Fandango’s Provocative Questions – Page 2 – SERENDIPITY

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 ›

FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #25 – EXTRA INNINGS?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/29/2021 • ( 9 )

Genesis 3:19 (King James): In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it was thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. “Where do you… Read More ›

DEPTH OR BREADTH?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/19/2020 • ( 10 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #96: DEPTH OR BREADTH? From Fandango: “We live in a fast moving information age where we are bombarded with, and sometimes overwhelmed by, the many things that we see, read, and hear. We try to keep ourselves informed… Read More ›

TWO DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION: #FPQ

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/05/2020 • ( 15 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #94: The Day After the Election And the question du jour, perhaps of the year, is: So here I am, watching the news. Again or maybe that would be “still.” I think Biden has it. He got Michigan… Read More ›

BRUTAL HONESTY AND THE KINDNESS OF A LOVING LIE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 10/15/2020 • ( 17 )

There is a time for honesty and a time for kind, warm-hearted honest lying. For example, here are questions that absolutely require a “yes” as the answer, no matter what think: “Do these jeans make me look fat?” If you… Read More ›

SO WHEN DO YOU THINK IT’S SAFE TO GO BACK OUT THERE? – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/17/2020 • ( 27 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #65 A very relevant question this time. To a large degree, I’ve already answered this question in a couple of posts, as has Tom Curley. It’s certainly a question we have all asked each other. Meanwhile, our president… Read More ›

LIVING THE GOOD LIFE. SLOWLY. Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/12/2019 • ( 23 )

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 ›

MEDICARE FOR ALL: WAY TO GO AMERICA! – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/14/2019 • ( 16 )

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 ›

FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #33

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/24/2019 • ( 20 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #33 It’s hard to talk about this stuff without sounding pious or self-righteous. Personally, I always wonder if I have a price too and it’s merely that no one has offered to pay it that I have managed… Read More ›

PEAK PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #31 – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/13/2019 • ( 11 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #31 Thirty-one is one of my “lucky numbers.” I’ve lived in houses numbered 31 twice, won prizes for number 31 (a TV and a long weekend in New York city including a visit to the (then) brand new… Read More ›

FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #27 – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 06/13/2019 • ( 16 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #27 The question this week is exactly the kind of question I do not ever want to answer. It might be a question nobody wants to answer unless they are a medical researcher with skin in the game,… Read More ›

PROVOCATIVE QUESTION – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/29/2019 • ( 12 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #25 It’s existential question time for some of us, not so existential for the rest of us. Because the question is: So today’s provocative question is all about the before and after: “Where do you believe you were… Read More ›