My Bucket List

1.      Write a science-fiction novel

2.      Fly an airplane

3.      Visit each continent

4.      Set foot on another planet or celestial body

5.      Invent an ice-cream flavor

6.      Work at an archeological dig

7.      Learn to bake really good cookies and muffins

8.      Sail on a tall ship

9.      Climb all the Adirondack High Peaks

10.  Run a marathon

11.  Do a triathlon (hopefully the SOS)

12.  Run a Marines obstacle course

13.  Gallop on a horse

14.  Make and eat baked brie

15.  Go skydiving

16.  Go see the Colbert Report live (with MJ)

17.  See a New York Philharmonic concert

18.  Build an awesome treehouse for my son

19.  Swim the English Channel (or between Cuba and Florida)

20.  Try the world’s hottest hot sauce

21.  Be part of a historical battle reenactment (medieval or older)

22.  Play trumpet with a professional music group

23.  Get my scuba diving license

24.  Visit Paris, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, and London

25.  Sail around the world

26.  Work at a Renaissance Fair (hopefully fight in a joust)

27.  Swim a 1650 meter race

28.  Perform 50 consecutive pull-ups

29.  Visit India

30.  Go on an Outward Bound (or equivalent) adventure

31.  Sing in a barbershop quartet

32.  Visit the Himalayas

33.  Hold public office

34.  Ride in a tank or armored personnel carrier

35.  Go on a safari

36.  Make homemade maple syrup

37.  Meet the President

38.  Do a double-flip off the diving board

39.  Get in a swordfight concerning honor

40.  Say “Houston, we have a problem” in a legitimate situation

41.  Watch every single StarTrek episode from every series and every movie

42.  Meet a clone of myself

43.  Ski in the Alps

44.  Hit the center of a target with a longbow (from at least 50 meters away)

45.  Learn a new language

46.  Eat two entire pizzas at one sitting

47.  Fire a harpoon gun

48.  Learn to juggle

49.  Work on a farm

50.  Die doing something I love