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		<description><![CDATA[Brian published one of those lists of 100 things one ought to visit or do before one dies on his blog. Although I don&#8217;t plan to die on Brian&#8217;s blog, I will publish my slightly-altered (to make myself look more accomplished) version of the list here because it is easier than making up new content &#8230; <a href="https://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=2706">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/12/05/what-i-done-by-i-dun-doodit/">Brian published</a> one of those lists of 100 things one ought to visit or do before one dies on his blog. Although I don&#8217;t plan to die on Brian&#8217;s blog, I will publish my slightly-altered (to make myself look more accomplished) version of the list here because it is easier than making up new content when you are tired, as I currently am after a weekend in Brno:</p>
<p><strong>1. Started my own blog<br />
2. Slept under the stars </strong><br />
<strong>3. Play in a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">band</span> orchestra</strong><br />
<strong>4. Visited Hawaii</strong><br />
<strong>5. Watched a meteor shower<br />
6. Given <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">more than I can afford</span> to charity</strong><br />
<strong>7. Been to Disneyland/world</strong><br />
<strong>8. Climbed a mountain </strong><br />
<strong>9. Held a praying mantis</strong><br />
10. Sung a solo (not  likely)<br />
<strong>11. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Bungee jumped </span>Parasailed with  Beta when she was 12</strong><br />
<strong>12. Visited Paris </strong><br />
<strong>13. Watched lightening <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">at sea</span></strong><br />
<strong>14. Taught myself an art from scratch (Abstract painting!!!1!)</strong><br />
<strong>15. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Adopted a child</span> Taken ballroom dancing lessons</strong><br />
<strong>16. Had food poisoning<br />
17. Walked to the top of <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">the Statue of Liberty</span></strong><strong> Beacon Rock<br />
18. Grown my own vegetables </strong><br />
<strong>19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France</strong><br />
<strong>20. Slept on an overnight train</strong><br />
<strong>21. Had a pillow fight </strong><br />
<strong>22. Hitchhiked</strong><br />
<strong>23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill<br />
24. Built a snow fort </strong><br />
<strong>25. Held a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">lamb</span> grown sheep, which was once a lamb</strong>, yet heavier, and smellier<br />
<strong>26. Gone skinny dipping</strong><br />
<strong>27. Run a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">marathon</span> few miles</strong><br />
<strong>28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice</strong>, <strong>late at night</strong><br />
<strong>29. Seen a total eclipse</strong><br />
<strong>30. Watched a sunrise or sunset </strong><br />
<strong>31. Hit a home run (Wii counts, right?)</strong><br />
<strong>32. Been on a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">cruise</span> boat</strong><br />
<strong>33. Seen <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Niagara</span> Multnomah Falls in person</strong><br />
<strong>34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors </strong><br />
<strong>35. Seen <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">an Amish community</span> two Amish guys talking to hookers in Las Vegas</strong><br />
<strong>36. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Taught myself a new language</span></strong><strong> Invented a new literary genre (nude poetry)<br />
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied </strong><br />
<strong>38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person</strong><br />
<strong>39. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Gone rock climbing </span>Taken a nude drawing class</strong><br />
<strong>40. Seen Michelangelo’s David</strong><br />
<strong>41. Sung karaoke (allegedly Johnny B. Goode in Kyoto, but I have no memory of this)</strong><br />
<strong>42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt</strong><br />
<strong>43. Bought a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">stranger</span> child a meal at a restaurant</strong><br />
<strong>44. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Visited Africa</span> Had a tooth filled without novocaine</strong><br />
<strong>45. Walked on a beach by moonlight</strong><br />
<strong>46. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Been transported in</span> Pulled over to let an ambulance pass</strong><br />
<strong>47. Had my <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">portrait</span> toenails painted by my daughters, while sleeping</strong><br />
<strong>48. Gone <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">deep sea</span> fishing</strong><br />
<strong>49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person</strong><br />
<strong>50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris </strong><br />
<strong>51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling</strong><br />
<strong>52. Kissed in the rain<br />
53. Played in the mud<br />
54. Gone to a drive-in theater<br />
55. Been in a movie </strong><br />
<strong>56. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Visited the Great Wall of China</span> Got root canal</strong><br />
<strong>57. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Started</span> Wisely not started a business</strong><br />
<strong>58. Taken a martial arts class</strong><br />
<strong>59. Visited Russia</strong><br />
<strong>60. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Served at a soup kitchen</span> Crack windshield repeatedly</strong><br />
<strong>61. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Sold Girl Scout Cookies</span> Invent revolutionary scientific formula (chaos coefficient C= (f+p)<sup>f</sup> )</strong> (where f=family members living in your home, and p=pets)<br />
<strong>62. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Gone whale watching </span>Watched whales while waiting to be towed from the Olympic Peninsula after your alternator burned out on a trip after getting the alternator rebuilt at excessive expense prior to the trip to avoid any problems because you wanted to impress your foreign girlfriend and Swiss hitchhikers you gave a ride to you laugh at your misfortune and you think, cool, whales.</strong><br />
<strong>63. Got flowers for <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">no</span> the usual reason </strong><br />
<strong>64. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Donated</span> Fainted at the sight of blood, platelets or plasma</strong><br />
<strong>65. Gone <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">sky diving</span> parasailing with your fearless 12 year old daughter, despite your acrophobia</strong><br />
<strong>66. Visited <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">a Nazi Concentration Camp</span> Transylvania with Nazis</strong><br />
67. Bounced a check<br />
<strong>68. Flown <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">in a helicopter </span>an airplane</strong><br />
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy<br />
<strong>70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial</strong><br />
<strong>71. Eaten Caviar </strong><br />
72. Pieced a quilt<br />
<strong>73. Stood in Times Square </strong><br />
<strong>74. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Toured the Everglades</span> Realize you look like a dork in a bowler hat</strong><br />
<strong>75. Been fired from a job<br />
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London<br />
</strong>77. Broken a bone<strong><br />
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle </strong><br />
<strong>79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person</strong><br />
80. Published a book<br />
<strong>81. Visited the Vatican</strong><br />
<strong>82. Bought a brand new car </strong><br />
<strong>83. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Walked in Jerusalem</span> Saw a lady just standing there in her window one evening, naked as a jaybird.</strong><br />
<strong>84. Had my picture in the newspaper </strong><br />
<strong>85. Read the entire Bible</strong><br />
<strong>86. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Visited</span> Seen the White House from a distance.</strong><br />
<strong>87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating<br />
88. Had chickenpox </strong><br />
<strong>89. Saved someone’s life</strong><br />
90. Sat on a jury<strong><br />
91. Met someone famous<br />
92. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Joined</span> Scam <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">a book club</span> Columbia House</strong><strong><br />
93. Lost a loved one<br />
94. Had a baby </strong><br />
<strong>95. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Seen the Alamo in person</span> Gotten hopelessly lost in the west of Ireland.</strong><br />
<strong>96. Swam <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">in the Great Salt Lake</span> across the Danube</strong><br />
97. Been involved in a law suit<strong><br />
98. Owned a cell phone<br />
99. Been stung by a bee<br />
100. Ridden an elephant </strong></p>
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