cafegroundzero

is catching up with his account on 43 things, and later going to work



I'm doing 39 things
 

cafegroundzero's Life List

  1. 1. learn to do the tango
    1 entry . 19 cheers
    5 people
  2. 2. write a novel
    3 entries . 8 cheers
    11,368 people
  3. 3. Learn Homeric Greek.
    3 entries . 30 cheers
    9 people
  4. 4. complete the last drafts of my novels.
    13 cheers
    2 people
  5. 5. get out of debt, and build up a substantial amount of savings
    8 cheers
    5 people
  6. 6. write a dictionary
    8 entries . 7 cheers
    7 people
  7. 7. Get a second Bachelor's Degree in Math.
    5 entries . 35 cheers
    6 people
  8. 8. own a half dozen horses, and the land on which to graze them
    2 entries . 39 cheers
    1 person
  9. 9. Write a best selling book
    1 entry . 30 cheers
    72 people
  10. 10. Learn to program in two computer languages.
    2 entries . 12 cheers
    6 people
  11. 11. Build a Canoe
    1 entry . 35 cheers
    38 people
  12. 12. Get the D.O.T.s involved in keeping wildlife from becoming road kill.
    5 entries . 25 cheers
    1 person
  13. 13. run another marathon
    6 cheers
    137 people
  14. 14. Get my PhD funded.
    2 entries . 18 cheers
    1 person
  15. 15. Pay off the mortgage and buy property in Europe.
    5 entries . 21 cheers
    3 people
  16. 16. build a house with habitat for humanity
    3 entries . 27 cheers
    309 people
  17. 17. learn to fence
    10 cheers
    518 people
  18. 18. Memorize the Quran
    3 entries . 7 cheers
    338 people
  19. 19. study music theory more
    6 cheers
    3 people
  20. 20. get my national teaching certificate
    8 cheers
    1 person
  21. 21. Visit the Potowatami communities.
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    1 person
  22. 22. Submit my writing (publications or contests) at least 12 times this year.
    3 entries . 8 cheers
    4 people
  23. 23. ancient greek
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    4 people
  24. 24. Establish a shelter and vocational rehab program for people with children and pets.
    2 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  25. 25. Start making my own clothes
    6 cheers
    86 people
  26. 26. become financially independent and stable
    3 cheers
    6 people
  27. 27. start my own company
    1 entry . 3 cheers
    969 people
  28. 28. 2 mn situps 3 times a week
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  29. 29. Memorize "Howl" by Ginsberg
    5 cheers
    5 people
  30. 30. Learn Urdu
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    293 people
  31. 31. find a way to fund my studies
    1 cheer
    3 people
  32. 32. emulate Webster and write a revenge novel
    1 cheer
    0 people
  33. 33. complete my degree
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    143 people
  34. 34. publish something in a respectable journal, magazine, or edited website
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    390 people
  35. 35. Learn to pick locks
    5 cheers
    1,505 people
  36. 36. piece together a quilt.
    1 cheer
    2 people
  37. 37. finish my masters
    1 cheer
    280 people
  38. 38. Find a 43 things Group
    1 cheer
    1 person
  39. 39. manage my time better
    1,508 people

How I did it
How to read hamlet
It took me
5 days
It made me
amazed, pleased


How to read more shakespeare
It took me
12 weeks
It made me
pleasantly surprised


How to finish reading "Moby Dick"
It took me
25 days
It made me
proud


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Recent entries
learn to do the tango
We started with an introductory half hour lesson at Arthur Murray

Now I know the basic steps, “Slow, slow, quick quick, slow.”

I think.

More to come.



write a novel (read all 3 entries…)
Write a best selling book

I’ve not yet done this

1 entry . 33 cheers



look at numbers
How about palindromic prime numbers? You ever look at primes?

For instance, 1212121 is the “smallest seven-digit smoothly undulating palindromic prime number,” according to “Prime Curios” a website done by university mathematicians connected to University of Tennesee Martin.

http://primes.utm.edu/curios/home.php



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