To Do List
Chip's Official To-Do List
Things to Do
Retire
Get in shape
Run the Kentucky Derby Mini Marathon! [Complete! April 2009, 3 hours, 35 minutes!]
Be a Space Tourist (orbital flight, or the stretch goal: Moon Landing) [Mars?]
Buy a Fixer-Upper house (and fixer-it-up) (then sell it or torch it or rent it)
Eventually successfully compelte a NanoWrimo or, better, just write a book
Watch a shuttle launch
Buy someone a car [Complete! Well, mostly... bought Ang a Jeep for Christmas (2006)!]
Buy Ferf a yacht [Complete! Ask Ferf.]
Things to Learn
Learn some more instruments
Learn to Ride the Unicycle
Learn to Juggle 5 balls
Things to Make, Buy, Borrow, or Steal
Grand Piano (Complete! And it's PURTY)
Murhpy Bed (Complete -- YAY!)
A House (as in, pay-it-off) UPDATE: I'm paying for two houses now, one rented, none paid off.
MAME Cabinet
Sailboat (ooh, look at this one: http://www.sailboatlistings.com/cgi-bin/saildata/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=4546&mh=1)
And a Canoe or Kayak (or both!)
A Fishtank
A comprehensive wood shop, so's I can make lots of other stuffs
A decent telescope
Wooden replacement covers for the 4-color pens
Dishes
Software to Write
Photomosaic Software so Ferf can use it!
Some video game (at least one of the little addictive ones)
Data Visualization Software (see ChipMonkey's Coding Corner)