From Gregory Stock’s The Book of Questions: Given one shot at a 50-50 bet that pays 10 times your wager if you win, how much would you risk? What if your chances of winning were 90 percent and the payoff were still tenfold? To quote Jessica Biel's character in the classic 2001 baseball rom-com Summer Catch: … Continue reading Question of the Week #384
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Question of the Week #380
From Gregory Stock’s The Book of Questions: What would you do if you were approached on a busy street by a well-dressed stranger who said he'd lost his wallet and asked apologetically if you could give him $9.85 to buy a train ticket? What if instead you were approached for a handout by a haggard-looking stranger … Continue reading Question of the Week #380
Question of the Week #378
From Gregory Stock’s The Book of Questions: Would you be willing to undergo a relatively safe surgery to implant a permanent cardiac monitor that would detect the tell-tale signs of an impending heart attack and summon medical help before it occurred? Let doctors slice you open and implant a bunch of wires and computer chips in … Continue reading Question of the Week #378
Twenty Eight – Bloganuary
Welcome to Bloganuary. It’s this thing that WordPress is doing to encourage bloggers to post something every day by providing a regular prompt. I think that “Bloguary” would not only sound better but makes more sense. Maybe they’re saving that for next month. But if they go with Blogebruary I’m dropping out. Anyway, today’s prompt … Continue reading Twenty Eight – Bloganuary
Question of the Week #347
Hey there, fellow dreamers! Today, I want to explore a question comes from Gregory Stock's The Book of Questions: Would you be willing to endure a year of terrifying nightmares for extraordinary wealth? The allure of immense riches can be enticing, but for me, there's one thing I hold too dear to give up – … Continue reading Question of the Week #347
A Tale of Two Parking Citations
It's not often that I receive a parking ticket. Wait... let me rephrase that... It's not often enough that I receive a parking ticket. Here's how parking should work for me, if it were a perfect world. In a perfect world, I would feel completely safe leaving my car in the parking garage two blocks … Continue reading A Tale of Two Parking Citations
Question of the Week #319
If what you owned had no bearing on what people thought of you, would you spend your money differently? Absolutely not. Because I'm 100% certain that nothing I own has anything to do with what anyone thinks of me. It's not as if I have lots of money and I try to show off by … Continue reading Question of the Week #319
Penny
Because today is Lucky Penny Day, our Sunday Scribblings prompt for this week is Penny. If you decide to write a post based on this week’s prompt, be sure to go back here and share your link so everyone can see how you interpreted things! Here’s what I did with it… The penny laid on the sidewalk throughout … Continue reading Penny
Question of the Week #263
For $30,000 would you go for 2 months without washing, brushing your teeth, shampooing, or even using deodorant? Assume you can't tell anyone why. Seems like this would have been super easy to accomplish in 2020 while everyone was on lock down at home, desperate to avoid COVID-19. Now that we're all making our way … Continue reading Question of the Week #263
Question of the Week #206
Would you be willing to eat a bowl of live crickets for $40,000? Heck yes I would. Actually, I say that... But I also think it's kind of gross when I watch people like Rhett & Link eat bugs for the sake of entertainment. I think I could do it, though. No, $40,000 isn't, in … Continue reading Question of the Week #206
The Confusing Middle 