A Guy Called Bloke’s Advent Calendar Adventures for December 28 have been given to me as a challenge upon a challenge by Paula, who also answered them. Please check out her creative answers by clicking on her name. What does Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother turn into a coach? An UBER stretch limo. The German Christmas song…
Iron Mike
image link Today’s Word of the Day Challenge is boxing. Fandango’s FOWC is caricature. I’ve always been both fascinated and repelled by boxing athlete and celebrity, Mike Tyson. From what I learned about him, he was living a rough life before being “discovered” by a boxing coach counselor while he was in a residential treatment…
#FPQ 7 Social Media Site Censorship OK?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #7 this week is: “Do you believe that social media sites should be able to censor what people post on their sites and ban content creators from posting? Or do you consider such actions to be a violation of freedom of speech, which is guaranteed as a right in the First Amendment…
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje (copyright 1970)
wiki image link (also on the cover of my copy of the book) I was just looking for some background information on this book and see that the publishing date has been changed since Michael edited it some; the edited version adds “Left-Handed Poems” to the title. My copy is the 1970 edition of the…
Christmas Day 2018
image link shared peals of laughter smiles of surprised happiness warm bear hugs of love
A Scary Christmas Story
image link Fandango’s FOWC is formidable. The Word of the Day Challenge is family. Today’s story is also part of A Guy Called Bloke’s Pimp Imp’s December’s Dastardly Deeds Challenge for December 24, with a story prompt of Trolls are for life not just Christmas! Trolls are for life not just Christmas! A troll family…
SLS — The Decemberists: Down by the Water
Image Link and NPR article on the album this is from, “The King is Dead” Helen’s prompt for Song Lyric Sunday today is season. “Down by the Water” is a song on the American indie rock band, The Decemberists’ sixth album, The King is Dead. It was released as a single in 2010. They’ve done…
