January 17th's Friday Five were all based on recent news items. I was in New York for the past five days and read a lot of Times Square news crawls, so I was actually up to speed on the celebrity deaths and cancer-causing booze. I'm not sure I think much of 2025 so far.

Anyhow, though late, I have come through with some answers. Ready? ( Click! )

The title of this week's Friday's Five is "On deck."

Hey, wait! Wasn't "On deck" the title of last week's set? Yes, it was, but in that case the phrase was used metaphorically, while this time the questions are literally about various types of cards. [And, in fact, the FULL title of this week's set is "On (a different) deck."]

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The first Friday Five of 2025 are entitled "On Deck," and they look forward. Looking back, I wish I'd managed to complete them when they were posted instead of three days after the fact, but maybe I should just accept that I am more of a "Monday Five" kind of girl and move on.

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Here's the 2024 edition of the now familiar New Year's meme that I have been filling out every year for longer than I can prove (some posts having disappeared in the Purge of Aught-ten). Over the years, I've added one or two prompts to the original question set, and I've deleted others for which I could never, ever think of an answer. This year, ( Read more... )

Okay, so the four Friday Fives for December share the title "Wrapped" and, together, constitute a mini- "year in review." I'll answer them all in this post, so make sure you're in a comfy spot and have a beverage or a snack -- it'll take you a few minutes!

The December 6th questions are music-related. As is usual for me -- but probably odd, for a ( Read more... )

Well, welcome back. me. I was crazy snowed under with grading for oh, about six weeks there, and that means that I have some Friday Fives to catch up on (well, I don't *have* to ... but I always do, don't I?). I'll do the two to finish November in this post, then smoosh the Decembers ones into a mega-entry tomorrow.

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How about a new Daybook? It's been since the end of August, which means more than three months have passed, so why not?

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Today's Friday Five are called "Gouda nuff" and address my greatest culinary love: cheese. Cheese is my "if you could only have one food on a desert island" pick (never mind how I'd keep it nice!), and a cheese board is my favorite thing to bring to a party. My mom and I could make a satisfying meal on Kraft Cracker Barrel sharp cheddar cheese and ( Read more... )

The most recent Friday Five are about doing and being one's best. I'm not sure anything means anything anymore, but I suppose "trying hard" would be my M.O. even on the deck of the Titanic, so here are some answers.

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This week's Friday Five were about tardiness and its opposite number, timeliness (on-timeliness?). In my prime, I was never the Queen of On Time ... but I was also not the worst, and I've gotten better with age. For more, see below.

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