gahuskerfan




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  1. 1. learn Mandarin
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  2. 2. Go skydiving
    7,876 people
  3. 3. Run 10K in 50 minutes
    19 people
  4. 4. Watch a space shuttle launch
    929 people
  5. 5. Raise my sons to be better men than me
    2 people
  6. 6. Teach a college course
    93 people
  7. 7. Drink a beer in Berlin
    2 people
  8. 8. bet one paycheck on red in roulette, and then walk away, win or lose
    1 person
  9. 9. Read Don Quixote in its original Spanish form.
    5 people
  10. 10. do stand up comedy
    257 people
  11. 11. run a half marathon
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  12. 12. See The Pixies live
    24 people
  13. 13. stop biting my nails
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  14. 14. Move to Nebraska
    5 people
  15. 15. Learn to fly
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  16. 16. visit a mosque
    6 people
  17. 17. write a book
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  18. 18. get a second degree
    43 people
  19. 19. pay off my debt
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  20. 20. speak spanish fluently
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  21. 21. Attend the olympics.
    315 people
  22. 22. become a local politician
    2 people
  23. 23. Learn to play the guitar
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  24. 24. Complete my M.B.A.
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Recent entries
See all the films that have won the Best Picture Oscar (read all 2 entries…)
Not all it's cracked up to be

Okay, there was an assumption when I put this on the list of things that “Best Picture Oscar” actually meant “good movie”. That’s not necessarily the case … often the case, but not necessarily. I’d rather be working on something else than sitting through something mind numbing.



See all the films that have won the Best Picture Oscar (read all 2 entries…)
What I've Seen So Far

Gone with the Wind (1940)
Casablanca (1943)
West Side Story (1961)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Patton (1970)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather, II (1974)
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Rocky (1976)
Platoon (1986)
Rain Man (1988)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Braveheart (1995)
Titanic (1997)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
American Beauty (1999)
Gladiator (2000)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Chicago (2002)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)



Eat Fish and Chips in London
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I was delayed in London, and we rode the Underground to a Fish ‘n Chips shop on the advice of some locals. I have no idea where we ended up, but it was marvelous. The fish was good and salty and you finished it off with a good bit of malt vinegar. Delicious.




 

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