The meme strikes! or: Ten Things I've Done That You Might Not Have

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This is not the kind of exercise you do in the spur of the moment. Or perhaps that is exactly when you'd do it (to minimize self-censorship and find out jut what kind of unique things come first to mind).

Not included are a lot of really unique things, such as meeting and falling in love with Galina, bringing up Natalie and Andrew, and lots of family things, but without thinking too hard, and in no particular order (and with minimum explanation), here's my list.

1. I've seen hero-worship in the eyes of astronauts and cosmonauts as we sat chatting with John Glenn during an informal meeting in Sen. Glenn's office.
   
2. I've watched space rockets take off from Not Far Away™ from where I was, and worked on-console at the Mission Control Center during a Shuttle-Mir mission.
   
3. I sang The Marine Hymn in Baku, Azerbaidjan for a group of Canadian tourists on the Fourth of July.
   
4. I got married in Moscow, in the winter, at a place called the "Palace of Marriage No. 1."
   
5. I impersonated a military spook (by steadfastly denying I was anything of the kind) during routine questioning at a U.S. police station.
   
6. I played ex-world-champion Boris Spassky to a draw at a simultaneous chess exhibition.
   
7. I met my half brothers for the first time when I was nearly 30 years old.
   
8. I ate my first sushi with Jerry and Roberta Pournelle in Los Angeles.
   
9. I've written two books and numerous articles that have been published in magazines. My most memorable article was a short piece I wrote for National Review at the encouragement of Bill Buckley.
   
10. I appeared, um, under Broadway as a stage magician.
    

Cheers...

Comments

[skipperja.livejournal.com]

That's an amazing list!

I can't decide which one I want to know more about!

Anything you haven't done?

[daphnis.livejournal.com]

Did you ever meet a bear in winter when you (only 9) were heading along the 5-ft deep snow trench leading to the outhouse? My sister had that experience one winter at our ranch in upper Vallecito River valley ~ scared them both about the same, I gather.

Just think how many more adventures are probably out there waiting for you to find them....