This is completely off topic, but I've been playing that ACNO ENERGIZER game off your phun linx for HOURS and my head is about to explode because I can't pass level 30. I have tons of actual work to do, but it doesn't look like it's going to be done anytime soon.

Life is short...my mother died in front of me at 12 and I was later raised by my grandmother who also died in front of me. I decided that I never wanted to get to the end of my life with regrets...so when I left college (day 3), I decided to do everything I wanted...

-On my own I became and animator and digital video expert for Paramount and others.
-I spent two years getting a pilots license in fixed wing and rotocraft.
-I started a successful company
-I started two failing companies
-Worked around the world
-Had an exciting adventure overseas as a whistleblower/investigator...for a $6 million lawsuit and won it.
-Was in Wired, a NY Times bestseller, Jim Lehrer Newshour, etc.
-Left tech career to become a writer
-Have 4 books due this year
-My wife and I are expecting in Aug
-And I'm just getting started...

Not trying to blow my own horn...but am trying to make the point that the only thing that keeps people from trying new things...exploring all of their interests...is this idea that you have to do the right thing...go to college, get a job, settle down, retire. If you have a dream...if you aren't happy...you are the only person who can do anything about it. I think it is cool that Bonnie is entering a new chapter...never stop doing, learning, exploring...and never have regrets. At least when my time is up, I can say I lived a full life.

Edited by author 03-05-2003 08:00 AM
I must apologies for my anti-list/learning posts. I am now guilty of making lists myself. Again, I am sorry!

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learn the constellation that corresponds to your birthdate, then your lovers, assuming it's different, then a friends and when hanging out on the grass on a summer night, you'll sound like Sagan

hehe, why make a list then? assuming there is enough time to learn everything...

But there's always more to learn. That's the best part!

What's the point? don't learn them, in-fact forget things... because when you've learned them all, that?s it - life over, nothing more to live for... unless you forgot something. An incomplete list would be the safest bet for everlasting life. Longevity through lack of knowledge... umm, interesting, I must learn about this...

Karan, you've reminded me that Bonnie has already given major lessons in two items on my list. Her brave career change stiffened my resolve to make my own change, and the great way she approached her big birthday last year was a major part of what made me feel positive about my own thirtieth, coming up the week after next. Thanks, Bonnie!