Daily Prompt

SO WHAT ABOUT BLOGGING?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/30/2023 • ( 14 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #207 This week’s question is interesting. As a writer, reader, commenter, photographer and now there is also the podcast which eats up a chunk of time — it seems to me that pretty much any time I’m not… Read More ›

PROVOCATIVE? NAH.

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/17/2023 • ( 4 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #205 Are you planning to formally and officially register for this year’s A to Z Blogging Challenge, pick a theme, and participate? Why or why not? Or, are you planning to informally and unofficially participate in this year’s A to Z Blogging… Read More ›

CENSORSHIP BY ANY OTHER NAME

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/09/2023 • ( 18 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #204 How do you feel about book publishers altering the language in classic books to “sanitize” them by eliminating or changing words, phrases, and sentiments that some readers might find upsetting? Is it wrong to rewrite the words… Read More ›

CONTROL – THE LAST ILLUSION

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/04/2023 • ( 29 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #203 This is the third time Fandango has posed some variety of this question. I only know this because I knew I’d written about it before. It’s a subject I also find interesting. That was when I realized… Read More ›

PROVOCATIVE THOUGHTS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/23/2023 • ( 11 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #15 Redux The question of the day is: “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that, in the modern world, the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubts.” – Bertrand Russell Is this really a… Read More ›

DON’T LET THEM NEAR A COMPUTER

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/17/2023 • ( 11 )

From February 2015, this is a Flashback Friday post proving that nothing has changed. We are still complaining about WordPress. They still do whatever they want whether or not it has anything to do with people trying to manage their… Read More ›

YOU ONLY THOUGHT YOU KNEW

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/16/2023 • ( 29 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #202 Now here’s a really good question: Have you ever been sure that you knew something to be true only to find out that what you thought you knew to be true was, in fact, not true? If… Read More ›

WHO WERE THOSE PEOPLE?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/09/2023 • ( 12 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #201 And the question is: What is your favorite music genre? Why is it your favorite? If you have more than one genre that you prefer, what are they? Yes, we watched, but I doubt we will ever… Read More ›

OUT IN THE BOONIES

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/02/2023 • ( 13 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #200 Today, Fandango wants to know how we feel about where we live. What’s right and wrong about it. Which of these four types of communities do you currently live in? Are you happy there? If so, why? If not,… Read More ›

BROKEN PIECES

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/28/2023 • ( 17 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #199 After you break parts of you, are you ever the same again? This is the question du jour. Have you ever fractured a bone (or bones) that was serious enough to require inpatient hospitalization and a post-operative… Read More ›

FETISH

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/20/2023 • ( 2 )

FOWC with Fandango — Fetish I collect Native American fetishes. These are small carved items — sort of like charms or amulets — but more than that. Some of these carving are remarkably artistic. Tiny, yet perfect. Each fetish represents a… Read More ›

BLOGGING INSIGHTS: FIX OR BREAK?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/17/2023 • ( 23 )

Blogging Insights 3.0 — 1 “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” vs “Break the mold”: which of these do you believe, pertains to your blog? I think both things could be true, but neither currently is. I remember when… Read More ›

SELF-GENERATING AIs?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/12/2023 • ( 12 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #198 Unless AI “brains” suddenly develop an ability to grow intelligence beyond what was built into them, it won’t happen. That being said, it doesn’t mean they won’t take over huge sections of writing currently held by live… Read More ›

YOUR BELIEFS ARE YOU

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/05/2023 • ( 24 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #197 Today questions asks if you can detach a person’s political beliefs from that person and see each separately. In your interpersonal relationships with acquaintances, friends, and family, are you able to separate political ideologies from the people… Read More ›

LA PROVOCONTE QUESTION

By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/29/2022 • ( 5 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #196 The question is: What was the most unusual, unique, weirdest, or most useless holiday gift you received this year? Please feel free to substitute birthday or other occasion gift if that works better for you. I have… Read More ›

COFFEE TIME QUESTIONS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/27/2022 • ( 16 )

Question Time Over Coffee This is the abridged edition to Rory’s questions. There are questions that I don’t think I can answer or that don’t seem to apply to me. Then there are questions I prefer not to answer. These are… Read More ›