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100 Things

written by Michael Trier, on Dec 23, 2008 2:01:00 AM.

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

Memes - Because Everyone is Doing It

written by Michael Trier, on Apr 16, 2008 12:44:00 AM.


$ history|awk '{a[$2]++} END{for(i in a){printf "%5d\t%s\n",a[i],i}}'|sort -rn|head
  157    git
   91    cd
   82    ./manage.py
   52    nosetests
   49    ls
   11    python
    8    mate
    7    exit
    6    svn
    6    sqlite3