Jamie over at Duward Discussion has posted this meme. It’s not unlike the 100 Things to do Before you Die on my Zen Mischief website, so I thought I’d give it a go!

To participate, just copy and paste the list into your own blog, and color all of the things YOU have done (mine are in blue, but use any colour you like). Things you haven’t done will be in black. Add some commentary if you wish. Please add a pointed back to here and/or add a comment pointing from here to your posting. And tag others if you wish.

Enjoy!

1. Started my own blog – you’re looking at it!
2. Slept under the stars – it’s amazing the things one did when one was young
3. Played in a band – for the school play when I was 18
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower – more than once
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain – something else I did in my youth, in Scotland and the English Lake District
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo – at the school carol service when I was 18
11. Bungee jumped – no and I’m unlikely to!
12. Visited Paris – several times
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning – who hasn’t?
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France – failed this too, despite several visits to Paris
20. Slept on an overnight train – another youthful adventure; returning from holiday in Cornwall with my then girlfriend when we were students
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked – more of the stupidities of youth!
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill – but don’t tell anyone; it was a long time ago
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping – surprisingly for a confirmed nudist I’ve never managed this
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse – of the moon; sadly never a total solar eclipse (but several partial ones)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset – both more than once
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors – yep, several of my ancestors were born in and around New Romney, Kent; been there several times; next visit I must look for the graves
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language – when I was younger I tried teaching myself Esperanto and shorthand (failed at both) and I’ve learnt several programming languages from the manuals
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing – another idiot thing I did when young
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa – no and I’ll opt not to, please
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 – despite several visits to Paris I’ve not done this
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling – water and I don’t mix; it’s as much as you can do to get me in a swimming pool
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud – find me a kid that hasn’t!
54. Gone to a drive-in
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies – done lots of other things to do with scouting tho’
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving – there have to be easier ways to commit suicide
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter – I’d like to tho’
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar – and I don’t care if I never do so again
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job – came pretty bloody close; I resigned “under duress”; another stupidity of one’s youth
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
80. Published a book – if being joint editor of some conference proceedings counts
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper – in the local newspaper when young and in the scouts; I still have a copy too
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury – it was interesting too!
91. Met someone famous – does author Ian Rankin count?
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby – I somehow think I’m the wrong gender for that as well as being a bit old now
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 – I’m on at least number 8, but then I have had a mobile for something like 15 years, and I currently have three in working order!
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Ridden an elephant

I’m not going to tag anyone, join in if you like!