Welcome to The Life List, my ongoing attempt to make the most out of life. While I've already accomplished a fair amount there are far more to go, and I'll
continue to add more as they come to me. I urge you to make your own, and attempt to cross off as many as you can!
Food & Drink
- Work in a kitchen with Bobby Flay.
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Eat at Mesa Grill. (New York AND Las Vegas.)
- Eat at
Bolo (closed down.. dangit). Eat somewhere else that belongs to Bobby Flay.
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Eat at Emeril's New Orleans Fish House.
- Drink a Hurricane in New Orleans.
- Drink a Guinness in a pub in Ireland.
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Drink a Red Stripe walking outside in Jamaica.
- Drink the world's greatest beer at The Abbay of Saint Sixtus.
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Drink the worm tequila.
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Drink the scorpion tequila.
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Drink a latte at the first Starbucks.
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Drink a beer while watching Roger Clyne live.
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Drink water in Walkerton, to show no fear.
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Spin the Wheel of Indecision in Boston.
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Drink a draught beer in the original Cheers.
- Taste The Source - but only a small amount.
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Sneak into the Lemon Lounge at Wonderland. Eat something.
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Eat fish and chips in London.
- Eat paella in Spain.
- Eat barbecue in Kansas City.
- Eat barbecue in Memphis.
- Eat barbecue in Texas. Anywhere in Texas.
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Eat pizza in Chicago.
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Eat cheesecake in New York.
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Eat wings in Buffalo.
- Eat chimichurri in Argentina.
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Eat a steak in France.
- Eat sushi in Japan.
- Eat pad thai in Thailand.
- Eat a salad in Greece.
Travel
- Run with the bulls.
- Ride in a hot air balloon over New Zealand.
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Luge 750 metres down a mountain. Don't touch the brakes until post-halfway.
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Jet boat.
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Take a helicopter ride through the rainforest.
- Play guitar with Roger Clyne in Rocky Point, Mexico.
- Camp overnight on the island at the centre of Welcome Lake.
- Fish for King Mackerel in Key West.
- Fish for Tarpon in Florida.
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Run across the Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver. Videotape it.
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Greyhound to New York City.
- Throw beads at Mardi Gras. Don't get caught by my wife.
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Stand on the border of California and Mexico.
- Stand on the border of Arizona and Mexico.
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Travel to Las Vegas without betting a dollar.
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See the Blue Man Group at the Luxor.
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Get to Cedar Point in Sandusky.
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Tour the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
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Float through the Bermuda Triangle.
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Body surf in Bermuda.
- Get to the Great Barrier Reef.
- Attend the Albuquerque International Balloon Festival.
- Ride a donkey uphill in Santorini.
- Canoe in Algonquin.
- Canoe in Quetico.
- Canoe in Killarney.
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Fly over the date line.
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Spit over Niagara Falls.
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Sneak into crew quarters on a major cruise ship.
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Stand on a helicopter pad.
- Hold a monkey.
- Ride a camel.
- Attend a World Cup match.
- Attend a Stanley Cup finals game.
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Attend a WrestleMania.
- Attend an Olympic Skeleton race.
- Actually take a trip down a luge, skeleton, or bobsled track.
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Attend a service at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove.
- Attend a service at Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago.
- Take the Goonies Tour of Astoria. (Thanks, Laura!)
Entertainment
- Learn the lap steel guitar.
- Learn the solo from 'Get The Funk Out'.
- Shake Nuno Bettencourt's hand.
- Shake Gary Cherone's hand.
- Shake Pat Badger's hand, and get a picture taken with him and an Alpaca.
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See David Copperfield live.
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Crash a film set.
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Meet a Playboy Playmate.
- Get on a reality show.
Personal Goals & Achievements
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Get on TV.
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Get on the radio.
- Get thanked in the liner notes of a CD.
- Write, produce, and release an independent album.
- Write a screenplay.
- Sell a screenplay.
- Host a television show.
- Get a book published.
- Get back to 165 pounds.
- Stay there for five years.
- Take one puff of a Cuban cigar. No more.
- Get a Christian tattoo.
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Run Midnight Madness.
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Run a sub-25:00 5k.
- Run a marathon.
- Run an adventure race.
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Wrestle in a professional wrestling ring.
- Get on the Jumbotron at the Rogers Centre.
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Get on the big screen at the Air Canada Centre.
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Run a professional kitchen by myself.
- Rebuild a Mazda GLC. Paint it like the General Lee.
- Create a spice mix sold in stores.
- Take a slap shot in an NHL arena.
- Pitch off the mound of a MLB stadium.
- Do the "basic ball shift" in a MLB dugout.
Baseball: The Quest for 30
- Attend an Arizona Diamondbacks game at Chase Field.
- Attend an Atlanta Braves game at Turner Field.
- Attend a Baltimore Orioles game at Camden Yards.
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Attend a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park.
- Attend a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field.
- Attend a Chicago White Sox game at US Cellular Field.
- Attend a Cincinnati Reds game at Great American Ball Park.
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Attend a Cleveland Indians game at Progressive Field.
- Attend a Colorado Rockies game at Coors Field.
- Attend a Detroit Tigers game at Comerica Park.
- Attend a Florida Marlins game at Dolphin Stadium.
- Attend a Houston Astros game at Minute Maid Park.
- Attend a Kansas City Royals game at Kauffman Stadium.
- Attend a Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim game at Angel Stadium.
- Attend a Los Angeles Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium.
- Attend a Milwaukee Brewers game at Miller Park.
- Attend a Minnesota Twins game at Humbert H Humphrey Metrodome.
- Attend a New York Mets game at Shea Stadium.
- Attend a New York Yankees game at Yankee Stadium.
- Attend an Oakland Athletics game at McAfee Coliseum.
- Attend a Philadelphia Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park.
- Attend a Pittsburgh Pirates game at PNC Park.
- Attend a St Louis Cardinals game at Busch Stadium.
- Attend a San Diego Padres game at PETCO Park.
- Attend a San Francisco Giants game at AT&T Park.
- Attend a Seattle Mariners game at Safeco Field.
- Attend a Tampa Bay Rays game at Tropicana Field.
- Attend a Texas Rangers game at Rangers Ballpark.
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Attend a Toronto Blues Jays game at Rogers Centre.
- Attend a Washington National game at Nationals Park.