Daddy Dan

Ok, I’ve seen this list of 100 accomplishments all over the place and I’ve meant to do it for quite some time.  The items in BOLD are items I’ve “accomplished.”  Items in red are things I’d like to accomplish some day.

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii – Maui
5. Watched a meteor shower - with my wife’s (then girlfriend’s) astronomy class
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/World - Land – many, many times.  No Disney World yet.
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo - see #41
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch – is blog design an art?
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty - can you still do this?
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
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 – does a gondola at the Venetian in Las Vegas count?  No?
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run - In both little league and co-ed softball!  Impressed?
32. Been on a cruise - I’m counting Catalina Express as a cruise here
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community - in central Illinois
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - Money isn’t everything
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing - A little bit, at Yosemite
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke – I had to be VERY, VERY drunk.  Sang Amarillo by Morning (George Strait).  Have also been known to duet on Summer Lovin’.  We have a karaoke machine at home, but never use it anymore.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
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 my 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
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - Tried to start a business consulting company when I was 22.  Never got a customer.  (I wonder why?)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies - for my niece
62. Went Whale Watching – not intentionally, but I saw a few on my way to Catalina.  I’ve also see a large school of dolphins on a trip out there.
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma – I have to get over my fear of needles first.
65. Gone sky diving – Never, ever, ever will I do this
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter – see #65
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt – I don’t even know what this means
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades – I want to ride in one of those boats from “Flipper”!!!
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
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person - When I was about 7
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand-new car - A Mustang, Tundra, and Highlander
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper - When I was 7 I was in the paper trying out an early computer
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - Do fish count?  That’s the only one.  Never been hunting.
88. Had chickenpox – as a senior in high school!  Really helped with the ladies!
89. Saved someone’s life - When I was 5 and my brother was 3 he fell in our pool while riding his tricycle.  My mom was in the house and I was swimming (with floaties on).  He sunk to the bottom, I took my floaties off and went under to get him. 
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous - One of my best friends played for the Angels, so I met some famous baseball players.  Never met a non-sports celebrity
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one - my grandpa, who I posted about HERE
94. Had a baby - well, my wife did
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
100. Ridden an elephant

42 out of 100!  Not too bad, considering I haven’t been out of the country, except for Mexico.

Hey, what ever happened to tagging people?  No one does it anymore, right, because it’s so lame.  Let me know if you do this so I can check it out.

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