Day: May 24, 2020

Uncontrollable Nonsense

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A11C4E23-BAC7-4B77-8CA0-F86D6BE8745CToday’s Sunday Writing Prompt from Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie is “uncontrollable nonsense” and we are tasked with “writing something that is actual nonsense, means nothing.”

So I decided to do something Teresa Grabs used to do on her old blog. She would let the word auto-select feature on her smartphone, I presume, pick the next word. So, in the example below, the next word would be “with.”36A91B7F-CDA2-44FC-96ED-CEEEE389C7BAI did “cheat” a little, in that the words in italics were words I used to get the conversation going. Otherwise, what follows is purely uncontrollable nonsense for about 90 words.

This is nonsense and it’s not so good. I don’t think we have any questions or comments about the topic. I’m glad you enjoyed the time last night and the day before when you were going on to the next week.

Forget about what you mean by the end of this world. Nobody knows how much they have been fooled by the way they have worked with their faith. I don’t have any other choice, but if I’m going through this anyway, I’ll let you know when I’m done.

So, how was that for a little bit of uncontrollable nonsense? Why don’t you give it a try?

Who Won The Week? 05/24/2020

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10CC3057-4EEA-4C80-B8C1-700C0FC6C906It’s time for another Who Won the Week prompt. The idea behind Who Won the Week is for you to select who (or what) you think “won” this past week. Your selection can be anyone or anything — politicians, celebrities, athletes, authors, bloggers, your friends or family members, books, movies, TV shows, businesses, organizations, whatever.

I will be posting this prompt on Sunday mornings (my time). If you want to participate, write your own post designating who you think won the week and why you think they deserve your nod. Then link back to this post and tag you post with FWWTW.

This week I declare that my wife and I won the week when we became first time grandparents, as our grandson, Fandango III, was born.As cute as can beThat is not him in the photo above because we want to maintain his anonymity, but you get the idea. Suffice it to say that baby, wife, and father are all doing well. Unfortunately, in these days of the coronavirus pandemic, I’m not sure how long it will be before we can actually visit and hold him in person. Hopefully, it will be before he graduates from college.

And now it’s your turn, folks. Who (or what) do you think won the week?

Song Lyric Sunday — Crying Over You

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For this week’s Song Lyric Sunday theme, Jim Adams gave us “End,” “Finish,” “Over,” and “Stop” as the themes. He was referring to the easing up of the lockdown restrictions for the coronavirus pandemic. But I went with a much more personal perspective with my choice of Roy Orbison’s song, “Crying.”

“Crying” was written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and was recoded by Orbison for his third studio album, Crying. Released in 1961, it was a number 2 hit in the U.S.

Orbison said that he wrote this song about an encounter he had with an old flame with whom he was still in love. He refused to say how much she meant to him, and when he ran into her again it was too late.

“Crying,” was an almost operatic ballad of lost love that builds up to a Boléro-like climax at the end. Orbison had an incredible voice that could span a range of three octaves, a range that was beyond that of most rock ‘n roll singers at the time, which enabled him to make the song work through to the crescendo.

Many male recording artists at the time didn’t typically write songs about crying over a girl, but Orbison said he wanted to show that crying was not weakness, but sensitivity.

Here are the lyrics to the song:

I was all right for awhile
I could smile for awhile
But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say, “Hello”

Oh, you wished me well
You, you couldn’t tell
That I’d been crying over you
Crying over you

When you said, “So long”
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying
Crying, crying

It’s hard to understand
But the touch of your hand
Can start me crying

I thought that I was over you
But it’s true, so true
I love you even more
Than I did before

But, darling, what can I do?
For you don’t love me
And I’ll always be crying over you
Crying over you

Yes, now you’re gone
And from this moment on
I’ll be crying, crying
Crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying
Over you

FOWC with Fandango — Reference

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FOWCWelcome to May 24, 2020 and to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). It’s designed to fill the void after WordPress bailed on its daily one-word prompt.

I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (US).

Today’s word is “reference.”

Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.

Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Or you can simply include a link to your post in the comments.

The issue with pingbacks not showing up seems to have been resolved, but you might check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.

And be sure to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this prompt. You will marvel at their creativity.