Yesterday, I got sent to the COVID drive through. It was actually no big deal. Although I was unable to spit (I have dry mouth from all the Blood Pressure medicine I take), they stuck those big q-tips up my… Read More ›
Humor
BATTLEGROUND BY JIM BUTCHER – COMING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER!
We already know I’m a huge fan of Jim Butcher and while I dread the ending of this series, I’m also pretty much holding my breath for the next book. I have included the trailers for”Peace Talks” and “Battleground.” The… Read More ›
THE FIVE-SECOND RULE FOR FLOOR AND LIFE
Curious Thoughts by Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog Admit it! You have probably invoked the five second rule many times in your life. Maybe you tend to do it when no one else is around, but you do it nonetheless. No… Read More ›
TRUMP IS AMERICA’S BELLWETHER
BELLWETHER, by CONNIE WILLIS is a book I have read many times. I read it often because it’s funny and finding something to laugh about has become increasingly difficult. Each time I read it, I notice something new that rings… Read More ›
IF NOT ME, WHO WOULD I BE?
I can’t imagine wanting to be anyone (or anything) but me. In a dream, maybe something else — a horse, an eagle, a dolphin. But that’s dream stuff, not reality. When I was a teenager, during those hyper hormonal years,… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AND NOW IT’S SEPTEMBER
Share Your World 9-7-2020 Roger’s Magical, Mystical Questions: What happened to cause you to discover ‘bullies” were real? My father was the ultimate bully and then there were the mean girls at school and the odd boy bully along the way…. Read More ›
ALL TOYS PLEASE REMAIN IN THE ATTIC – GARRY ARMSTRONG
The phone rang. The caller ID flashed, showing one of Boston’s two major newspapers. I figured it was the sales department. I handed the phone to Marilyn. I heard Marilyn respond “yes” several times and was puzzled. We didn’t need… Read More ›
HALLWAYS OF MEMORY
Every night, I fill up my cup, grab my bag of medications, give the Duke his nighttime treats, and hike the hallway to the bedroom at the other end of the house. After arriving, I put the bag where it… Read More ›
THE CLOCK TOLLS, BUT SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH
Owen has clocked us. Whereas I used to have one grandmother clock in the dining room that I got from my first husband as a second anniversary gift — received while I was in the hospital during my long, long… Read More ›
MY BEST-EVER JOB
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #30: MY BEST JOB EVER I had been looking for a job that would let me flex my hours so Garry and I could spend time together. It was difficult. He worked terribly long hours, gone… Read More ›
DELIVERING THE GOODS
We have already spent a lot of time talking about USPS and voting and all that, but we haven’t gotten to our favorite amusing anecdotes about UPS and Fedex. Each has its own cute and funny methods or not getting… Read More ›
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP BLOGGING, AFFORDABLE PLATFORMS EXIST
I really don’t want to stop blogging. Even if I have to use a different computer — like the Mac rather than the PC — or get an iPad or something else. I need to write. It’s not merely what… Read More ›
FROM THE MORASS, AN INSPIRATION
Blogging Insights 43 # Inspiring Others My husband feels I inspire people. I do not inspire him because he argues about everything. It’s a husband-wife thing. If someone tells him the exact same thing, he’ll repeat it to me as… Read More ›
DON’T PANIC. JUST KEEP WALKING – By TOM CURLEY
This blog is a departure from what I usually write about, which is how we live in an apocalyptic ’B’ movie that nobody would believe if it wasn’t actually happening. This is my favorite kind of story. A story about… Read More ›
THE DOG DAYS OF MUSIC
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #17 I wrote this just the other day, so here it is again. There was a time in my life when I was “all music all the time.” I completed a music major in college (piano)… Read More ›
FAVORITE TV SHOW? IT’S A TIE.
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #16 Fandango would like to know what my favorite TV show is and I have to say, it’s a tie. First of all, we’ve watched “The West Wing” at least half a dozen times during the… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AS THE GLOBE SPINS AND SPINS AND SPINS
Share Your World – With A Twist 8-11-2020 The Harry Potter – Part 1 I’ve read all the books AND seen all the movies … but honestly I don’t remember what thing was in which book or movie. There have… Read More ›
NOT EXACTLY A LIEBSTER AWARD, BUT ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS
Liebster Award Nomination AUGUST 7, 2020 / LYNCRAIN I don’t usually do these because they WERE intended for new bloggers to help boost their readership. I’ve been blogging daily — unless I was in the hospital — for eight years with nearly… Read More ›
DARWIN AWARDS IN DANGER OF BEING CANCELLED DUE TO OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF CANDIDATES – BY TOM CURLEY
Originally posted on Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth:
4/1/2020 “Darwin Awards in Danger” “The Darwin Awards are in danger of being canceled this year due to the unprecedented number of applicants and a severe lack of Darwin Award trophies.…
CAPITALISM AROUND THE WORLD
In a world that has gotten rather grim, this made me laugh. I’ve seen it before. It made me laugh a couple of years ago, so maybe it’ll make you laugh now. NOTE: CHANGING THE SIZE OF THE FONT: If… Read More ›
LOST LOVE?
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #4 I think I’m married to my lost love. So I guess he isn’t lost. Garry was never lost. He was just too busy. I had to wait until his career was less important than his… Read More ›
BOOK OF JOB, THE SEQUEL – BY TOM CURLEY
God and the Devil got together recently. They do that more often than you think. Usually at least once every millennia. They play cards, catch up on all the celestial gossip and have a few beers. More often than not,… Read More ›
DOGMA
FOWC with Fandango — Dogma Unless you count drinking coffee and checking email as dogma, I don’t have dogma to which I feel attached. I do, however, have personal rituals. Stuff I do, stuff in which I believe or at least… Read More ›
BIRDS AND BUSHES
Racket had gotten out of his cage. Nothing unusual about that, except that usually when I let him loose, I’d make sure to put away anything I cared about to avoid having Racket destroy it. It was futile but I… Read More ›
