Somehow it should have been more than it was – I guess in the time since it’s been published, so much has come along that has emulated it and been edgier that Hitchhiker seems a little tame. Ah well. It’s still fun to read, and that in and of itself is reason enough to do it.
Peter's Life List
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1. swim a 100 yard free in under 1 minute
2 people -
2. own my own home
1,324 people -
3. Improve my photography
574 people -
4. whiten my teeth
2,013 people -
5. Learn Spanish
14,884 people -
6. sail on lake michigan
4 people -
7. Send a message in a bottle
1 cheer3,527 people -
8. have better posture
2 cheers7,442 people -
9. learn more about French wines
1 cheer2 people -
10. swim a 400 IM at a swim meet
2 cheers3 people -
11. pay off my credit card debt
3 cheers611 people -
12. floss more often
2 cheers103 people -
13. visit every state
1 cheer159 people -
14. Learn b&w photography
3 people -
15. join a gym and actually stick with it
8 people -
16. spend less time online
554 people -
17. swim in the Indian ocean
2 cheers6 people -
18. write more letters
1 cheer1,515 people -
19. improve my spoken French
2 cheers18 people -
20. gossip less
2 cheers152 people -
21. live in a loft
1 cheer168 people -
22. make good puff pastry
4 cheers1 person -
23. own a home in Vancouver
2 cheers1 person -
24. Earn tenure
5 cheers6 people -
25. visit every Canadian province
5 cheers15 people -
26. make love in the rain
3 cheers2,051 people
Recent entries
Cute little sneeze of a book
3 years ago
Yes, it was only to the US, but
3 years ago
But it still was a big move five and a half years ago.
I guess the question I still struggle with is the permanency of the move. Will I be back in Canada one day, and if so when. Indications are that yes, I will be. Truth be told, though, I really do love being in Chicago.
Worth doing for tenure...
3 years ago
... but an interesting undertaking in its own right. Doing research can be, well, fun. Doing the writing is tougher, but it provides completion to the process as well as enforcing a level of discipline.
