A couple of entries back I mentioned visiting Halong Bay as one of my lifetime goals. I had forgotten about that one, actually. But that did inspire me to go back and find my list of lifetime goals that I made up a little while back, so here it is. I've knocked a few off since I first made the list -- those are crossed out.

• Visit
  
  
  
  • Machu Pichu
    
  • Antarctica
    
  • Australia
    
  • New Zealand
    
  • Scandinavia
    
  • Rio
    
  • Greenland
    
  • Hawaii
    
  • Alaska
    
  • Madagascar
    
  • Taoudenni
    
  
  
• Hear song I wrote on radio.
  
• Publish a scientific discovery.
  
• Write a novel. Hmmmm.
  
• Live in
  
  
  
  • NYC
    
  • San Francisco
    
  • London
    
  
  
• Become intimately familiar with a complete classical symphony.
  
• See in concert:
  
  
  
  • Tom Waits
    
  • Pete Townshend
    
  • Rolling Stones
    
  
  
• Dive with a whale shark.
  
• See a shark while diving/snorkeling.
  
• Do a dive in a shark cage.
  
• Swim with dolphins.
  
• See a live volcano.
  
• Be in an earthquake.
  
• See the northern lights.
  
• Ride on a motorcycle.
  
• Balloon over Serengeti.
  
• See NHL hockey game from front row.
  
• Parasail.
  
• Ride race car on track with high banked walls.
  

Hmmm, that last one I might have to attempt while I'm still living in the proximity of someplace like the Atlanta Motor Speedway.