I could never say yes to: here,would you try this: shrimp, clams, oysters, lobster, habanero chili, steak tartare, sushi? I guess that’s about all food wise. I should not have said yes a few years ago to ice skating, water sliding down a tube with big drop in middle, riding a three wheeled scooter over a speed bump, a second back surgery after the first one failed, believing any doctor without proof, and the list goes on.
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Riddle This – Saturday Mix, 21 September 2024
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Conspiracy Theories
It is Friday and I am here with your Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. I haven’t been sleeping well the past week or so, and last night was the worst. Must be the weather. I’m blaming everything else on the weather these days, so why not that? By the way, the prompt is a repeat. I used it nine and a half years ago. Here’s this week’s prompt:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “peace/piece.’” Use one, use them both (for bonus points), use them any way you’d like. Enjoy!
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First thought was the Jerry Seinfeld show with the outstanding cast and this meme with Jerry Stiller playing George Costanza’s dad:
A longer funnier version of this scene is in the bloopers.😂. Even years later, these actors rule!
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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Sept. 21, 2024
Sara was sensitive to incessant television ads on her regular broadcast news. She watched certain news outlets and they would pull her into the subject like blades of gravity. Even her vacation at this beautiful inn could not draw her away from various screens, which she brought with her. A computer, iPad, iPhone, android tablet and earbuds. There was no moving forward for Sara, her mind was like a deserted houseplant, starving for some real nourishment. Instead it was mostly 24 hour Fox News.
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Random Word Story #41- A Peaceful Spot
Putting my Feet in the Dirt 9-1-18
A case of the pucchips, I believe.” “What? Hiccups?” “No, Madame, certainly not. I am referring to something missing on your computer.” “Then will “pucchips”fixthe problem? I haven’t been able to log onto any social media.” “That is my observation, yes.” “So how do I fix it?” “My dear woman, you are not capable of repairing this problem, and if I’m perfectly honest, neither can I.” The woman sighed, hoping this however snobbish clerk, would remedy her computer problems. “Guess I’ll just have to mail it back to Apple.” “If you wish, but I could have my assistant try something,” and took her laptop to the back room, returning about five minutes later.” The woman paid her bill and returned home. That evening she opened her computer to read the latest posts from her Facebook friends. It seemed at first all was well and then up popped a tiny fluorescent green figure. It seemed to be looking straight at her and was quite animated. It jumped around over the screen and then looked as if it was reading all the messages. It seems the computer store had been designated as one of thousands of secret satellite Facebook stations that collected people’s private information through little green creatures known as pucchips.
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. http://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2018/09/01/september-writing-prompts-2/
Fandango’s Flashback Friday — September 20th
“Stepping off the ferry and onto the island for the first time in decades, Arthur Parnassus thought he’d burst into flames then and there.”
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This a sequel to “The House in the Cerulean Sea”.
“Arthur Parnassus lives a good life, built on the ashes of a bad one. He’s the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six magical and so-called dangerous children who live there.”
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First Line Friday: September 20, 2024 📚💞
Your final three words for this week are:
ASSURE
LIE~
DECEIVE
Lovers may come and go
Lie, deceive, it’s all a show
Especially assured when in the glow
Of a certified gigolo !
Three Things Challenge #M823
Allergic to Nuts
Jim thought it a conspiracy—the ticket looked fake, and grabbed a seat in the back for quick exit. When the speaker drew a huge walnut on the chalkboard, he ran!
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Can You Tell A Story In…
Image by ubereats.com
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Get to Know You #35
The Bag Lady 
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