Things I want to do before I bite the dust, fall off my perch, give up the ghost, or you guessed it, “kick the bucket”!
Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
In no particular order (This will evolve as I do):
- Watch a ND vs. USC game (in LA & South Bend)
- Run with the bulls (July 2009)
- Go to Oktoberfest
- Write a book
- Go to a Summer Olympics
- Go to a Winter Olympics
- Go to a Rugby World Cup (Done 2011)
- Chase a Kiwi
- Sit in a Kangaroo pouch
- Race an Ironman Triathlon
- Travel to Prague
- Party in the Red Light District
- Watch a game at Wrigley (Done 2010)
- Watch a Yankees vs. RedSox game at Fenway
- Have a taxable income statement of over a million dollars
- Visit an African village
- Make out on the Eiffel tower
- Travel by private jet
- Own an Aston Martin
- Write a song
- Scuba Dive off the great reef
- Walk the Parthenon (Temple of Athena 447 BC)
- Take a gondola ride in Venice
- Run around the Roman Coliseum
- Kiss the Blarney Stone
- Ski the Alps
- Speak five languages
- Watch the US Open at Pebble Beach (Done 2010)
- Attend a NY Yankee World Series Game at Yankee Stadium
- Attend a NY Knicks NBA Championship Game at Madison Square Garden
- Attend a NY Giants Superbowl
- Attend a NY Ranger Stanley Cup Game at Madison Square Garden
- Attend a San Diego Chargers Superbowl
- Attend a Notre Dame National Championship Game
- Attend a double header in one day for the Chargers & Padres
- Be part of a Vegas Wedding (Done 2006)
- Pay off all college debt
- Have zero family personal debt
- Get married on a beach
- Have a son (William E Ryan IV)
- Have a daughter
- Start and Sell a company at a profit
- Get an MBA (Done 2008)
- Own a sports team
- Become a CEO
- Shoot Hoops at MSG
- Shoot a Hockey Puck on goal at MSG
- Catch a football in the end zone of Giants Stadium or Qualcomm
- Hit a baseball in Yankee Stadium
- Get a graduate degree from Notre Dame
- Get a graduate degree from Stanford or Harvard
- Own a bar called “Thirsty Turtle”
- Play a round of golf at Pebble Beach
- Play a round of golf at Augusta
- Play a round of golf at St. Andrews
- Jump out of a plane
- Bungee jump in New Zealand
- Fly like Top Gun
- Attend ND v Michigan in South Bend
- Attend ND v Michigan in the Big House
- Attend UF v FSU in the Swamp
- Attend UF v FSU at Doak Stadium
- Attend Cal v Stanford
- Attend USC v UCLA
- Attend Texas vs Oklahoma
- Start and run a Real Estate Investment Company
- Lay on Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
- Throw out a First Pitch of a MLB game
- Date a girl pictured in playboy (Done 2006)
- Drive across the USA (Done 2004)
- Become a CFA
- Become a CPA
- Become a CFP
- Own a beach house
- Own a Duffy Boat
- Have a building named after me at RPI or UCI
- Attend a NCAA Final Four with UConn playing
- Attend Wimbeldon
- Attend US Open (Tennis)
- Attend Tour de France
- Visit Forbidden City in Beijing, China (Done 2007)
- Visit Great Wall of China (Done 2007)
- Visit Shanghi, China (Done 2007)
- Meet the President of the USA
- Visit the White House
- Watch a Bull Fight in Spain
- Weigh under 250 lbs after the age of 35
- Be in a movie
- Ride a bull
- Ride in a hot air balloon (Done 2008)
- Public speak in front of 10,000 people
- Attend a masquerade party
- Design and Build my Dream Home
- Fly in a Helicopter (Done 2011)
- Jet Ski in a major Ocean
- Stand in the Crown of the Statue of Liberty (Done 1985)
- Win a Wrestling State Title (Done 1997)
- Win a Rugby State Title (Done 2000)
- Live in San Francisco for at least a year (Done 2011)
- Live in NYC for at least a year (Done 1993)
- Live in SoCal for at least a year (Done 2010)
- Go whitewater rafting (Done 2011)
- Ride a camel in a desert
- Kiss under a waterfall
- Attend Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
- Spring Break in Cancun, Panama City, South Beach and Padre Island (Done 2001)
- Go on a cruise
- See the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
- See Stonehenge, United Kingdom
- Visit the Sydney Opera House, Australia
- Attend surf camp in Costa Rica
- Visit The Big Ben, London, England
- Visit the Houses of Parliament, London, England
- Send my kids to private school
- Send my kids to college
- Walk on the Golden Gate Bridge (Done 2010)
- See the Grand Canyon
- Learn to Juggle (Done 1994)
- Become an earlier riser
- Meet Donald Trump
- Meet Bill Clinton
- Meet Bill Simmons
- Meet Don Mattingly
- Meet Warren Buffet
- Meet Jack Welch
- Be interviewed in a Fortune or Forbes
- Become a Millionaire
- Become a Billionaire
- Open a Swiss Bank Account
- Visit San Diego Zoo
- Spectator in Carnegie Hall (Done 2009)
- Spectator for the Kentucky Derby
- Attend the British Open (Golf)
- Attend the Masters
- Run across and back the Golden Gate Bridge (Done 2012)
