Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! 
Charles Dickens 
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Marc's 50 things and Counting Before I Croak

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1. Get a pilots license.

2. Visit the Smithsonian's....do it all!

3. Build the most powerful PC in the world.

4. Visit the monuments of Ancient Egypt. 

5. Drive a Steam Locomotive

6. Display a painting I made in a gallery.

7. Own at least one thing thing that is 500 years old or older.

8. Stand in the hall of 100 columns.

9. Visit France.

10. Visit the British Isles.

11.Live on Cape Briton Island.

12. Fly a DC-3 

13. discover a ruin.

14. Ride a Brough Superior SS100 (motorcycle)  

15.Drive a tank.

16. Find gold.

17. See something impossible.

18. Draw something perfectly.

19. Build a car from scratch.

20. Make an award winning pizza.

21. Be requested for a lecture.

22. Win a ridiculously big prize.

23. To pay off my parents mortgage.

24. To help my sister to be more self confident.

25. To be a professor in the University...I would like to teach history.                                                        

26. Rewrite history...

27. Write a good creative book.

28. Go one year without anything overwhelmingly stupid or bad happening to anyone I know. 

29. I would like to do a deep sea diving expedition that includes exploring at least 10 different shipwrecks.

30. To ride a world class roller coaster. 

31. Complete a scale model perfectly.

32. Bring a forgotten object back to life. 

33. To recognise somebody who calls me out at random.

34. Visit the forbidden city in Beijing.

35. Drive a Duesenberg Model J.(1929-1937)

36. I would like to own a 68 Firebird.

37. I'd like to be requested to do a tour at a museum.

38. I'd like to live long enough to have my vision restored to perfect 20/20 sight with no problems.

39. Punch someone in the face who deserves it!!!!

40. To have a game with a user friendly log-in screen. 

41. Organize and lead a group of people.

42. Have something so good happen to me I pass out.

43. Fly a De Havilland Beaver.

44. Visit Peru and tour the oldest civilizations in north America.

45. Have my name in a text book referring to me. 

46. Eat a meal at a 3/3 star restaurant.

47. Would like to visit an aircraft carrier.

48. Would to tour a retired sub.

49. Learn to shoot a bow.

50. To find something that has not been seen in centuries. 

A Good Xmas Movie

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Oh what can I say I'm a sucker for the classics. Well written, enjoyably unrealistic, and generally well done. 

Every time I watch this movie I find it enjoyable. Even though the slap stick is what keeps psychos like me coming back this is entirely a good movie. Kevin as a character is fun , he's a bit selfish but then again he is also in elementary school. His innocence as a character is truly fun to watch. The character of the mother is equally enjoyable going through what could only be described as vacation hell with absolutely no-body understanding the predicament. I would probably have to say my favorite part of the movie is the scene with the fire crackers and the gangster show. And as for the slapstick well, it is pretty unrealistic. Quite simply Marv and Harry should not have made it into the house conscious. But that's the fun of it! In closing home Alone is a good movie with great execution and one of the best Xmas classics of modern time. 

Christmas Food

When it comes to Christmas food my family traditions are a little strange. They include fondue and croissants and of course Buche de Noel. Arguably my favorite cake.

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It's Christmas!!!!!!!

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Well, it's not Christmas yet....but that's not going to stop me from throwing up a whole boat load of Christmas related comments, quotes, questions and anything else I can think of. 

Answer to Question of the Week

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A. Menes

Although written records are sketchy at best, it is believed that the first Pharaoh of combined Egypt was Menes. He ruled the country sometime in the thirty first century B.C. that is more than 5 thousand years ago. 

Twitter Post Reading Reflection

Everest book 2: The Climb (78),The story is progressing steadily and I find it to be just as engaging as the other Korman books I read.

The characters are still surprisingly in tact giving the amount of trouble they have experienced. @cre8tive havoc#RR11