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 ›
Word Prompt
BLOGGING INSIGHTS: FIX OR BREAK?
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 ›
COFFEE TIME QUESTIONS
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 ›
THE MONDAY PEEVE – DON’T YOU HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS?
Where did my pictures go? So here’s the scenario. I have my card in its reader in my computer. Instead of doing what I usually do — copying the pictures from the card to the newly-created photo folder, I use… Read More ›
THE CLEANSING OF THE FANGS
Fandango’s Provocative Question #194 I am a tooth grinder. Sometimes, even at this late date, I find myself with my jaw rigid and teeth clenched. The result of this is my teeth are not happy teeth. Basically, I need a whole… Read More ›
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
FIBBING FRIDAY – July 8, 2022 I actually have a few books about these dating back to my college days when many of you hadn’t yet been born. Some of these “real” ones are centuries old, but many are new,… Read More ›
ICE CREAM!
Fandango’s Provocative Question #171 In a nice break from all the recent bad news, today question is about (are you ready?) ice cream. It’s summertime, after all. What could be more “on point” than summer’s favorite treat? What is your favorite… Read More ›
HEARINGS, TRAITORS, AFTERMATH
Fandango’s Provocative Question #170 Have you been watching, or at least following the news about, the Select Committee televised hearings? Do you agree or disagree with my assessment of what has come out of the hearings thus far? Do you think… Read More ›
ANONYMITY IN THE BLOGGING WORLD?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #168 Yesterday’s question is about anonymity and whether or not anonymity makes online creeps even creepier. How do you feel about online anonymity? Do you believe that when people are hiding their real world identity, it encourages them… Read More ›
A PROVOCATIVE QUESTION RERUN
Fandango’s Provocative Question #6 Revisited It’s a rerun, but it’s probably even more relevant now than it was the first time around. “Is technological advancement a net positive or a net negative?” Technological advancement is too broad a term for me… Read More ›
THE SET IS DRAWN
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 ›
STOP THE CLOCK
Fandango’s Provocative Question #161 I’ve hated daylight savings time as long as I’ve been aware it existed, so this change can’t come soon enough for me! Assuming you agree we should have the same clock time year-round rather than moving up… Read More ›
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #147 What’s happening in your world? We’ve covered all the bad stuff. What’s still keeping you going? What’s the good part? Or, to put it another way, what’s the best thing you’ve got going on in your life… Read More ›
IF I’M A FISH, HOW BIG IS MY POND?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #146 I have to admit, I have not wondered about where my fish is swimming in years. Since I am, after all, a Pisces, I am definitely swimming. I don’t know where, but somewhere, I am all wet…. Read More ›
STUDY HARD. GET GOOD GRADES.
GRADES I don’t think either of my parents ever told me to “study hard” or to “get good (or better) grades.” I never got bad grades or brilliant ones. I didn’t study hard or usually, at all. Back then I… Read More ›
I’M LATE, I’M LATE, FOR A VERY IMPORTANT DATE!
FOWC with Fandango — Late So spoke the March Hare and was the reason he had kept that big watch. It was supposed to keep him on time, but it didn’t seem to work for him. Back in the olden golden… Read More ›