Rainy Days

Most of us prefer sunny weather and dislike rainy days. If you suffer from seasonal affective disorder, how do you handle cloudy skies and winter blues? Or, like Gene Kelly, do you actually welcome the rain?

As a child, what did you and your family like to do when the weather was wet? What do you like to do on rainy days now?

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Art’s Impact

Even at the dawn of artificial intelligence and the deluge of electronic and digital data,  art continues to hold sway over human awareness. From 40,000-year-old cave paintings through theater’s perennial survival, from the 5,000-year-old epic poetry of Sumer to graphic novels, art has reflected our life experience and defined and uplifted our sense of self and community.

What works of art have impacted you? Can you briefly describe a piece of influential artwork and how it moved you?

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Hacked!

Hacking has become a common peril in today’s world of digital communication. Hacking appears at every level,  from the federal government’s computer systems to our personal laptops and cell phones. Many of us have seen our Facebook accounts hacked, or worse — our debit and credit card accounts.

Have you ever been hacked?  Or unwittingly fallen for a cyber scam? Have you been an innocent victim of identity theft?  If so, what kind of trouble did it cause you? Was it resolved? How?

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Jury Duty

The first jury trial in the American colonies was held in Plymouth in 1630 when John Billington was found guilty of murdering a fellow Mayflower colonist and sentenced to death by hanging.

Americans have been doing their civic duty as jurors ever since. Have you ever been called for jury duty? Were you selected or dismissed? If you served,  was it a positive or a negative experience?

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