I'm doing 25 things
Why?
3 years ago
(1) It is a fire hazard
(2) It has no cover, and the breakers get wet when it rains
(3) The foil tape over the open slot is so very wrong
mariusm's Life List
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1. live simply
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2. make a sock monkey
84 people -
3. go fly a kite
23 people -
4. bake more cookies
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5. shave my head
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6. Own a pin-ball machine
16 people -
7. Stop and look at beautiful things instead of just walking on past them
5 people -
8. go to a Coldplay concert
76 people -
9. Explore San Francisco.
36 people -
10. scan all my negatives
12 people -
11. See a total solar eclipse
263 people -
12. Have dinner at The French Laundry
75 people -
13. stop procrastinating
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14. spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back
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15. see the northern lights
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16. Sleep 8 hours every night
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17. have better posture
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18. sell all my old stuff on ebay
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19. take better pictures
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20. make a difference
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21. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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22. exercise more
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23. Pray more
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24. ship a new version of NetStumbler
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25. brew kombucha
21 people
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It made me
happy 
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It made me
safer
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