The Glade 4.0

Skiing in Europe
Kayak Grand Canyon
Photograph every species of mammal in North America (in the wild)
Machu Picchu
African Safari
Ironman race

Paper in Science. Paper in Nature.

Tenure somewhere my wife and I both enjoy teaching (small SLAC would be really nice).

Kids.

A peaceful little place in the country somewhere.

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

Current iteration:
Skydive
See the stars (ALL the Stars)
See the Qin Warriors
Go to Ireland
Run a 5k
New Orleans
Ride out a Hurricane
Scuba dive with a Great White shark
Grow a beard
Tackle the Tower

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I say you tackle the last two-three on your list together.

Come down to New Orleans, run one of the many wonderful 5Ks, and then stay to ride out a hurricane!

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

Run the 5k *in* the Hurricane! Against the wind!

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Ride the lower 48 for sure, ideally all 50 states
Travel to Japan
Travel to Europe (Scandinavia, UK, Ireland are the top places to go)
Get my IBA number
Build a completely custom house

Updated mine, forgot the shark.

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Better save those for last then.

Be on a game show (Price is right, Jeopardy).
Go back to the Guadeloupe river and do the advanced river tubing course.
Ummmm see a real castle (not the victorian ones they have on this continent) somewhere maybe.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Don't litter.

Now that I'm reading this thread, I'm remembering a few. Updated list:

Skiing in Europe
Kayak Grand Canyon
Photograph every species of mammal in North America (in the wild)
Machu Picchu
African Safari
Ironman race
Visit all 50 states
Cross the Equator

Hey, Hop - I went scuba diving with a shark (nurse shark, not a great white) in a hurricane, then rode it out.

Sorta. It was right before the hurricane.

That said - you should definitely ride out a hurricane sometime - it was friggin awesome.

Die.

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You want to die before you die?

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I've lived my whole life with an "known" expiration date. When you're 19, have pancreatic cancer, and you were supposed to die 10 years ago, you get a different perspective on things. I completed my bucket list by the time I was 24. Now, my bucket list is to die on my own terms when appropriate; until then, I'll just be thankful to wake up and live.

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Meh.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Depends on the hurricane. Riding out a tornado was a bit more interesting, though.

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

Visit all the continents
Live to retire
Have sex with another beautiful woman
Eiffel Tower
Tower of London
Every county in Ireland
Japan
Write Write Write, Publish
Scandinavia
Lose another hundred pounds
Meet more Gladers
Read Khross' CV
Reconcile with my daughter, when she's ready.
All 50 States
All Canadian Divisions
A Cruise with a loved one

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Unchanged from last time. I gotta start making some progress...

1) Machu Picchu and Aguas Calientes near Lima
2) Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
3) Wingsuit Basejump
4) Snowboard Whistler/Blakcomb, Jackson's Hole/Teton, Patagonia, New Zealand, Korea and Japan, Tahoe, Mammoth and the list keeps going on and on
5) Took out the surfing thing, this would compromise the rest of my list
6) Bora Bora, Tahiti
7) Angkor Wat
8) See the sunrise on every continent
9)

The best bucket lists are the ones you don't complete IMO. Also, living with a potentially terminal illness, that makes this a bit more complicated at times. Do I live for today or for tomorrow? My stash of cash is growing to the point I could nail most of those if someone gave me the 6-36 month prognosis. That makes me happy.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

You live for the sake of living.

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I don't mean to sound insensitive, quite the opposite, honestly... But how many of you are terminally ill?

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Yea, actually, asking that question might be better in a PM.

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

Rynar, we are all subject to death by old age. We will all die eventually. Khross, knowing his expiration date is closer than most of us, has made a point of living as he wants to until his time comes. Don't live as if death will never come, and don't live as if today is your last day. Just live. Be as good as you can to your family and friends, and forgive your enemies so you don't have to carry the foul baggage not forgiving them brings. Don't forget, just forgive.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Well said Micheal!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

There are two people who have said something along those lines in this publicly visible thread already. Anyone else who finds themselves in that situation, and is comfortable saying so, can do the same if they wish, or not. I'm not interested in PMing everyone on the board to ask them if they are sick, as I'm really not interested in prying into the intimacies of peoples personal medical history. I believe that would be the height of rudeness, where as asking publicly if anyone wishes to share something is far less intrusive. YMMV.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Difference of opinions on what is considered rude then. I, personally, would not ask that question...I think if someone chooses to give the information, it is their business, but to ask "Who else here is terminally ill?"...I do think it is insensitive to ask that. Why would you want to know?

And, no, I would not expect you to pm everyone asking for a health prognosis, because it's not any of your business unless they choose to tell.

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti