FOWC with Fandango — Scratch Old Scratch is the devil. Ask anyone down down here by the river. We know him when we see him. We don’t talk about him much. The less said about that old devil, the better. That’s… Read More ›
Fandango’s One Word Challenge
THE WORD OF THE DAY IS OXYMORON
FOWC with Fandango — Oxymoron An oxymoron is a big, hulking man with the mind of a two-year-old who needs a nap. He is thoroughly oxy as well as moronic. People of this type often become politicians because sadly, their skill… Read More ›
INGENUITY: ARGUING FINANCE WHEN MONEY IS GONE – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Ingenuity Today or maybe tomorrow if I have the energy, I have to try to explain to UMass that if Blue Cross says I don’t owe money, I don’t owe the money. That is the theory and… Read More ›
RESONATE: THEY DON’T MAKE’EM LIKE THEY USED TO – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Resonate It is the ceiling that helps create much of the resonance of Symphony Hall. But also, all the little decorations, niches, and odd corners form part of the unique way in which the hall resonates. Few… Read More ›
BUYING A NEWER CAR – Marilyn Armstrong
Photography: Garry Armstrong This is a yarn. A nice story about being able to move from an older to a newer car. It has kept us really busy for the past couple of days, too. Meanwhile, on Friday, Garry’s going… Read More ›
PLEASE DON’T COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR’S ASS – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Neighbor You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or ass, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. — Exodus 20:17 This is… Read More ›
RDP#80-RETICENT – ME? – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP#80-RETICENT Ever since WordPress decided to abandon helping us, we’ve been scrambling to find ways to reach out. It’s harder and more complicated. There are too many choices with small audiences compared to the more global reach WordPress had. It’s… Read More ›
NOT VERY SENSUAL – Marilyn Armstrong
Boyoboy, I can’t think of any time in my life I have felt LESS sensual. Life just isn’t like that these days. It seems to be more about regularity, eating right, hoping nothing breaks, and wondering if the retirement money… Read More ›
THE “MODERN” WAY? – Marilyn Armstrong
#FOWC — Modern Tyranny for Modern Times Today is the press’ day to publish editorials supporting freedom of the press, but not every newspaper is doing it. Their reasons are varied. Some simply don’t have the financial structure to take… Read More ›
“AMERICAN PIE” IS NOW AGAIN – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Handle It’s possible I included this song (twice, no less) entirely because I wanted to hear it. Oddly, though, when I googled “handle” this is the song which came up half a dozen times. Was it a… Read More ›
LACK OF SUBSTANCE – MARTHA’S VINEYARD – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Substance When we used to spend a month or more on the Vineyard and became “summer people,” our vacations were completely lacking in substance and that’s the way we liked them. You lost your watch on the… Read More ›
LOVE AND LOSS – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Love Before I left for Israel at the end of 1978, my best friend for a long time was gay. It started out casually and eventually got to be an intense friendship. He’d never had a straight… Read More ›
ATTITUDE – A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE – #FOWC- Marilyn and Garry Armstrong
A Photo a Week Challenge: Attitude & #FOWC I once took a series of pictures of Garry. All of them came out kind of dull. He looked at them. I looked at them. He said, “Why didn’t you tell me I… Read More ›
NUCLEAR VERSUS NUCLEUS: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Nucleus Versus Nuclear What is the difference? I took advanced biology and I know (more or less) what a nucleus is, even though I slept through most of the class because I had a really… Read More ›
PACE OR TROT? – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Pace It looks the same to you, but it isn’t. Here’s the scoop: The pace is a lateral two-beat gait. In the pace, the two legs on the same side of the horse move forward together, unlike the trot, where the two legs… Read More ›
COMMOTION, CHAOS, HACKING, AND HOW MUCH DO I HATE FACEBOOK? Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Commotion It started, though I didn’t know it, when Facebook released my personal data to Cambridge Analytica. Eventually, they sold the data to who-knows-who in the hacking world and two credit cards and a money-account got hacked…. Read More ›