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		<h1>Bucket List</h1>
    <p>Each year I try to cross one item off my bucket list.</p>
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      <li>Race the <a href="https://gumball3000.com/">Gumball Rally</a> or something similar</li>
      <li>Milk a cow</li>
      <li>Save a life</li>
      <li>Be a spectator at a TED talk</li>
      <li>Master a musical instrument</li>
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		    <li>Learning the ukulele</li>
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      <li><s>Sell a piece of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmccaffery/sets/">my photography</a></s> &#10004;</li>
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		    <li>Someone paid me $1 for the right to use <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmccaffery/6205619264/in/album-72157627804295908/">this photo</a> on a flier for a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NewUlmMNOktoberfest">local Oktoberfest celebration in New Ulm, MN</a>.</li>
		    <li>Reddit used <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmccaffery/6205034487/in/album-72157627804295908/">this photo of a carnival ride</a> and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmccaffery/6205374545/in/album-72157627804295908/">this photo of a cat</a> in ad space.</li>
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      <li>Receive a standing ovation</li>
      <li>Be eaten on stage by the Gwar monster</li>
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		      <li>I first got this idea when watching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHEDNqZ9FrI">the scene in Empire Records where Mark was eaten on-stage</a>. I also loved watching the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RYRcztHvYw">commentary of Beavis and Butthead on the subject</a>.</li>
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      <li>See the Northern Lights</li>
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		      <li>I tried to view this <a href="https://wreg.com/news/photos-northern-lights-illuminate-skies-across-tennessee-mississippi/">when the Northern Lights were visible in May of 2024</a> but was unable to see them from where I live.</li>
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      <li>Go to <a href="https://burningman.org/">Burning Man</a></li>
      <li>Participate in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tomatina">La Tomatina</a></li>
      <li>Get my PhD</li>
      <li>Crowd surf</li>
      <li>Fly a kite from a convertible</li>
      <li>Grow my own salad</li>
      <li><s>Live and work in Washington, D.C.</s> &#10004;</li>
      <li>Be in a flash mob</li>
      <li>Hike the Appalachian Trail</li>
      <li><s>Go to Oktoberfest in Munich</s> &#10004;</li>
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		    <li>I went here in 2011. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmccaffery/albums/72157627804295908">Flickr Album</a></li>
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      <li>Get a book or article published</li>
      <li>Bathe in the hot springs at <a href="https://www.bluelagoon.com/">Blue Lagoon</a> in Reykjavik</li>
      <li>Sky dive</li>
      <li><s>Watch the ball drop in NYC on New Year's Eve</s> &#10004;</li>
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		    <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poe6KJeNfkU">I went here the eve of 2010/2011.</a></li>
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      <li>Master a foreign language</li>
      <li><s>Get my <a href="https://www.tn.gov/behavioral-health/cprs.html">CPRS</a> certification</s> &#10004;</li>
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		    <li><img src="/images/cprs cert.jpg" width="300" alt="CPRS Certification showing my name"/></li>
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      <li><s>Join a pool league</s> &#10004;</li>
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		    <li>Won MVP for my skill handicap in the Fall of 2023 season:
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		    <img src="/images/mvp.jpg" width="300" alt="MVP patch and MVP Certification showing my name"/></li>
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      <li><s>Buy my dream motorcycle</s> &#10004;</li>
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		    <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLleQX5i3Wg">My 2015 Ducati Scrambler Urban Enduro</a></li>
		    <li><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmccaffery/51655409965/in/album-72157720117009237/" title="7"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51655409965_87ab485a80_t.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="Motorcycle with gray tank inserts and brown mustang seat"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>(current setup)</li>
		    <li><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmccaffery/51655222279/in/album-72157720117009237/" title="11"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51655222279_cb2c283d14_t.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="Motorcycle with blank tank inserts, no headlight guard, and original seat"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>(how the bike looked when I bought it)</li>
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