I Got Stuff To Say: Happy Birthday Lego

Master carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen started the company on August 10, 1932 in his studio in the town of Billund in Jutland

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Palin Drome's 101 in 1001

The Mission (as seen on Triplux):
Complete 101 tasks in 1001 days.

Read 52 books in a year
1 - DC Universe: Inheritance - 8/1/2007
2 - Myth-Told Tales - 8/6/2007
3 - Wolverine: Road of Bones - 8/9/2007
4 - DragonLance: Dragons of the Dwarven Depths - The Lost Chronicles Volume 1 - 8/13/2007
5 - Frank Miller's Daredevil Omnibus - 8/21/2007
6 - Cryptnomicon - 9/24/2007
7 - The Accidental Time Machine - 9/30/2007
8 - Baltimore or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire - 10/8/2007
9 - The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus - 10/15/2007
10 - The Devil You Know - 10/29/2007
1 - Obsidian Alliances - 1/2008
2 - The Road - 1/2008
3 - Captain America Omnibus - 1/2008
4 - Patriot Acts - 2/5/2008
5 - Inside Straight - 2/11/2008
6 - X-men: Watchers on the Walls - 2/14/2008
7 - DC Universe: Trail of Time - 2/16/2008
8 - J-pod - 2/18/2008
9 - Eternals Omnibus - 3/2008
10 - Soon I will be Invincible - 3/2008
11 - Interworld - 3/23/2008
Don't eat "The Usual" when I eat out for one month
Organize my home office
Build all unbuilt Lego sets
- 38 as of 8/1/2007
Get tickets to any event at 2010 Olympics
Contribute five new words to the Visual Dictionary
~~Make a batch of Monster Cookies~~
Go to a Seattle Storm game
~~Visit Dad in Wyoming~~
Move to a new comic database
Redo: Join a dating service and go on three dates
~~Help Jim D. complete one item on his 101 list~~
~~Get a postcard from Devil's Tower~~
Get to the highest level in Wii Sports tennis
Visit Central Park
Get unwatched DVD percentage down to 25%
- 40.6% as of 8/1/2007
~~Post this list~~
Visit the Fremont Troll
Get updated contact information for all friends
~~Paint condo interior and maybe re-carpet~~
~~Watch them make Krispie Kreams~~
~~But a new PC~~
~~Get all of the Katamari Damacy soundtracks~~
Buy a pair of comfortable shoes that are not tennis shoes
~~Redo: Not to drink soda for one month~~
Get artwork framed
Sort/organize all Lego pieces
~~Go to one Mariner's game each homestand for a season~~
Take a martial arts class
See a Jerry Joseph show in a new State or Country (Montana, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Netherlands)
~~Earn one Xbox 360 Achievement every day for a month~~
~~Replaced: Go to a taping of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me~~Visit my good buddy Shawn
Do 20 miles a week on exercise bike for a month
~~Get a "next gen" DVD player~~
Get a Physical
Take the Lego Inside Tour
Visit nieces wherever they are in 2009
~~See a Presidential candidate~~
Read all books on auxiliary bookshelf
- 50 as of 8/1/2007
Find a local supply of stoopwafel
Make an entry or edit on Wikipedia
Fix Wizard pinball game
Attend a SeaLUG meeting
Relearn engineering mathematics
~~Shave with a blade razor everyday for one month~~
Digitize the Cabin Run video
~~Find a place that can cut my hair without the stupid flip~~
Map out everywhere I have been
~~Visit nieces in Miami~~
~~Return to the San Diego Comicon~~
Buy a pair of Heelys
Average a DVD a day for one month
Make CD versions of the Totally Osen CDs
~~Buy a new Barbecue~~
~~Practice (10+2)*5 everyday for a month~~
~~See something at the Paramount Theater~~
File all unfilled comics
- 19 Short boxes as of 8/1/2007
Redo: Only eat out if I am with a friend, working or walk to the restaurant for a month
Visit Time Square
Go skiing again
Buy a new bike
Read 5 non-fiction books
Get a plant
Get a new alarm clock with Gentle Wake Up feature
Visit the World Trade Center site
Redo: Build an original Lego project
Go to the Sci-Fi Museum
Fix Lady Luck pinball game
Eat at 25 local restaurants I have never been to before
1 - Sushi Misoya - 8/20/2007
2 - Chevy's Fresh Mex - 9/1/2007
3 - Toshi Teriyaki (Everett) - 9/21/2007
4 - Himitso Teriyaki and Sushi - 9/24/2007
5 - Yummy Teriyaki (Everett) - 9/30/2007
6 - Romano's Macaroni Grill - 10/5/2007
7 - Almonte - 10/6/2007
8 - El Taco Boom - 10/25/2007
9 - One Twelfth Street Diner - 10/30/2007
10 - Romios - 11/2007
11 - Berkshire Grill - 1/18/2007
12 - Bento Time 3/1/2008
Buy a Lotto ticket for every drawing for a month
Go to one tourist location on every work trip over a one year period
~~- 8/5/2007 - Walking Tour of Downtown Boston~~
Make your own ringtones
- Godzilla Theme
- Zombie Nation's baseball theme
- Road Show Jackpot theme
~~Help Quiana complete one item on her 101 list~~
See the Northern Lights
Take a picture of the Empire State Building
~~Help Jim H. complete one item on his 101 list~~
Complete the entire storyline in Typing of the Dead
Do a Suduku puzzle everyday for three months
Go to work for a month without wearing jeans
~~Help out at a Calgary Comicon~~
Stop hunt and peck typing
~~Complete home cabling project~~
Do a Brain Training session (Brain Age, Big Brain Academy, etc.) everyday for a month
~~Go to Seattle Sandfest~~
Finish garage projects
Eat something other than Pop Tarts for breakfast for one month
Go to an Everett Aquasox game
Make a new Totally Osen CD
~~Play a round of mini golf~~
Take a picture of the Statue of Liberty
Go to the New York Comicon
~~Go to Fenway Park~~
Ride Every Ferry in the Puget Sound
~~Get 8 hours of sleep every night for a month. Okay, fine, a week.~~
Complete the Magic: The Gathering deck collection
~~Write one blog entry a day for a month~~
~~Apply to be on The Amazing Race~~
Finish Magic deck selection website
~~Get a PDA phone~~
Make my own Google Map Mashup
Start a new list starting in 2010

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Friday, August 10, 2007

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