Sunrise

There are many kinds of sunrises. When you watch the sun rise, it might be a quiet and peaceful moment when you take the time to appreciate the beauty of the world. Or it might just be a bright light glaring in your eyes as you drive to work.

Where you you the last time you saw a sunrise? What kind of sunrise was it? What kind of day was it?

This week's theme is the sun.

Top Ten: ultimate makeover

Suppose you were getting a complete makeover, a top-to-bottom reshaping of every aspect of your life and style. Whose wisdom, experience, fashion sense, and practical skills would you most benefit from? Who are ten people — real, fictional, or historical — that you would like to have on your makeover team?

It was bigger in the movie

Some famous places are larger and brighter in legend and imagination than they are in real life. What is one place that seemed surprisingly small or modest or unremarkable when you finally saw it in person?

Maybe a gallon of Ben & Jerry's

How do you deal with loss? Do you get angry? Do you cry? Do you blame yourself? Do you go out and do or buy something extravagant to fill the hole?

This week's theme is loss.

I still can't believe it happened

What's the loss about which you're still most melancholy and/or nostalgic?

This week's theme is loss.

Oops, there it goes...

What's the largest sum of money or most expensive item you ever lost at one time? This could be a gambling loss, or a purchase of something that didn't turn out to be quite as advertised, or a loss from theft or carelessness.

This week's theme is loss.

A time of mourning

Have you ever lost someone you loved? How did that experience shape your feelings about death?

This week's theme is loss.

Loss

When someone you know dies, it might feel as though a part of yourself is missing. It can be difficult for anyone to deal with the finality and absurdity of death and loss, and even more so for children, when their understanding of the world is still taking shape.

Did someone close to you die during your childhood? How did that experience shape your feelings about death?

This week's theme is loss.

Top Ten: shoe phones, pen lasers, and the awesome power to cloud men's minds

What are ten secret weapons you'd like to have to bring to bear on your problems?

Yes I am/have/can/do!

What are you trying to prove again and again?

Character development

In what ways did your childhood environment help shape who you are today?

This week's theme is childhood.