Before I'm Gone...

Came across a "meme" site that asks a simple question: what would you like to accomplish before you die? Here are 10.

1. Write the Great American Novel
2. Make a pilgrimage to Annecy, France, in honor of St. Francis de Sales, my confirmation saint.
3. Play Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach.
4. Find true, lifelong love.
5. Drive the One Lap of America Road Rally
6. Learn to fence.
7. Kiss the Blarney Stone
8. Read the Analects of Confucius in the original Chinese
9. Play Mercutio in a production of "Romeo and Juliet"
   
10. Learn to sail.