An Interview With My Alter Ego
This week’s Prompt For The Promptless is about alter ego: The Alter Ego, in Latin, literally means “Second I” or “Second Self”. It can refer to…
Read articleThe FOG Extravaganza Giveawayery Part 2
Since I had so much fun with The FOG Extravaganza Giveawayery last December, I’ve decided to do round two. The concept is fairly simple: Mad Libs,…
Read articleBlogging Advice From The Fish
Daily Post Prompt: Give your newer sisters and brothers-in-WordPress one piece of advice based on your experiences blogging. Well, seeing as I just has my third…
Read articleDoot’n Doot’n Doot Do
I am a terrible, awful, off-key, no good singer. I know this because I was blessed with perfect pitch, which only serves to annoy the crap…
Read article20 Weird Things We Say And Why
English is a weird language and idioms are the strangest part of it. An idiom is a commonly used expression. We all use them and half…
Read articleOn Tattoos
Daily Post prompt: Head to “Blogs I Follow” in the Reader. Scroll down to the third post in the list. Take the third sentence in the…
Read articleChildhood Artifacts
Today’s Daily Post prompt: Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a child. What became of it? Oh, childhood. Did you have one? I…
Read articleWeekly Photo Challenge: A Day In The Life: Photo Edition
I thought I’d take a stab at the weekly photo challenge for a change since I recently got a new smartphone with a working camera. Yay…
Read articleHappy Opposite Day
Daily Post prompt: Pick a contentious issue about which you care deeply — it could be the same-sex marriage debate, or just a disagreement you’re having…
Read articleThe Third Law Of Unfairness
Daily Post prompt: Tell us about a time you did a 180 — changed your views on something, reversed a decision, or acted in a way…
Read articleThis is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time.
Daily Post prompt: Take a quote from your favorite movie — there’s the title of your post. Now, write! There are too many good quotes in…
Read articleBiography Of A Fish
Daily Post prompt: If you could have any author –living or dead – write your biography, who would you choose? Hm. This is a difficult one.…
Read articleUndo Your Bra
Daily Post Prompt: If you could un-invent something, what would it be? Discuss why, potential repercussions, or a possible alternative. Kudos to Rarasaur for the great…
Read articleDaily Prompt: The Clock
Warning: domestic violence triggers ahead. I heard the car door slam, and immediately looked at the clock. It blinked 3:00 at me. Beer O’clock. He had been out…
Read articleOde To Sweet Black Joy
Daily Post prompt: It’s Valentine’s Day, so write an ode to someone or something you love. Bonus points for poetry! FUCK POETRY. I originally wrote a…
Read articleThe Meaning of FOG
Daily Post prompt: Explain why you chose your blog’s title and what it means to you. Goldfish was taken. The end. Alright fine, not the end.…
Read articleI’d Like To Be Reincarnated As A Unicorn
Daily Post prompt: Reincarnation: do you believe in it? Yes and no. From the wiki: “Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical concept that the soul or…
Read articleOn Health Care
Daily Post prompt: Is access to medical care something that governments should provide, or is it better left to the private sector? Are there drawbacks to…
Read articleChance
Today’s Daily Post prompt was to write a story with an open ending and invite my readers to finish it. So, I’m going to do just…
Read articleThe Roof Is On Fire
Daily Post prompt: Your home is on fire. Grab five items (assume all people and animals are safe). What did you grab? We don’t need no…
Read articleEulogy For A Fish
Daily Post prompt: Write your own eulogy. A long time ago, I wrote about what it would be like to be a fly on the wall…
Read articleTen Minutes: Three Reasons
Flash Fiction 365 prompt: three reasons. Daily Post prompt: Set a timer for ten minutes. Open a new post. Start the timer, and start writing. When…
Read articleThe Voyage of the Royal Pudding Cup & HMS Sheepskin Flask
Daily post prompt: Read the story of Richard Parker and Tom Dudley. Is what Dudley did defensible? What would you have done? OK, let’s read the…
Read articleSkills to Pay The Bills
Daily Post Prompt: If you could choose to be a master (or mistress) of any skill in the world, which skill would you pick? There are…
Read articleDon’t Panic!
Daily Post prompt: Honestly evaluate the way you respond to crisis situations. Are you happy with the way you react? I suppose it depends on whether…
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