• Never learning, to a competent degree, how to roller skate
• Not finishing my degree in music
• Not taking that job at Disney Studios
• Missing out on playing Baby John in West Side Story in college due to a clerical error
• That's it so far

• Guy walks into a bar and says, "Ow!"
• Two muffins are in an oven. One muffin says, "Wow, it's hot in here." The other muffins screams, "Agh!!! A talking muffin!"
• A horse walks into a bar, the bartender says, "Why the long face?"
• A grasshopper walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Hey, we have a drink named after you." The grasshopper says, "You have a drink named Steve?"

• Squid pizza (Japan)
• Chocolate covered ants
• Fried grasshopper
• Octopus (Mexico)
• Sweet breads (thymus gland of sheep)
• French fried worms (China)
• Hamburger with pickled beets and pineapple (Australia)
• Vegemite (Australia)
• Creamed corn sandwiches (Australia)
• Fermented tofu (China)
• Rose flavored ice cream (China)
• Gelatin covered cake (Japan)
• Peanut butter pizza
• Black chicken (the skin is black) (China)
• Jalapeno jelly...

• Waking up about 3:00 AM, knowing that I still have several hours of sleep left
• Fixing dinner with my family
• Watching Jeopardy!
• Listening to Spencer's "How's life in Middle School today?" report
• Chatting with George and Patty during carpool time
• Leaving school
• Recess
• Nice hot shower
• Drinking juice in the morning
• Making (and eating) peanut butter toast
• When everyone is upstairs
• Watching "What's My Line?" at mi...

This is depressing:

• Paint every paintable surface
• Resurface the three decks/porches
• New carpet
• New floors in kitchen and bathrooms
• New entry floor (prefer tile)
• Repair bannisters and railings
• Fix leaky tub upstairs
• Fix leaky kitchen sink
• Get a new stove!
• New blinds on all blindable windows
• Put up a ton of bookshelves
• Xeriscape our yards, there is no landscaping so it is currently the ultimate xeriscape, but s...

• Bozo
• Gazelle
• Bobby B
• Snuggle Buddy
• The Caboose
• Brother Little
• Bri-Bri
• Father Dearest

• 3:35 PM

• Dyson vacuums
• Fish tank filters
• Pool cleaner wands
• Carburetors
• People using soda straws
• Gas siphoners
• Dust Busters
• Central heat/air returns
• Shop Vacs
• Good kissers
• Mosquitos
• Bats
• Leeches
• Old fashioned snake bite treaters

• Holding her hands
• Ironing her police officer's uniform
• Shooting with her at the shooting range
• Learning about fingerprints with her
• Her beautiful singing voice
• Playing with her badge
• Her saying, "Are you hurt or are you mad?"
• Going to work with her and helping her with the fingerprint cards
• The orange "hot pants" outfit
• Playing Canasta with her
• Her "frosted" hair
• How pretty she looked at our wedding
• Brushing ...

• The smell of his aftershave
• The long skinny grey pens he used at work
• The night he helped me with writing my numbers clearly
• Going to work with him at San Jose Police Radio and Fire, playing with the huge board of magnets corresponding to the fire vehicles and running "file checks"
• Being the batboy for his Little League Baseball team
• Singing along with him playing the guitar
• "Driving" the car while siti...

• My MacBook computer - my good friend
• My iPod - big and capable
• My cell phone - not yet an iPhone, but hopefully soon
• My USB earphones and speakers - nice quality
• My 4GB thumb drive - never leave home without it
• My Brother label printer - cute and helpful
• Our all-in-one printer, scanner, copier, fax machine - the cats like it too!
• The DirecTV remote control - gotta love the select button
• Our steamer - okay...

• Split open my chin when I slipped on spilled soap bubbles in my Grama's kitchen. It resulted in several stitches and a scar.
• Hyper extended my knee when playing soccer in high school. It resulted in bursitis which bothers me still occasionally.
• Hit my head on the corner of the hood of my '54 Chevy. It resulted a bloody gash that required several stitches.
• Dislocated shoulder when I fell waterskiing d...

• Earthquakes - Come on, I live in California! Biggest one to date, Landers/Big Bear (7.1 and 6.9).
• Tornados - On a trip to the midwest we experienced eight tornados in three different states!
• Wildfires - Including one mandatory evacuation and a close call for another evacuation, both in Big Bear, California.
• Lightening Strikes within fifty feet twice, once in Minnesota and once in South Dakota.
• Severe ...

• Hawaii
• California
• Washington
• Oregon
• Idaho
• Montana
• Nevada
• Utah
• Arizona
• New Mexico
• Wyoming
• Colorado
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Nebraska
• Kansas
• Oklahoma
• Texas
• Minnesota
• Iowa
• Missouri
• Arkansas
• Louisiana
• Illinois
• Kentucky
• Tennessee
• Mississippi
• Ohio
• Georgia
• Florida
• North Carolina
• Virginia
• Pennsylvania
• Maryland
• Delaware
• New Jersey
• New York
• Connecticut
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island

• Disneyland, Anaheim, California
• Disney's California Adventure, Anaheim, California
• Frontierland, San Jose, California
• Great America, Santa Clara, California
• Marineland, Los Angeles, California
• Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California
• Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California
• Legoland, Carlsbad, California
• Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California
• Walt Disney World - Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Di...

• In California
• Lassen National Park
• Death Valley National Park
• Salton Sea
• Hearst Castle
• The Holly Hock House - Frank Lloyd Wright creation
• The New Getty Villa, Malibu
• Railroad Museum, Sacramento
• Angel Island, San Francisco Bay
• In The U.S.
• Space Needle, Seattle
• Alaska - my daughter has been there, but not me
• Glacier National Park, Montana
• Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
• Ely, Nevada - I don't know why, just wan...

• Riding a flying bicycle
• Being the only waiter in a super busy restaurant
• Traveling to familiar places with people I don't know
• Running through a muddy, swampy forest
• The stereotypical one of being in underwear, or less, in an inappropriate place!

• Tell the truth, always.
• Put your spouse before your children - if your relationship falls apart, what do your kids have?
• Take breaks from one another.
• Respect each other’s ideas and opinions.
• Let the "little stuff" go - who cares how you squeeze the toothpaste tube or if the toilet seat is up or down?
• Listen to each other.
• Make communication a priority.
• Trust each other.
• Maintain your individuality.
• Laug...

• Henry
• Ivory
• Gertrude
• Hildegard
• Cognac
• Miss Kitty
• Elliot
• Liza
• Abraham
• Clover
• Ansel
• Copland

• Abbott and Costello
• Jerry Lewis
• George Burns
• Bob Hope
• Johnny Carson
• Jay Leno
• Ellen Degeneres
• George Wallace
• Carol Burnett
• Bonnie Hunt
• Jim Carrey
• Buddy Hackett
• Dick Van Dyke

• The Getty Villa, Malibu
• The Getty Center, Los Angeles
• The Norton Simon, Pasadena
• The Peterson Automotive Museum, Los Angeles
• The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
• The Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles
• The Natural History Museum, Los Angeles
• The California Science Center, Los Angeles
• The Museum of Tolerance/Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles
• The Wax Museum, Buena Park
• The De Young Museum, San F...

• My wife, Helen
• My pastor, Don Foor
• My acting partner, Steve Cassling
• My creative partner, Beth Gardner
• My teaching colleague, Patty Byrd
• My worship pastor, Aaron Foor
• My California Arts Project director, Armalyn De La O
• My daughter, Sarah Adams
• My son, Spencer Adams
• My brave fellow elders, Tony Vecchio, Rich Pearson, Bob Pool, Eddie Etter, and Reese Troublefield
• My mother and father, Virginia and Roy Adams

• My fifth grade teacher's wedding
• Silent film festival with live organ music
• The Santa Clara County Fair
• The 1984 Olympics
• Dedication of water project with Governor of California, Pat Brown
• Julie Andrews concert in Minneapolis
• "Day on the Green" Concert with Chicago, The Beach Boys, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstat
• Beverly Sills concert
• Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Oscar Peterson concert
• Cherry Blossom ...