Friday 5 for March 28: The squared circle

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  1. When did you most recently tag-team some activity or task?
  2. What has you in a headlock?
  3. What was the situation when you last had to tap out of (that is, give up on) a rough situation?
  4. If someone handed you a microphone after a recent triumph in some mundane situation, what would have been your victory speech?
  5. If your upcoming weekend had a super-hyped title with a suffix like -alooza or -orama or -mania, what would this amazing weekend be called?

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Friday 5 for March 21: Newfangled

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  1. Among the supposedly cool, convenient things your phone can do, which have you so far refused to try?
  2. Among the great things your phone can do, which did you unexpectedly really like?
  3. Which of the other new electronic gadgets or services have you so far been resistant to trying or reluctant to try?
  4. How has some of the new technology changed the way you think about life, the universe, or everything?
  5. What percentage of the time is your phone within ten feet of you?

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Friday 5 for March 14: What did you think I would do in this moment?

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  1. When did you memorably have a lightbulb moment?
  2. When did you recently have a moment of weakness?
  3. When have you ever had a magic moment?
  4. When have you recently offered help in someone else’s moment of decision?
  5. What has been the defining moment of March 2025 so far?

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Friday 5 for March 7: Animal kingdom

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  1. When did you most recently have all your ducks in a row?
  2. What is the elephant in the room?
  3. Where would you like to be a fly on the wall?
  4. What is the bee in your bonnet?
  5. When did you most recently have butterflies in your stomach?

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Friday 5 for February 28: Talked all night for the rest of our lives

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  1. If we renamed all the vitamins so their names were the initials of essential components of mentally healthy living, what would the A in Vitamin A stand for, what should you consume in order to get it, and what’s the recommended daily (or weekly, or whatever) allowance?
  2. What would the B in Vitamin B stand for, what should you consume in order to get it, and what’s the recommended daily (or weekly, or whatever) allowance?
  3. What would the C in Vitamin C stand for, what should you consume in order to get it, and what’s the recommended daily (or weekly, or whatever) allowance?
  4. What would the D in Vitamin D stand for, what should you consume in order to get it, and what’s the recommended daily (or weekly, or whatever) allowance?
  5. What would the E in Vitamin E stand for, what should you consume in order to get it, and what’s the recommended daily (or weekly, or whatever) allowance?

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Friday 5 for February 21: Food for getting in shape

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  1. What’s your favorite animal-shaped food?
  2. What’s your favorite cylinder- or tube-shaped food?
  3. What’s your favorite disc-shaped food?
  4. What’s your favorite sphere-shaped food?
  5. What’s your favorite triangle-shaped food?

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Friday 5 for February 14: Step by step

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  1. When did you most recently follow a recipe?
  2. When did you most recently give or receive directions to some location?
  3. When did you most recently follow instructions for assembling something?
  4. When did you most recently complete a form?
  5. When did you most recently have your routine disrupted?

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Friday 5 for February 7: The pompatus of love

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  1. Who in your life is a real joker?
  2. When did you take the money and run?
  3. Whose music is rock’n you this week?
  4. When do you next expect to be on a jet airliner, and where do you expect it will take you?
  5. Which movies set in jungles do you love?

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Friday 5 for January 31: Read ’em and weep

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  1. Which book made you cry?
  2. Which book would you like to see adapted for a television series?
  3. Among books you’ve read, which was most recently published?
  4. If your personal January 2025 were a novel, what would be its title?
  5. When reading a physical book, how do you mark your place when you set it down?

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Friday 5 for January 24: Nom nom nom

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  1. What’s a good song with a bad title?
  2. Who is named strangely, among musicians or bands you like?
  3. What are some album titles you like?
  4. Often, greatest hits compilations are simply called Greatest Hits or The Best of, but sometimes they’re titled more creatively and appropriately for the artist, as with Bob Marley & the Wailers’ Legend, Madonna’s The Immaculate Collection, or 1 by the Beatles (a collection of number one hits). If you were to collect all your favorite songs by one of your favorite artists, how would you title the compilation?
  5. Among bands you like, who has a great name?

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