Since the Bucket List Meme, I thought I should do my very own, not one that’s pre-conceived. I have a lot of things I want to do before I die. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it’s a start.

1. Be the best husband I can be
2. Design a typeface
3. Publish a book
4. Visit Hawaii (in 2010 baby!)
5. Bungee jump
6. Visit Australia
7. Visit Africa
8. Stand in Red Square
9. Visit Germany
10. Drive cross-country with Alli
11. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
12. Buy a stranger a meal
13. Have my portrait painted (marrying a painter FTW!)
14. Write a screenplay
15. Be in a movie
16. Learn some card tricks so I can be a “cool” uncle
17. Go back to Italy
18. Have an amazingly landscaped backyard
19. Speak another language (probably Italian) fluently (just gotta buy Rosetta Stone, right?)
20. See the Great Pyramids
21. See Alaska
22. Own season tickets to the Chiefs
23. Visit the Great Wall of China
24. Design and sell a collection of T-shirts
25. Go sky diving
26. Visit a Nazi concentration camp
27. Fly in a helicopter
28. Eat caviar
29. Eat at Plaza III
30. Hike the Grand Canyon
31. Walk in Jerusalem
32. Make a difference
33. Sit on a jury
34. Lead a bible study
35. Live somewhere besides Kansas City
36. Rescue a dog
37. Own a bespoke suit
38. Retire early and travel with Alli
39. Own our home outright
40. Teach a class
41. Spend an entire 24 hours in silent meditation
42. Play a round of golf under 80
43. Read The Complete Calvin and Hobbes from cover to cover
44. Stand on the field for a Chiefs game
45. Return to St. Lucia
46. Attend a taping of a TV show that I like (should have tried to get to Friends back in the day)
47. Learn to draw
48. Write in a journal every day for a year
49. Eat at Top Chef Harold’s restaurant Perilla
50. Weigh less than 225 pounds again

What about you? What do you want to do before you kick the bucket?