things I've done you might not have

though then again, you're a diverse lot, so you well might have.

1. laid on the floor of the large cave at Altamira and stared at the bulls painted millenia before I was born.

2.  tagged and recorded culturally modified trees in the Tongass National Forest to help support native land claims.

3.  did the two-step at a pow wow.

4. found a hedgehog in a field at night and petted its spines.

5.  pierced my own ears 9 times (not all at once.  that would really hurt.)

6. wrote an FAQ about rehabilitating ferrets with serious biting problems.

7.  walked home drunk from a Lunachicks show in Montreal after turning down a total stranger's offer to marry me.

8.  found half of an eye of a 14,000 year old bone needle by sifting through bags of archaeological debris.

9.  performed an Egyptian, pre-Islamic pagan trance dance intended to placate one's restless spirits.  It works, too.

10.  Told two would-be muggers "I don't think so" and walked away when they tried to mug me.  They were awfully amateur about it.