Mark Fraidenburg | Author

Tag: Fandango

  • FOWC with Fandango — Venture

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    Image create by me and ChatGPT Mark decided to venture out for some holiday shopping, needing just a few items to round out his gift list. He pulled into the mall parking lot, already packed at 8 AM, and felt the first wave of regret. Inside, chaos reined. People sprinted through stores, elbows flying, grabbing…

  • Fandango’s Flashback Friday – February 6th

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    This post was originally published on 2/8/25 and it is semi-autobiographical, very early in my blogging days and the writing isn’t great. Into the Abyss: Episode 1 – The Fall Feb 8, 2025 — by Mark in Uncategorized Episode 1: The Fall The wind whistles past my ears as I plummet headfirst toward the earth, my body…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Holy

    FOWC with Fandango — Holy

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    Houses of the Holy Holy blog fodder, “Batman”: “Houses of the Holy” is one of those Led Zeppelin titles that’s somehow mystical, slightly naughty, and a tiny bit confusing all at once. It’s a song, it’s an album, and it’s definitely not about putting new siding on your church. Let’s start with the first bit…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Scenery

    FOWC with Fandango — Scenery

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    The most inescapable geography is the one we carry within us. Our internal “scene”, the landscape of our thoughts, fears, and memories and is the only place we are truly trapped. This has given rise to a fundamental human practice: escape. We are all, in our own way, trying to redraw the borders of our…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Apprehensive

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    She was standing at the bar in a really cute short dress and cowboy boots, moving with the music like she wished she was out on the dance floor. I was a little apprehensive about approaching her because she looked so young. Here I was, a man in my 30s, divorced twice, and here was…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Shivering

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    Image created by me and ChatGPT This morning, we experienced something that we don’t often experience here in the sunshine state, and that is a hard freeze. Windchill was 17° which for us, Floridians will make us shiver.. It is not that we can’t stand the cold. It is more that we don’t have the…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Incapable

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    Image created by me and Perplexity Congress, in a rare show of unity, formed the Select Committee on National Incapacity. Its mission: to definitively identify who was incapable of solving the country’s problems.For two years, the committee held hearings, spent billions, and debated the very definition of “incapable.” At last, they issued their unanimous, 4,000-page…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Clerk

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    Image created by me and Perplexity Memorable quotes from Clerks (1994) highlight the mundane, vulgar, and cynical humor of working in retail. Key, iconic lines include “I’m not even supposed to be here today!” (Dante), “37? My girlfriend sucked 37 D’s!” (Randal), “Bunch of savages in this town” (Randal), and “You know, there’s a million…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Jive

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    Image created by me and Perplexity The saxophone croons, the dancers arrive, A syncopated beat to keep hopes alive, That smoky rhythm makes the spirits thrive, dancing to the music, and all that jive.

  • FOWC with Fandango — Exclude

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    The Text Message Hey everyone! Quick update: To make sure I didn’t accidentally hurt someones feelings by being left out, I decided to not invite any of you, that way no one can feel bad for being excluded. Cheers!