Mark Fraidenburg | Author

Tag: Fandango

  • 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!

  • FOWC with Fandango — Hazardous

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    Image created by Me and ChatGPT Life on Earth is hazardous to humans precisely because the traits that made Homo sapiens so successful, including big brains, culture, and tools, also stripped away many of the built-in protections other animals still carry. Compared with them, humans walk around in a body only partially adapted to the…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Callow

    FOWC with Fandango — Callow

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    Image created by Me and Nano Banana The sun dropped behind the pines, painting the lake copper. Charcoal smoke drifted from the grill where burgers sat cooling on a plate. I’d set two lawn chairs on the back porch, condensation already running down the lemonade glasses. Lily came out barefoot, her footsteps soft on the…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Monolithic

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    Image created by Me and Nano Banana Monolithic Beauty The Hagia Sophia rises monolithic above Istanbul’s skyline, its massive dome suspended between earth and heaven. For fifteen centuries it has stood as church, mosque, museum, and mosque again, unchanging in its grandeur, immovable as the faith of those who built it.

  • FOWC with Fandango — Proposition

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    Image created by Me and ChatGPT The Proposition Every proposition carries weight you can’t see until you’ve accepted. Forensic psychologists call it the commitment threshold, the moment abstract terms become binding obligations. I learned this during my time on the force where a yes, to the wrong person, could land you 300 ft deep wearing concrete…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Earn

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    One thing I think we can learn from these wildcard round NFL games is that none of the wins come easy. They are all earned on the field. Doesn’t matter what their records are. Doesn’t matter how easy their schedule was. It’s how they play today. Nothing worthwhile is given to you. It’s always earned.

  • FOWC with Fandango — Synopsis

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    Synopsis Here’s a brief synopsis of my everyday: Wake up sometime between 6 and 7:30. Take my first round of meds and instill three different eyedrops in each eye. Have my morning coffee. Spend the next two and a half to three hours trying to get my eyes open. When they won’t open, I force…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Traverse

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    Image created by me and Perplexity The Cherry Festival Spring walks the earth in Traverse City,and all along the bay the orchards wake.A rosy cloud of blossom crowns the hill,while ice-blue depths of Grand Traverse still speak of winter’s ache.​ O soul, behold these boughs of living snow,their fragile banners trembling in the breeze;they neither…

  • FOWC with Fandango — Hopeful

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    Image created by me and Perplexity Blessing for today May your doubts soften, your burdens lighten, and your inner sky clear enough to glimpse a new dawn. May your heart stay hopeful, not because everything is easy, but because you are never walking this road alone.

  • FOWC with Fandango — Fresh

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    Image created by me and Black Forest Labs From Fresh Prince to Oscar Night Infamy Will Smith’s journey from beloved 90s sitcom star to slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards shows how far someone can fall from grace. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air launched his career, but that infamous moment on national television tarnished…