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My Bucket List

In light of the movie starring two enormously accomplished actors (Morgan Freeman & Jack Nicholson), I have become used to the idea of a bucket list of mine.

What would such a list contain? Perhaps some permutation and combination of the following activities ...

  1. Watching a shuttle launch
  2. Better than just watching would be actually going to space on one of those gigantic vehicles.
  3. Even better would be getting to land on the Moon.
  4. Is not going to Mars better than going to the Moon? Sure it is. For me at least.
  5. Perhaps going to New York City would be fun.
  6. And visiting the pyramids of Giza.
  7. Visiting the Grand Canyon ... with someone???
  8. And the Niagara Falls.
  9. And Disneyland?
  10. Go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef.
  11. Go for a swim with dolphins.
  12. Go see some blue whales somewhere in the North Atlantic or wherever they live ...
  13. Visit Las Vegas for fun???
  14. Enjoy a romantic dinner ... with??? Meg Ryan?
  15. Climb Mt. Everest ...
  16. Fly a Boeing 747.

But I would merely say that I have already accomplished all that I wanted to do ...

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