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. spend less time online
564 people -
3. swim in the Indian ocean
2 cheers6 people -
4. write more letters
1 cheer1,525 people -
5. improve my spoken French
2 cheers19 people -
6. gossip less
2 cheers155 people -
7. live in a loft
1 cheer169 people -
8. make good puff pastry
4 cheers1 person -
9. own a home in Vancouver
2 cheers1 person -
10. Earn tenure
5 cheers7 people -
11. make love in the rain
3 cheers2,065 people -
12. visit every Canadian province
4 cheers17 people -
13. join a gym and actually stick with it
8 people -
14. Learn b&w photography
3 people -
15. own my own home
1,373 people -
16. Improve my photography
589 people -
17. whiten my teeth
2,063 people -
18. Learn Spanish
15,502 people -
19. sail on lake michigan
4 people -
20. Send a message in a bottle
1 cheer3,642 people -
21. have better posture
2 cheers7,721 people -
22. learn more about French wines
1 cheer2 people -
23. pay off my credit card debt
3 cheers631 people -
24. floss more often
2 cheers104 people -
25. visit every state
1 cheer175 people -
26. swim a 400 IM at a swim meet
1 cheer3 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.
