I'm doing 36 things
Pardon the pun
1 week ago
The math symbol sorta looks like a stylized T, an unfinished A, and a dyslexic J crammed together. Couldn’t resist. It really sums up my mood this week.
TajLV's Life List
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1. go to bed earlier
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2. Lose 30 pounds
7 team members . 29 entries . 41 cheers5,150 people -
3. Get an appointment for car maintenance
3 entries . 16 cheers1 person -
4. be a better Buddhist
8 entries . 93 cheers98 people -
5. write another novel
11 entries . 65 cheers34 people -
6. go green
3 entries . 35 cheers307 people -
7. start using positive affirmations daily
2 entries . 56 cheers60 people -
8. practice tai chi
2 entries . 51 cheers117 people -
9. Be careful what I wish for
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10. start an internet company
2 entries . 23 cheers167 people -
11. participate in Sierra club activities
3 entries . 14 cheers2 people -
12. Publish a collection of short stories
5 entries . 30 cheers17 people -
13. End the war in Iraq
4 entries . 36 cheers19 people -
14. exercise more
8 entries . 30 cheers5,110 people -
15. spend more time outdoors
22 entries . 59 cheers938 people -
16. be a good father
5 entries . 83 cheers586 people -
17. Rewrite my will & write a living will
2 entries . 35 cheers2 people -
18. tour the blogs/websites of the people I subscribe to
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19. philosophize
6 entries . 16 cheers21 people -
20. learn Tantra
1 entry . 21 cheers121 people -
21. find inner peace
2 entries . 35 cheers736 people -
22. save for retirement
3 entries . 24 cheers236 people -
23. go on a cruise
1 entry . 23 cheers4,087 people -
24. Cross the equator
2 entries . 35 cheers21 people -
25. own a jacuzzi
1 entry . 13 cheers13 people -
26. take advantage of being a senior citizen
7 entries . 24 cheers1 person -
27. read Ulysses
4 entries . 28 cheers301 people -
28. write my memoirs
1 entry . 33 cheers130 people -
29. endow a scholarship
1 entry . 38 cheers9 people -
30. build a house
1 entry . 19 cheers1,228 people -
31. learn some Spanish
1 entry . 21 cheers26 people -
32. Skydive
1 entry . 26 cheers10,148 people -
33. Introduce people who want to "find $100 in change" to those who want to "drop 43 pennies in random places."
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34. keep my new years resolutions
10 entries . 19 cheers23 people -
35. address the 800 lb gorilla
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36. scan all my old photographs
16 cheers258 people
How I did it
It made me
reconnected 
How I did it: Started getting back in touch with former classmates about a year before the reunion. Used my saved up frequent flyer miles to fly to Indianapolis, then rented a car and drove to South Bend, Indiana.A slide show of a few pix I took is HERE ON FLICKR. Read how I did it…
It made me
made in the shade 
How I did it: There were 16 separate steps from clearing the ground to excavation, erecting the canopy, weedproofing, laying the pavers and finishing.I needed to adjust the original design slightly to make use of some recycled materials.You can see exactly how I did it, step by step, in my Flickr Slide Show. Read how I did it…
It made me
relieved
How I did it: Wrote poems on and off for 25 years. Threw a lot of them away, reworked many of them. Got a few published separately. Eventually collected them together in one place on the Internet. Listened to comments readers made. Deselected a number of them. Collected the best ones into a formated manuscript ready for publication. Designed a cover. Shipped everything off to the printer. Waited for a brief eternity. Received the finished books from th… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
#43+1: Sour Cream Chicken Casserole
1 week ago
This one is a keeper, simple but hearty and tasty. The ingredients are chicken, noodles, mushrooms, cream of chicken soup, sour cream and grated Swiss cheese. The complete recipe can be seen at on Recipes4Living.
Necessity is the mother....
1 week ago
While I was away on a business trip over the weekend, my house was broken into and my laptop was stolen (along with other items…sigh). I had planned to replace it at some point. This just forced the issue. So today I got a new HP Pavilion with 4GB RAM, 320GB HD storage and a DVD-RW drive, a huge upgrade over the stolen computer. Now if I can persuade my insurance company to cover at least half the cost, I’ll be a bit more happy about having a new PC.
