Dave, weren’t you supposed to…

Yes. Yes I was supposed to do a lot of things. Like keep my site more up to date than this for starters. Oh, and run a marathon a couple months ago. My goal of running a marathon had to get postponed until 2015 for medical reasons. My lack of site updates… well I have no good excuse. That’s just plain laziness.

However in an attempt to not appear to be a total looser, here are some things that  I have accomplished in the past 4 months (in no particular order)

I voted Libertarian

I voted Libertarian

Watched my son compete in 7 marching band competitions

Watched my son compete in 7 marching band competitions

played 6 gigs with 6ix 5ive 9ine

played 6 gigs with 6ix 5ive 9ine

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Officiated a wedding (complete with handcuffs)

Completed the XXX hot wing challenge at Jake Melnick's in Chicago

Completed the XXX hot wing challenge at Jake Melnick’s in Chicago

Came to the realization that shoe polish takes some effort to clean off of car windows

Came to the realization that shoe polish takes some effort to clean off of car windows

Read 4 Stephen King novels

Read 4 Stephen King novels

Restored my '95 Wrangler to operational status

Restored my ’95 Wrangler to operational status

Disassembled my '95 Wrangler shortly after returning it to operational status so I could repair a cracked exhaust manifold

Disassembled my ’95 Wrangler shortly after returning it to operational status so I could repair a cracked exhaust manifold (this should probably be filed under “things I haven’t accomplished”, since I haven’t finished this repair yet)

Surfed a complete revolution around Cedar Lake without falling or loosing the wave from the north end, all the way to the south end and back again. (total time on the board was about 25 minutes)

Surfed a complete revolution around Cedar Lake without falling or loosing the wave from the north end, all the way to the south end and back again. (total time on the board was about 25 minutes)

Restrung 3 of my 4 electric guitars

Restrung 3 of my 4 electric guitars

Discovered that an engine hoist and a garden hose can remove a deck post much faster than a shovel can

Discovered that an engine hoist and a garden hose can remove a deck post much faster than a shovel can

Found ways to use and preserve habanero peppers that don't involve rendering a half gallon of vodka undrinkable

Found ways to use and preserve habanero peppers that don’t involve rendering a half gallon of vodka undrinkable

Drank an estimated 100 cups of coffee

Drank an estimated 100 cups of coffee

Visited 4 Indiana brewpubs

Visited 4 Indiana brewpubs

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