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Write about your day. For Americans, if you’re stuffed/drunk/sleepy, describe why. If you’re a Cowboys’ fan, we understand why you’re drinking, but please elaborate anyway. It’s not even 8am. I w...

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Describe what you’re doing for the rest of this year. At this point, there’s very little I know for certain. There are some facts that’ll affect what happens, but I don’t know the actual course o...

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Describe your travel plans for the next few months. Is there any destination you’re really excited about? Any you’re dreading? I currently have no firm travel plans over the next couple of months...

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Write a bit about why you’ve chosen to write this (and past) years. How many years have you been at it? Art you satisfied with what you’ve written this year? In past years? I’ve chosen to write, ...

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Last weekend before the short week. For fellow U-S Americans, this is essentially a three-day week. Do you have any big plans for the remainder of week before tryphtophan poisoning? As I recycled...

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November 22nd is a big day for a graying segment of the population; calculate your age for that particularly bad day in Dallas, and describe the most important President of your lifetime. I was -...

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What are your plans for the evening following what was surely a long week? Are you satisfied with how the year went? This week was interrupted for me by the doctor’s appointment on Tuesday. No w...

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Now that you’re two-thirds of the way through, write about whatever you’d like. Will you finish this year? When have you done this previously? You know, there’s not a lot I really want to say rig...

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Have you ever been to a foreign country? List the ones you’ve visited, and what you remember about them? Considering my dad was stationed in Germany for six years … is a pig’s ass pork? Let’s tr...

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Have you started your holiday shopping? Any idea what you’re going to get people? My holiday shopping has been rather significantly affected by my seven months without any income. My wife’s picke...

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~o/When I was seventeen/it was a very good year/o Write about seventeen year-old you. Seventeen year-old me had a lot more zits, and smoked a lot more tobacco. He also drank a lot less alcohol. M...

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What’s the best place for brunch in the city where you live? When did you last go? I wrote this prompt thinking of a couple of places I went in DC. Norfolk doesn’t have anything close, really, un...

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Of which libations do you partake? When were you last drunk? What’s in your glass now? What will be later? There’s nothing I really favor in particular, though I will say I don’t drink very much ...

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What are your plans for the weekend? Since my wife is getting close to the end of the fall semester, I’ve been informed I’m probably going to be ignored quite a bit. I’m okay with that; I’ve be...

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Now that we’ve talked about being sick, what medications and/or supplements do you take? Why do you take them? Oh, let’s see.... Morning: Tecfidera, Lisenopril, Prevacid, Vitamin D3 Evening: Fi...

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Did you get a flu shot this year? Describe the last time you really had “the flu.” I’m really looking for the real flu. Yes, I got my flu shot. My primary care is provided by faculties and reside...

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Today is Veterans’ Day in the US, and Armistice Day everywhere else in the civilized world. 2014 is the hundredth anniversary of “the great war.” Write what you know about World War I. Do you hav...

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With a third of the month passed, what are your plans for the rest of the month Keep writing. Obviously, I think that I do derive some benefit from it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t continue doing it y...

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Pro sports time — list your favorite teams, along with when you started following them. My allegencies are all over the map. Blame the Army. Baseball: Kansas City Royals. My dad was stationed in ...

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I apologize for yesterday’s abrupt termination. As I said, I’d been plunking away on it off and on, but really hadn’t gotten it in condition for posting. And I was absolutely exhausted. I slept h...

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Describe a typical day for you at work. You can go total Peter Gibbons on this one. Let’s see, and considering I woke up early this morning with one after one of my huh, issues. I try to show up ...

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Write about your siblings. Where are they now, what are they doing? When was the last time you saw him/her/them? Are you on good terms? I have a younger brother, who was actually born in the zip ...

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Since it’s Election Day, when did you first vote? Did you vote today? Have your political opinions changed as you’ve aged? 1999, maybe? There was some weirdness with me getting registered in Virg...

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List some of your earliest memories. Where were you? Is there anyone who could provide clarity about them? Memory A: I remember when the old man who lived across the street died. I remember the...

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Describe your year to date. I’ve been thinking about the best way to approach this one. I also realize that I screwed up the first writing prompts entry. I’ll have to juggle things a bit...

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