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I got this from Leah Culver. You’re supposed to highlight the items in the list that you’ve experienced. Kinda cool. So here it goes:
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (guitar in high school and college)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain (does Half Dome count?)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (not really, but sang a bunch)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (guitar?)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (I’ll never eat nachos again)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (saw it from the ferry :))
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (duh!)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (little league)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (Spanish sort of. It’s rusty these days)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (Maggie May, lots of drinks that night)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (no but others)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (Florida)
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (foreign film)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (several)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (raccoon radio)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt (please)
73. Stood in Times Square (not sure was pretty drunk)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (raced)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (sort of)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (when I shouldn’t have)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (crawdaddys?)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby (well not directly)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit (HR Bullshit)
98. Owned a mobile phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day
Hayden started taking drum lessons about a month ago and he’s been really into it. He comes home most nights and practices his drums. He also often sings and plays although I have a real hard time capturing him on video. He will stop as soon as he is aware I’m recording it. Anyway, it’s a lot of fun to see him learning drums.
My good friend Justin Lilly just posted a great short screencast on using Vim macros. In the screencast he walks you through using the Vim macro commands to record and play back key sequences. Justin, several other friends, and I have been helping each other get the most out of . I highly recommend you take one minute and give it a viewing.
Since I forgot to blog about it earlier he has also created a excellent post on his Vim setup called Vim: My new IDE. If you’re into Vim or want to get going on it, this post contains an awesome collection of stuff that Justin has found useful.
I think I’m hanging out in the wrong channels:
Thanks Alex Gaynor, that was very creative.
I’ve really been enjoying Dave Thomas’ PragDave blog series on Writing a Book. In this series of posts Dave Thomas gives some guidance for those whom desire to write a book, or may be in the process of writing a book.
A long time ago in another life I was very close to accepting an agreement to write a book for Jeff Duntemann’s now defunct publishing company The Coriolis Group. Due to a lot of circumstances, mostly personal, I decided not to do it. It was the right decision at the time, but I have nonetheless thought about writing a book ever since. Perhaps someday the opportunity will present itself once again, and I’ll have both the time and the right life situation to follow through with it.
If writing a book is something you’ve thought about or posted on your list of 43 Things, take advantage of Dave Thomas’ helpful notes.