1. ride a mechanical bull at a bar
2. sink karaoke
3. visit each continent, except maybe Antarctica
4. learn Italian
5. go to a wine tasting at a vineyard
6. go to a horse race
7. drive across the country
8. see the Grand Canyon
9. see the Great Wall of China, the Egyptian pyramids, and Stonehenge
10. spend a year in Nepal

... that's a start,

So tonight, as the Daily Show gave way to the Colbert Report, a scammed image of people being checked at an airport security station reminded me why I hate the holidays. Then a commercial came on and some comedian said, "Wasn't 2005 a great year?" and I had to eat a few Tums before I was okay again. Christmas is always terrible and New Years' is ( Read more... )