Mission Chronicles
 The
Mission Statement - When
some people get bored and restless, they climb Mt. Everest or fly
a balloon around the world or buy a Web cam and produce Internet porn.
I am undertaking a challenge
more formidable. More bold.More...implausible...(Click
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 July
13-16: The Jamboree in the Hills, Morristown, Ohio
What I did: Camped at a four-day country music festival known as "The Super Bowl of Country Music"-in other words, absolutely nothing of value. The idea is to kick off M:I with the least useful activity imaginable and then spend the next three months making restitution...(Click to continue) |
 July
19-28: Sadler's Midnight Sun Ultra Challenge, Fairbanks to Anchorage,
Alaska What I did: Drove a support vehicle for the Tour de France of wheelchair racing, a 6-day, 265-mile stage race involving some 20 world-class athletes. I joined an international group of volunteers coordinated by Volunteers for Peace. (Click to continue) |
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What I’m doing: Helping build houses in a village in this hot, wet, sticky country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, just north of Australia. (Click to continue)
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What I’ll be doing: Going door to door on my bicycle to garner votes for Adam Schiff, a Democratic state senator aiming to unseat Republican Jim Rogan. (Click to continue) |
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What I'll be doing: Helping researchers determine which toys and tools make depressed, caged chimpanzees happier. (Click to continue) |
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What I'll be doing: Teaching high school conversational English to Chinese students. (Click to continue) |
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What I did: Offered myself -- for one week, anywhere in the United States -- as the grand prize in a contest to test my usefulness. (Click to continue) |
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What I did: Served as writing instructor/spelling-test-giver/show-and-tell item in Becky Tegeler's class at Hartley Elementary School. (Click to continue) |
