Fandango’s One Word Challenge

EMPATHY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/13/2022 • ( 18 )

FOWC with Fandango — Empathy I know almost everyone takes these words and uses them as part of a sentence or story. In this case, empathy is a word that is frequently misused, so I thought I’d point out the difference… Read More ›

PHOBIAS AND FEARS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/07/2022 • ( 6 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #172 The nature of a phobia is its irrationality. I theorize if you developed the fear over time, you probably had a reason. It might not be a sensible reason, but it didn’t come out of nowhere. Something… Read More ›

THE SET IS DRAWN

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/31/2022 • ( 14 )

FOWC with Fandango — Drawn Normally, I do a lot of drawing, but right now, my right wrist and I have a deal whereby I leave it to rest and it doesn’t try to fall off my arm. Painful body parts… Read More ›

THE FPQ OF STRESS RELIEF

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/27/2022 • ( 13 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #154 He wants to know how we relieve stress. Ha! Find something funny to watch. Movie, TV, whatever does it for you. If the movie doesn’t work for you, how about a book? I have a great selection… Read More ›

ONE YEAR AGO: PUT DJT BACK ON SOCIAL MEDIA? JUST KILL ME NOW!

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/21/2022 • ( 14 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #105: Putting the Devil on social media – again (FLASHBACK FRIDAY!) I’m not entirely sure they shouldn’t just hang him for treason, so the idea of putting that moron back on social media makes my blood run… Read More ›

TOUGH DECISIONS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/19/2022 • ( 16 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #153 This isn’t a question I can answer. It’s not that I haven’t had any life-changing tough decision, but because I’ve had so many. Which one was the hardest? I can’t say because all of the hard ones… Read More ›

OKIE-DOKIE. WE ARE HUNKY-DORY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/25/2021 • ( 8 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #145 If you’re American, do you concur with my assessment that our country is rapidly going to hell in a handbasket? Or do you believe that everything is hunky-dory and America’s light is shining as brightly as ever?… Read More ›

TATTOOS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/18/2021 • ( 19 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #144 Do you have any tattoos? What is the meaning or significance of them? If you do have tattoos, do you have any regrets about any of them? At last! A question I can answer with a “Yes,”… Read More ›

WHAT’S YOUR SOURCE?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/10/2021 • ( 16 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #134 I would like to point out that there’s plenty of room between “I believe everything I hear because my sources are impeccable!” and “I think I have a sufficient selection of news sources so that mostly, I’m… Read More ›

CLIMATE CHANGES ARE US

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/22/2021 • ( 8 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #131 There is no serious dispute by anyone that humans hold significant responsibility for damaging Earth’s ecology. You can’t label water pollution or unbreathable air as caused by anything the earth does to itself — short of being… Read More ›

THE FUTURE? OY VAY!

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/13/2021 • ( 2 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #130 You want to know what I’m worrying about? You mean whether or not there is going to BE a planet to live on? Other than that? Let us start with the simplet, yet somehow most heartfelt expletive… Read More ›

STAYING ALIVE, STAYING ALIVE!

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/05/2021 • ( 15 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #129 I’m not sure if this week’s question is provocative or merely frustrating. I’m 74 with enough physical issues and problems for half a dozen folks my age — and you want to know how, what, or why… Read More ›

PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #126: VACCINES FOR YOU, ME, AND EVERYONE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/14/2021 • ( 33 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #126 Are you fully vaccinated against COVID-19 yet? And if not, why the fuck not? Yes, we are. All three of us. Owen and Garry got Pfizer and I got Moderna. We got them as early as we could, which was a… Read More ›

WHEN FASHION FAILS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/08/2021 • ( 14 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #125 This week, Fandango would like to know about our style. See that old lady wearing baggy jeans and a tee shirt? I lost 20 pounds during the past year and my clothing has not caught up. Note… Read More ›

DEATH BECOMES ME, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/01/2021 • ( 18 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #124 There was a movie by this name and I think it’s also a famous quote, but don’t quote me on that. The last time someone asked me this question, she was a so-called psychic and I think… Read More ›

DON’T CALL ME SHIRLEY!

By Marilyn Armstrong on 06/24/2021 • ( 7 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #123 This is one of those times when I really don’t understand the question because I don’t understand the platitudes underlying the question. I never believed that absence makes the heart grow fonder. If you like someone, it… Read More ›