Fandango’s Provocative Question #62 Over the past few weeks, each of us has had to make some sacrifices due to the global coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us have had to make adjustments to how we go about our daily lives. My… Read More ›
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HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR MATE? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #60 This could be a very torrid post, but as Serendipity is G-rated, I’ll tell you a story. You are free to fill in missing details using your own rich imagination. This is perhaps more than the question… Read More ›
WE SHOULD ALL BE PLUMBERS – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #59 What does it mean to you in the 21st century to be well-educated? When I was growing up, you had to get good grades in school. You needed them so you’d be better positioned to get… Read More ›
PROVOCATIVE QUESTION 2 REDUX: WISDOM V. INTELLIGENCE – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #2 Is there a difference between these two things? Isn’t wisdom an elderly version of intelligence, fired by time and hard knocks? I read a bunch of definitions of the difference between intelligence and wisdom and basically, it boiled… Read More ›
THE FIRES OF HELL ON EARTH – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #56 This week’s question is taken from Melanie’s “Share Your World” for the week. And my answer is an expansion of what I wrote on that post. The world is on fire and we will all burn. No… Read More ›
PROVOCATIVE? LIKE BOMBING IRAN? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #55 It’s the question of the year and this is only January. Do you feel that Donald Trump was justified in ordering a drone strike that resulted in the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite… Read More ›
MUSIC AND LANGUAGE, PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #53 – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #53 I need to begin this by saying that I don’t think music IS a language. I agree that it is universal. It crosses over national and cultural borders. But it’s music, not a language. There are some… Read More ›
LIVING THE GOOD LIFE. SLOWLY. Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #52 The question? Given the realities of who we are and what we need, I think this is a pretty good life. I might wish for gentler weather and a bit more money, but overall? I’m glad to… Read More ›
LOVING WORDS AND KNOWING HOW TO USE THEM – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #51 If people find typos or grammatical, punctuation, spelling, or usage errors in your posts, do you welcome having them pointed out to you, or do you resent it. As a blogger do you let people know… Read More ›
PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #50: REDOING LIFE? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #50 So this week’s question is: My answer is exceedingly simple. Hell, no. I’ve enjoyed my life. Even the bad stuff was interesting. One of the things Garry and I love about getting old together is that we… Read More ›
MEDICARE FOR ALL: WAY TO GO AMERICA! – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #48 Personally, we both are on Medicare because we are at an age where we deserve it. Lord knows we paid enough money over the years for the privilege of having doctors when we got old. Medicare is… Read More ›
WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #46 From Fandango: “I was watching “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last week and he and his sidekick, Guillermo, paid a visit to the New Yorker magazine in an effort to get a cartoon published in the magazine. Neither was successful,… Read More ›
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