo affection and good wishes! (And to note that I liked your Friends reference. And the Happy Days reference...)

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  37. leahSeptember 28, 2007 at 11:35 AM

    complete with Images of Actual Swans--thanks for everything and many continued blessings, RM!

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  38. LutherLizSeptember 28, 2007 at 11:39 AM

    I loved that Friday 5. My geeky quotient went up a great deal!

    Come and see my geekiness!

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  39. rev h-dSeptember 28, 2007 at 11:50 AM

    Thanks to reverendmother for all of your friday fives! Best of luck with bonus baby.
    I played here

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  40. UnknownSeptember 28, 2007 at 12:00 PM

    For Fun

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  41. Jorge SanchezSeptember 28, 2007 at 1:10 PM

    I played.

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  42. JanSeptember 28, 2007 at 1:16 PM

    Thank you, Reverend Mother. I've only been here a little while, but appreciate your many months of imaginative and provocative Friday Fives!

    My goodbye thoughts are here.

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  43. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2007 at 3:22 PM

    I finally got around to playing, if anyone makes it this far down the list :)

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  44. zorraSeptember 28, 2007 at 4:55 PM

    Thank you, reverendmother!

    I think I will be too busy serving as my dog's amanuensis to get to this F5, but I appreciate all the thought and creativity you've put into your F5s, and I'll miss them.

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  45. CoGSeptember 28, 2007 at 5:00 PM

    I played. It's been a while.

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  46. more cows than peopleSeptember 28, 2007 at 7:05 PM

    I've been thinking about this all day... finally played here.

    Thanks RM!

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  47. Dorcas (aka SingingOwl)September 28, 2007 at 8:27 PM

    R.M., we will miss your postings.

    AND DANG IT ALL, I have been gone today and missed a GREAT Friday Five.

    :-(

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  48. Josephine-September 28, 2007 at 9:29 PM

    Sneaking in late, late, late. But here's my play.

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  49. UnknownSeptember 29, 2007 at 3:29 AM

    Thanks for the memories...reverendmother.

    Here is my version of the swan song

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  50. Processing CounselorSeptember 29, 2007 at 5:52 AM

    Yesterday the router wasn't working, so Friday Five on Saturday

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  51. Gannet GirlSeptember 29, 2007 at 8:28 AM

    Last one? I am so sorry I didn't know this was up Thursday night, because I so seldom have time to play on Friday. But it's a really, really good one, so I'm tagging along at the end of the line. Here.

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  52. FuguesStateKnitsSeptember 29, 2007 at 10:28 PM

    I'm such a newbie - don't even know if I'm abiding by the "rules" here, but I posted your meme- and wish you all the joy in the world with the "bonus baby":)
    FugueStateKnits
    Joan

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