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  2. 1. Read 75 books from '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die' in 2009
    34 entries . 89 cheers     		1 person
  3. 2. read at least 24 nonfiction books in 2009
    22 entries . 55 cheers     		1 person
  4. 3. read all the Hugo Award best novel winners
    15 entries . 21 cheers     		3 people
  5. 4. Read the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
    7 entries . 36 cheers     		68 people
  6. 5. Become well read
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  7. 6. Never stop learning
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  8. 7. see the northern lights
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  9. 8. go to a renaissance fair
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  10. 9. meditate
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  11. 10. visit Greenland
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  12. 11. get rid of all my clutter
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  13. 12. Visit Australia
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  14. 13. visit antarctica
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  15. 14. visit a buddhist temple
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  16. 15. scan all my old photographs
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  17. 16. Visit a Native American reservation
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  18. 17. visit London again
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  19. 18. make homemade beef jerky
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  20. 19. visit bermuda
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  21. 20. learn french
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  22. 21. write a book
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  23. 22. study buddhism
    2 entries . 51 cheers     		271 people
  24. 23. go whale watching
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  25. 24. Start my own business
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  26. 25. Go on an archaeological dig
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  27. 26. bleach my hair platinum blonde
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  28. 27. study archaeology
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  29. 28. get a hammock
    63 cheers     		53 people
  30. 29. learn to sail
    36 cheers     		1,923 people
  31. 30. learn to ride a horse
    37 cheers     		594 people
  32. 31. try snowboarding
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  33. 32. learn to fence
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  34. 33. Learn a martial art
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  35. 34. Get C.E.R.T. training
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  36. 35. attend a Native American powwow
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  37. 36. play paintball
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  38. 37. rejoin Civil Air Patrol
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  39. 38. visit Jamestown, Virginia
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  40. 39. visit Iceland
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How I did it
How to volunteer At The Special Olympics
It took me
2 days
It made me

How I did it: I volunteered to help out at Special Olympics with other members of my Army Reserve unit one weekend.  When the time came, I was not supposed to be out in the sun because of a medication my doctor prescribed.  So it was very hot and the other soldiers all had their sleeved rolled up, but I had made a commitment so I went and kept my sleeves down.  All of the exposed skin on the back of my hands burned and peeled o… Read how I did it…

Apr 06, 08:37AM PDT | 1 comment | 7 cheers


How to continue to update my Goodreads list
It took me
60 days
It made me

How I did it: I found what records I could of the books I've read and entered them into goodreads.  Most of the books I've read aren't entered because I can't remember the names of them all.  I wish I had kept better records.  Read how I did it…

Mar 27, 04:47PM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to read MLA's 30 Books Every Adult Should Read Before They Die
It took me
30 years
It made me

How I did it: It's probably about 30 years since I first read a book on this list.  Some of the books I had read last year when I began working on the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.  It's 32 days since I decided to work on finishing this list.  Some of the books I own, but most I got from the public library.  Once I decided to complete this list, I just would fit a book from the list into my regular reading.  In no ti… Read how I did it…

Mar 25, 09:44AM PDT | 0 comments | 4 cheers


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Recent entries
read at least 24 nonfiction books in 2009 (read all 22 entries…)
Book 22 (Nonfiction) 3 days ago

7/2/09 read Rescue Warriors: The U.S. Coast Guard, America’s Forgotten Heroes by David Helvarg. The USCG is great and I enjoyed reading about them. I would have enjoyed this book more if the author had not put his personal political opinions into the book.

Jul 02, 05:20PM PDT | 0 comments


read at least 24 nonfiction books in 2009 (read all 22 entries…)
Book 21 (non-fiction) 1 week ago

6/23/09 read Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach. Interesting, informative and at times hilarious. 4 stars

Jun 23, 06:40PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


read at least 24 nonfiction books in 2009 (read all 22 entries…)
Book 20 (nonfiction) 2 weeks ago

6/18/09 read The Everything Vampire Book by Barb Karg, et al. Covers folklore, book, film and television vampires. 4 stars.

Jun 18, 12:01PM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


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