Writing Prompts - Do you use them?

Hi All,

I recently completed a course through Oxford University that made heavy use of writing prompts. I found them helpful in spurring me to write about things that I normally wouldn't.

I'm curious if any of you use writing prompts as a tool to inspire your writing? I know there are several sites that offer prompts, sometimes cultivated, somtimes random, but are there any in particular you want to suggest to your fellow authors?

My favorite prompts have always been the broadest. A picture, a name, a setting, things you can easily use as a grounding point but then go off into wild fancies.