Kevin Murphy




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Kevin Murphy's Life List

  1. 1. finish my degree
    1 entry . 17 cheers
    2,539 people
  2. 2. Work on my jump shot (and right-handed lay-up)
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    1 person
  3. 3. sing/play guitar at an open mic night.
    17 cheers
    20 people
  4. 4. take my pup to the dog park more often
    1 entry . 22 cheers
    15 people
  5. 5. Find out if my Red Bull intake is killing me or prolonging my life.
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    2 people
  6. 6. Write a science fiction or fantasy novel
    16 cheers
    39 people
  7. 7. Write a useful, widely-read synthesis of US History 1900-1945
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    1 person
  8. 8. Be a talking head on a decent history documentary.
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    1 person
  9. 9. See a new and revived progressivism beat back the market fundamentalists
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    7 people
  10. 10. Obtain more skills that would be useful in case of catastrophe
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    4 people
  11. 11. Give one really memorable speech.
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    24 people
  12. 12. see mountains again, Gandalf, mountains!
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    3 people
  13. 13. Fall in love
    1 entry . 17 cheers
    24,426 people
  14. 14. play soccer again!
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    149 people
  15. 15. make better use of the accumulated time I spend playing Spider Solitaire or Freecell.
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    2 people
  16. 16. Traverse America by Car.
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    1 person
  17. 17. Understand how more things work.
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    6 people
  18. 18. run a marathon
    4 cheers
    10,412 people
  19. 19. Learn to cook
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    8,161 people
  20. 20. Take better advantage of NYC living.
    11 cheers
    143 people
  21. 21. have people go up to Anthony Michael Hall and say, "You look like Kevin Murphy"
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    1 person
  22. 22. become a better chess player
    1 entry . 3 cheers
    85 people
  23. 23. read all the books I own
    9 cheers
    1,138 people
  24. 24. Witness a total solar eclipse.
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    67 people
  25. 25. Learn the constellation of the stars
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    13 people
  26. 26. travel into space
    3 cheers
    114 people
  27. 27. Hit the Game-Winning Shot/Goal.
    1 entry
    1 person
  28. 28. Attend my own book reading.
    2 cheers
    1 person
  29. 29. scan all my old photographs
    5 cheers
    258 people
  30. 30. see the Democratic Party reinvent itself and take back America!
    6 cheers
    340 people
  31. 31. see the major news media return to its independent watchdog function.
    5 cheers
    1 person
  32. 32. to live deep and suck the marrow out of life...
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    6 people
  33. 33. get paid to write movie reviews.
    6 cheers
    101 people
  34. 34. be well-reviewed in a movie or play.
    1 cheer
    1 person
  35. 35. have more sex
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    1,000 people
  36. 36. be more confident
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    10,254 people
  37. 37. Get both a medical and dental check-up relatively soon.
    4 cheers
    6 people
  38. 38. have better posture
    4 cheers
    7,691 people
  39. 39. become a much, much better digital photographer
    7 cheers
    140 people
  40. 40. Write more often
    7 cheers
    449 people
  41. 41. Take more pictures
    6 cheers
    14,295 people
  42. 42. Throw a massive, well-attended masquerade.
    13 cheers
    1 person
  43. 43. Get Democrats elected to Congress in 2006, restore balance of power
    53 team members . 4 cheers
    54 people
Recent entries
Go to a Depeche Mode concert
Untitled 4 years ago

I’ve seen DM on every tour since World Violation, and I’ll be going to the two MSG shows in early December. They get the balance right! :)



Memorize all the words to REM's "It's the End of the World as We Know It"
Untitled 4 years ago

Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline.



See Bob Dylan in concert
Untitled 4 years ago

I try to see Bob at least twice every time he comes through town. Every show is different and worthwhile. In short, he’s a national treasure…catch him while you can!



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