Drugs, both for use, and as a topic of discussion, seem to be everywhere at the moment. There is such controversy over so many different drugs, and in particular the consequences these drugs have on the worlds' young people. It's easy to say that "drugs should be banned". Yet the term "drug", like it or not, is a definition that encompasses many substances. So who draws the line, and where ?. Well for one week only, you do ! ... you, on drugs ... 1/ What do you consid...

This week, we are about to be stranded on a deserted tropical island !. Oh no !. ( Thanks Sabrina for another great idea ). For the purposes of the exercise, (ie: to get at what we each really 'can't live without'), we will assume that the island has ' the basics' by way of plant life (including fruit trees), animal life, and adequate water. What 5 items/things would you take with you, and why ?.

we are born crying, wrinkly, naked, incontinent, bald, toothless, and helpless. it’s just cute then. we die in pretty much that exact same state. yet those who had to see us ‘whole’ find this change much harder to face than our ‘blossoming’. we humans are odd creatures. we spend much of our allotted lifetime concerned with something we have no control over: getting older. we may think we fear death itself, but deep down, i’m sure that’s not all of it. perhaps we would rather...

this week in friday five, you have just been elected world leader, and everybody has to do what you say. hooray !. now, as we all know, the world is a mess, and since you are now in charge of cleaning it all up, you'd better get your laws and priorities straight. tomorrow, it's day one of your world leadership, and a huge press conference will await your answers to the following burning questions ... 1/ what type of salary package and benefits will you be granting your...

this is life . which means somebody is always going to lose. make sure it's not you . lao tzu on life: on greed ... you leave your cow and you run after a snake for meat on integrity ... what you do in black hair you will eat in white hair on looking for “signs” ... a night without roosters will still end on discretion ... where there are many chickens, do not spill maize on bragging ... the escaped snake is always the one that the hunter sa...

ok, to distract us from the more serious goings-on, this 'friday five' will be a way for us to dream about who we might have 'been' once life is all over for us. i know it sounds a little kooky, but bear with me. i don't mean 'get all morbid and melancholy', i mean imagine the time, whenever it is, and dream for a moment about where you'd like to 'be' as a person by then, and what you'd hope to have inspired in those you leave behind. imagining a confronting thing in an enlightening ...

the following five statements are amongst those i read/heard in the media this week. taken out of context this way, they represent questions all of their own. so, would you say the following statements are TRUE or FALSE, and why ? 1/ abortion should remain a womans' right 2/ war is wrong regardless of the circumstances 3/ prison is the best solution for the rehabilitation of career criminals 4/ any couple who are in love should have ...

this week, we do "the lesser of two evils". put yourself in the five situations below. none of them have a completely desirable outcome, as all of them involve personal compromise. as always, these are extremes , and in choosing one you forfeit the other. so, would you rather be ... 1/ extremely unattractive or exceptionally unintelligent ? 2/ totally blind or completely deaf ? 3/ unhappily in love or miserably lonely ? 4/ wildly...

(the following issues inspire such debate and stir such emotion that it's almost impossible not to give them at least some consideration. so, in the "safe harbour" of friday five, i thought we could share our opinions on the current "big issues". hopefully we may end up with a general "consensus" or majority view in some very interesting areas). ... do you approve or disapprove of ... 1/ prostitution ? 2/ drugs ? 3/ pornography ? 4/ ...

so ... "how was it for you ?" ... what was it like the first time you ... 1/ fell in love ? 2/ got drunk ? 3/ drove a car ? 4/ had sex ? 5/ got a job ? everybody is welcome ... be as serious or as silly as you like ... and if you want to skip (or change) any of the questions for a personal reason, please feel free to do so (ie: you may not be sexually active, but may like to share what happened with your f...

... your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create yourself the closest to your perfect partner you can based on this selection of qualities. but there is a catch ... the qualities below are exclusionary , and in choosing one, you automatically eliminate its opposite. would they be ... 1/ spontaneous or stable ? 2/ passive or aggressive ? 3/ monogamous or experimental ? 4/ material or spiritual ? 5/ talented or driven ?...

in your dreams ... in your wildest, totally-divorced-from-reality, anything-i-want dreams ... 1/ where do you live ? 2/ what is your marital status ? 3/ what type of home do you have ? 4/ what do you do for a living ? 5/ what is your greatest achievement ?

name something that ... 1/ you are afraid of ? 2/ you want to learn ? 3/ you do not understand ? 4/ you can do very well ? 5/ you cannot do at all ?

... welcome to miggys' intellectual karate: 1. develop your weapon : learn for yourself the things you need to know regardless of popular opinion 2. respect your power : using a bomb to defeat a bug wastes time and resources 3. confidence as control : doubters will always exist. tell them "no thank you" and then be silent 4. karate is for defence only : if you create and win a battle, then arrogance is your new enemy 5. stagnation is slow death : seek know...