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Accomplished: Yes. Thankfully. (Dale will be missed.)
Extra-credit: Wear a hardhat and/or get gifted a Dean Foods touque.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
1000 Things To Do Before You Die: #72
#72: Tour the Dean Foods facility in Rockford, Illinois with Dale Eckburg.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
1000 Things To Do Before You Die: #71
#71: Vote.
Accomplished: Every first Tuesday of November for quite some time.
No-credit: You're disenfranchised by the two poll workers.
Half-credit: Vote for student council.
Extra-credit: The third poll worker makes a number of phone calls and sets the other two straight. Your vote counts.
Accomplished: Every first Tuesday of November for quite some time.
No-credit: You're disenfranchised by the two poll workers.
Half-credit: Vote for student council.
Extra-credit: The third poll worker makes a number of phone calls and sets the other two straight. Your vote counts.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
1000 Things To Do Before You Die: #69, #70
#69: Make a math mistake.
Accomplished: Tuesday, August 28, 2012.
No-credit: Your English versus metric error causes the Mars Climate Orbiter to crash (ahem: NASA).
Half-credit: While deciding which dorm room to choose, you calculate 9 x 12 = 98 square feet and so you take the 10 x 10 room because 100 square feet is bigger.
Extra-credit: Beloit College's room dimensions are listed incorrectly and the 10 x 10 room is much bigger than advertised and the 9 x 12 is considerably smaller.
#70: Get someone to say hello to you on the Terry Hershey hike and bike trail in Houston, Texas.
Accomplished: Wednesday, August 29, 2012.
No-credit: Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Half-credit: She says hello, but realizes you're only a relay runner and retracts her kindness.
Extra-credit: First try.
My current record in near futility is 46... meaning I said hello to 46 people before I received any sort of response. This same thing happened to me in Chicago with Scott Ostervik and Tom (Eaux)wenby. The following picture is our interpretation of Chicago's "friendliness." (The same picture could be taken in Houston. Interchangeable friendliness.)
Accomplished: Tuesday, August 28, 2012.
No-credit: Your English versus metric error causes the Mars Climate Orbiter to crash (ahem: NASA).
Half-credit: While deciding which dorm room to choose, you calculate 9 x 12 = 98 square feet and so you take the 10 x 10 room because 100 square feet is bigger.
Extra-credit: Beloit College's room dimensions are listed incorrectly and the 10 x 10 room is much bigger than advertised and the 9 x 12 is considerably smaller.
#70: Get someone to say hello to you on the Terry Hershey hike and bike trail in Houston, Texas.
Accomplished: Wednesday, August 29, 2012.
No-credit: Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Half-credit: She says hello, but realizes you're only a relay runner and retracts her kindness.
Extra-credit: First try.
My current record in near futility is 46... meaning I said hello to 46 people before I received any sort of response. This same thing happened to me in Chicago with Scott Ostervik and Tom (Eaux)wenby. The following picture is our interpretation of Chicago's "friendliness." (The same picture could be taken in Houston. Interchangeable friendliness.)
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
1000 Things To Do Before You Die: #68
#68: Have a first day of school.
Accomplished: Yes. Latest first day on Monday, August 27, 2012.
Half-credit: Hat can't match your shoes because hats have been banned at your school.
Extra-credit: On your first day, former nun and 9th grade English teacher Pat Millerick has laryngitis and uses a mic and amp. (Did she have the amp turned to 11?)
Accomplished: Yes. Latest first day on Monday, August 27, 2012.
Half-credit: Hat can't match your shoes because hats have been banned at your school.
Extra-credit: On your first day, former nun and 9th grade English teacher Pat Millerick has laryngitis and uses a mic and amp. (Did she have the amp turned to 11?)
Sunday, August 26, 2012
1000 Things To Do Before You Die: #62 - #67
#62: Place a poster of Andy Warhol over your work desk. (Thank you Art Department.)
Accomplished: Tuesday, August 21, 2012.
Half-credit: Poster of Ken Bergen.
Extra-credit: Poster of Phil Straffin.
#63: Break at least one of Muscatine, Iowa's rules.
Accomplished: Almost 2 years ago.
No-credit: Smoking.
Extra-credit: Matty J breaks the rules with you.
#64: Count with The Count.
Accomplished: Many times before, but with some sadness on Thursday, August 23, 2012.
#65: Celebrate your development as a professional after three weeks of professional development with Hot Cheetos and Takis.
Accomplished: Friday, August 24, 2012.
Half-credit: Booty Pop.
Extra-credit: Actually snack on some Hot Cheetos and Takis while you're singing along. (Cheddar Jalapeno Cheetos count.)
#66: Run in a race with Joe Cardillo and (World Record Holder) Zac Freudenberg.
Accomplished: Saturday, June 2, 2007.
Half-credit: Zac doesn't take a wrong turn.
Extra-credit: Anthony Johannes and Derek Allen, too.
100 Extra Points: 100/100.
#67: Track a tropical depression/storm or hurricane.
Accomplished: Most storms and most recently on Sunday, August 26, 2012.
Half-credit: Your friend stops talking to you after landfall.
Extra-credit: Your friend starts talking to you after landfall.
Accomplished: Tuesday, August 21, 2012.
Half-credit: Poster of Ken Bergen.
Extra-credit: Poster of Phil Straffin.
#63: Break at least one of Muscatine, Iowa's rules.
Accomplished: Almost 2 years ago.
No-credit: Smoking.
Extra-credit: Matty J breaks the rules with you.
#64: Count with The Count.
Accomplished: Many times before, but with some sadness on Thursday, August 23, 2012.
#65: Celebrate your development as a professional after three weeks of professional development with Hot Cheetos and Takis.
Accomplished: Friday, August 24, 2012.
Half-credit: Booty Pop.
Extra-credit: Actually snack on some Hot Cheetos and Takis while you're singing along. (Cheddar Jalapeno Cheetos count.)
#66: Run in a race with Joe Cardillo and (World Record Holder) Zac Freudenberg.
Accomplished: Saturday, June 2, 2007.
Half-credit: Zac doesn't take a wrong turn.
Extra-credit: Anthony Johannes and Derek Allen, too.
100 Extra Points: 100/100.
#67: Track a tropical depression/storm or hurricane.
Accomplished: Most storms and most recently on Sunday, August 26, 2012.
Half-credit: Your friend stops talking to you after landfall.
Extra-credit: Your friend starts talking to you after landfall.
Monday, August 20, 2012
1000 Things To Do Before You Die: #60, #61
#60: Visit your local Kroger to discover bagger extraordinaire Michael playing guitar and singing to the customers.
Accomplished: Sunday, August 19, 2012.
Half-credit: Piggly Wiggly.
Extra-credit: Have cash to place in his tip jar. (Or remember while checking out that you could request cash back and use that for his tip jar.)
#61: Decorate your classroom with a poster of Meret Oppenheim's Le Déjeuner en fourrure.
Accomplished: Monday, August 20, 2012.
Half-credit: Hang in there, Baby.
Extra-credit: Marcel Duchamp's Fountain.
Accomplished: Sunday, August 19, 2012.
Half-credit: Piggly Wiggly.
Extra-credit: Have cash to place in his tip jar. (Or remember while checking out that you could request cash back and use that for his tip jar.)
#61: Decorate your classroom with a poster of Meret Oppenheim's Le Déjeuner en fourrure.
Accomplished: Monday, August 20, 2012.
Half-credit: Hang in there, Baby.
Extra-credit: Marcel Duchamp's Fountain.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
1000 Things To Do Before You Die: #55 - #59
#55: Turn in your college transcripts to your employer and receive a higher salary because of it.
Accomplished: Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Half-credit: "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out those aren't the transcripts we're talking about." - Ron Nortier.
Extra-credit: PhD. (or you're actually a rocket scientist)
#56: Help the high school art department unpack and help arrange their rooms. Free lunch included.
Accomplished: Thursday, August 16, 2012.
Half-credit: The movers didn't break the wheels off the heavy items.
Extra-credit: Eckburg takes you to lunch with GWAR.
#57: Compare a high school's super shrill fire alarm that keeps going off every few minutes to Harrison Bergeron.
Accomplished: Friday, August 17, 2012.
Half-credit: Your principal is Diana Moon Glampers.
Extra-credit: Forget sad things.
#58: Get inspired by Iceland.
Accomplished: Saturday, August 18, 2012.
Extra-credit: Get inspired in Iceland.
(Warning to sensitive viewers or people at work: naked butt in video.)
Accomplished: Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Half-credit: "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out those aren't the transcripts we're talking about." - Ron Nortier.
Extra-credit: PhD. (or you're actually a rocket scientist)
#56: Help the high school art department unpack and help arrange their rooms. Free lunch included.
Accomplished: Thursday, August 16, 2012.
Half-credit: The movers didn't break the wheels off the heavy items.
Extra-credit: Eckburg takes you to lunch with GWAR.
#57: Compare a high school's super shrill fire alarm that keeps going off every few minutes to Harrison Bergeron.
Accomplished: Friday, August 17, 2012.
Half-credit: Your principal is Diana Moon Glampers.
Extra-credit: Forget sad things.
#58: Get inspired by Iceland.
Accomplished: Saturday, August 18, 2012.
Extra-credit: Get inspired in Iceland.
(Warning to sensitive viewers or people at work: naked butt in video.)
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