I have
earned a master’s degree in mathematics;
jumped off an airplane;
published math research in a peer-reviewed journal;
completed a secret mission in Russia;
touched parts of the Moon and Mars;
punted on the Cam;
lived in a house older than the United States;
baked a six-layer cake with mocha mousse and chocolate-macadamia ganache;
performed on the same ticket as Barenaked Ladies;
climbed Mount Monadnock 118 times in a year;
griped in person to the President of the United States;
operated an Internet subdomain;
walked up what was the tallest building in the world;
lived in four states within 12 months;
dined at Apple, Google, Intel, and Yahoo!;
invested multinationally;
litigated a lawsuit against the New Hampshire Department of Safety;
programmed for over forty years;
organized two dozen game events for the 1994 Mensa Annual Gathering;
been published in Whole Earth Review;
gotten all the coins in Super Mario 64;
read thousands of books;
lived and worked in Germany;
driven from Florida to California;
earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science;
had business meetings with Bill Gates and Al Gore;
played Asteroids for three hours on one quarter;
reviewed over 100 chocolate stores;
lifted tens of millions of pounds;
worked on an Apple computer assembly line;
worn out a treadmill;
worked in operating systems for two decades;
run for legislative office;
juggled blindfolded;
toured the sewers of Paris;
taught assembly language programming;
climbed Mount Washington barefoot; and
changed forints into zlotys.
However, I have never worn a necktie.
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