I’ve read Atlas Shrugged several times and it had a significant effect on how I think the country should be run. I wish Ayn Rand put in more strong female characters (as opposed to just 1) in each of her books and that she didn’t put in 60 pages of straight philosophy in towards the end. But the book is definitely worth reading.
tilos's Life List
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1. backpack around the world
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2. clerk on the Supreme Court
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3. Become a federal appellate judge
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4. organize my finances
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5. run 3 miles in under 30 minutes
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6. Raft through the Grand Canyon
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7. argue before the Supreme Court
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8. see the northern lights
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9. Sing in a professional choir
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10. complete a triathalon
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11. scuba dive
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12. touch an octopus
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13. See a total solar eclipse
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14. view a live walrus in the wild
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15. be a better swimmer
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16. learn to kayak
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17. learn to develop photographs
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18. learn tensor calculus
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19. sing Mozart's Requiem every year
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20. earn a master's degree in mathematics
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21. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
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22. pass the patent bar
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23. relearn the piano
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24. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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25. write a book
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26. stop thinking so much
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27. Become a vegetarian
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28. see a live giant squid
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29. organize my photos
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30. Record an album
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31. live simply
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32. be a tenured professor
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33. Ride to all stops of all the Chicago "L" lines
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34. Contribute to an open source software project
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35. become a Supreme Court Justice
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36. write write write and write some more
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Recent entries
I love my loft! But now it looks like I will be moving this summer for a new job, so I’ll have to sell it or find a reliable friend to rent.
Having weekly personal training is the only way I stuck through this. Swimming classes also helped add variety to working out.
