1. What are the coolest and ugliest tattoos you’ve ever seen?
2. Have you ever had a meal in which squid ink was an ingredient? How was it?
3. Are you one of those people who has a favorite pen, or one of those people who just uses whatever’s at hand? What’re your favorite pens like?
4. There’s a box of colored markers on the table, and someone tells everyone assembled to grab one. If you have first pick, what do you take?
5. Have you ever written on a wall in a public place?

Thanks for participating, and have a permanent weekend!

Here in Hawaii, it’s 8:16 p.m., so technically I’m still on time, even though I try to get these up by midnight GMT, which is 2:00 p.m. Hawaii time THURSDAY.

I’m a high-school teacher and this was our first full week back. It’s been a long, crazy, exhausting week, so please accept my silly apologies!

1. What did the last hat you wore look like?
2. What’s your strategy for unscrewing those stubborn jar-lids?
3. How good are you at keeping a lid on it?
4. Here in Hawaii, people are often very self-conscious about their eyelids. How do you feel about yours?
5. Are you acquainted with anyone named Lydia?

Thanks for participating, and have a lovely weekend!

1. How picky are you about toothpaste?
2. What’s the best cooked dish you’ve had that included mint?
3. How far would you have to go from where you are right now to get a breath mint?
4. Got any gum?
5. What’s something you keep in mint condition?

Thanks for participating, and have a minty fresh weekend!

1. What’s something good that there are thirteen of?
2. Have you known any black cats?
3. Among people you know, who seems to have an uncanny knack for games of chance?
4. It seems to me that while people seem to have all kinds of tokens of good luck, such as lucky articles of clothing or lucky rituals or lucky figurines, nobody has a lucky food. What would make a really good good-luck food, and what would seem to be a bad-luck food?
5. Not that any of us believes in luck, but what’s something that happened this week that seems to have been very lucky for you?

Thanks for participating, and have a wonderful weekend!

1. When did you last see a rainbow? Have you ever seen a double rainbow?
2. Do you know anyone who actually says “OMG” in conversation?
3. What is the most beautiful natural sight you’ve ever taken in?
4. If you had to freak out about something visible outside your window right now, what would it be?
5. Andy Warhol famously wrote that “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.” What are your thoughts on fame in this new century, where everyday people seem to gain fame at the speed of an Internet connection?

Thanks for participating, and have a glorious, mind-blowing weekend!

1. When were you last in ocean waters?
2. When did you last fly over ocean waters?
3. What ocean sports activity seems like the most fun?
4. What are your thoughts or feelings about public aquariums?
5. What are your thoughts or feelings about sushi?

Thanks for participating, and have a wonderful weekend!

1. Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat an apple?
2. Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat berries?
3. Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat a banana?
4. Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat a peach?
5. Besides plain, what’s your favorite way to eat a pineapple?

Thanks for participating, and may you have a sweet, juicy weekend!

1. Most neighborhoods have at least one place that’s (according to lore) haunted. What the haunted place in your neighborhood (or in the neighborhood where you grew up), and what’s the story?
2. Most neighborhoods have at least one place where some kid (according to legend) did something daring, dangerous, and most likely stupid. What’s the place in your neighborhood (or in the neighborhood where you grew up), and what’s the story?
3. Most neighborhoods have some lame building (like a bank or a gas station) where there used to be something much, much cooler. What’s the place in your neighborhood (or in the neighborhood where you grew up), and what’s the story?
4. In most neighborhoods of our youths, there are a few places that almost always cause us to say, “That’s the place where I _________.” What’s one such place in the neighborhood where you grew up, and what’s the story?
5. Where in the neighborhood where you grew up would you most likely run into someone today who knew you when you were a kid?

Thanks for participating, and have a legendary weekend!

1. In the fairy tale of your life, who is the knight in shining armor?
2. In the fairy tale of your life, who is the evil villain?
3. In the fairy tale of your life, who is the loyal, comedic sidekick?
4. In the fairy tale of your life, what comes right after “Once upon a time…?”
5. In the fairy tale of your life, who is the fairy godmother?

Thanks for participating, and have a happily ever after weekend!

1. What’s your favorite zoo animal?
2. What’s your favorite circus act?
3. When did you last attend (or participate in) a parade?
4. When did you last attend a sporting event?
5. What unique festivals does your area feature in celebration of some kind of food?

Thanks for participating, and have an eventful weekend!