Filched from The Port Stands At Your Elbow. Items in BOLD are those I have done.

1. Started your own blog - Hello.
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band - junior high counts, right?
4. Visited Hawaii - Not super interested.
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity - At times.
8. Climbed a mountain - Mt. Ampersand in the Adirondacks of NY.
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo - Too many times to count from high school to today.
11. Bungee jumped - I’m increasingly acrophobic.
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - jewelry making count?
15. Adopted a child - I’m open to the idea.
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables - Do herbs count?
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
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 - Of the moon, yes.  Of the sun, only partials.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise - with my motion sickness problem?
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - not the specific towns, but I have been to Scotland and England.
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - at times.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing - it’s that acrophobia thing.
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (badly) - not in the classic sense.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt - I think we went to Yellowstone when I was a baby.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
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 - in my college film class. I was the seriously miscast murderer.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - Bead on a Wire.
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies - this and the camping thing were the reasons I quit Girl Scouts.
62. Gone whale watching - not on an official whale watch. I did see whales when at the Outer Banks for a long weekend with friends years ago, though.
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - attempted many times and was rejected because I’m too anemic.
65. Gone sky diving - Not. A. Chance.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar - I don’t get the appeal.
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job - I quit before she could fire me.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - did not like it at all
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House - in the Reagan years.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
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
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

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1. This looks like fun, but it makes me think I was a lot more “fun” in my younger days.

   And you?  You called in sick when you were not?!?  *gasp* You naughty girl!

   Are you sure Mt. Ampersand is a real mountain and not some kind of grammar contest?

   Posted by Gwynne  on  11/26/08  at  12:58 PM

2. There have been plenty of times when I have worked when super ill, so I figure it evens out. I remember when I had a 101 degree fever and was clearly congested and coughing and still attended a mandatory proposal writing meeting with my Kleenex box in hand. Talk about misery.

   http://tupperlake.net/ampsand.htm

   Posted by jen  on  11/26/08  at  01:17 PM

3. 1
   2 (stargazing expeditions w/ friend who owns 13” reflector scope)
   14 (origami, using a manual)
   16 (never eat pork three days prior to expiration date - that date is too optimistic)
   29 (lunar)
   46 (motorcycle accident, back strain only serious injury)
   54
   58
   64 (learned that the active ingredient in smelling salts is not salt)
   67
   71 (I don’t get it, either)
   75
   77 (arm as child, toe in judo class)
   78 (as passenger - not same bike as in 46)
   85
   90 (twice - aggravated rape charge resulting in hung jury, assault w/ deadly weapon resulting in 25 yr sentence - weapon was a maroon Buick)
   91 (George Takei, Richard Armey, Virginia Postrel)
   95 (it’s so small)
   99

   Attempted to watch meteor shower once, but sky was completely overcast. Instead we watched a distant lightning show, and played the role of Uncle Alan to one companion’s daughters (ages 7 and 9) who clamored for my attention. Girls need the big guys in their lives - Dad most of all, but the more the merrier.

   Don’t own childhood toys, but I have my old Cub Scout scarf from about 1967.

   Posted by Alan K. Henderson  on  12/04/08  at  12:45 PM

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