This is a bunch of stuff I did for the first time in 2016. 

• Linked turns all the way down the mountain on a snowboard–no crashes.
• Tried some stunts in a snowboard park.
• Filed a will.
• Slept a night in a hammock. One.
• Began my fiftieth decade on Earth.
• Shot a hole in one.
• Ruptured my appendix. 
• Had some of my intestines removed. 
• Set a personal record for Consecutive Days In Hospital. (Nine)
• Road a bike over the Goat Canyon Trestle.
• Drove a Waverunner. Fast.
• Ran up the Rocky Steps in Philadelphia.
• Played roulette and haddaslice in Atlantic City.
• Voted for a woman for POTUS.
• Drove one of those new Camaros. Meh.
• Had a garment tailored to fit.
• Went to the top of Seattle’s Space Needle.
• Figured out how Rainbird sprinklers work.
• Had a woman’s name tattooed on me. (Beth’s)
• For the hell of it, didn’t wear denim jeans for nearly a year. Nobody said anything. 
• Bought a shower brush.
• Threw a shower brush away. Wasn’t for me.
• Removed a bottom bracket.
• Purged 2/3 of my clothing.
• Wrote a list of Firsts.

–Michael Lane
January 2017

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