• Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat
• Van Halen - Van Halen
• Long Time Gone - John Starling
• Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan
• Mirage - Fleetwood Mac
• IV - Led Zepplin
• Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson
• Tin Cup - Soundtrack
• Heavy Metal - Soundtrack
• Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd

(I'd also try to sneak "Montrose" by Montrose and "A Black & White Night" by Roy Orbison & Friends.)

1980-1989

• The Covenant by James A. Michener (1980)
• Noble House by James Clavell (1981)
• E.T., The Extraterrestrial by William Kotzwinkle (1982)
• Return of the Jedi by James Kahn (1983)
• The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub (1984)
• The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel (1985)
• It by Stephen King (1986)
• The Tommyknockers by Stephen King (1987)
• The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy (1988)
• Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy (1989)

1990-1999

• The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel (1990)
• Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley (1991)

Read the best selling novel of each year of the 20th Century

1900 - 1909

• To Have and To Hold - Mary Johnston (1900)
• The Crisis - Winston Churchill (1901)
• The Virginian - Owen Winston (1902)
• Lady Roses Daughter - Mary Augusta Ward (1903)
• The Crossing - Winston Churchill (1904)
• The Marriage of William Ashe - Mary Augusta Ward (1905)
• Coniston - Winston Churchill (1906)
• The Lady of the Decorations - Francis Little (1907)
• Mr. Crewe's Career - Winston Churchill (1908)
• The Inner Shrine - Basil King (1909)

1910 - 1919

• The Rosary - Florence Barclay (1910)

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts

• Pokemon Go Podcast
• Holy Batcast
• Feats at Five
• Mission Log
• The Lost Lennon Tapes
• I've Got A Beatle Podcast
• Ear Hustle
• Dis-Order
• Origins
• Wilderness

1940-1949

• How Green Was My Valley - Richard Llewellyn (1940)
• The Keys of the Kingdom - A.J. Cronin (1941)
• The Song of Bernadette - Franz Wierfel (1942)
• The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglass (1943, 1953)
• Strange Fruit - Lillian Smith (1944)
• Forever Amber - Kathleen Winsor (1945)
• The King's General - Daphne Du Maurier (1946)
• The Miracle of the Bells - Richard Janney (1947)
• The Big Fisherman - Lloyd C. Douglass (1948)
• The Egyptian - Mika Waltari (1949)

1950-1959

• The Cardinal - Henry Morton Robinson (195...

• "The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." - John Ruskin
• "He was a wise man who invented beer." - Plato
• "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius
• "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission" - RADM Grace Murray Hopper

• Extreme ...Always seems to be pronounced ex-TREEEEEEME!
• Out Of The Box Thinking ...I wish someone would think outside of the box and come up with a new phrase.
• Insane ...when used to describe anything except a mental condition, such as an "insane workout". (Really? Did someone actually consider contacting a judge to legale place you under psychiatric care because you did a little exercise?)
• Diva ...having one minor hit record does not make one a diva.
• No Brainer ...At least SOME thought (in other words, SOME brain power) had to be used to determine the solution, even if was an easy decision.
• Absolutely ...For some reason, people want to say "absolutely" instead of "yes". So few things are absolute, especially things that can not be quantified, such as feeling "Absolutely fantastic:.

1960-1969

• Advise and Consent by Allen Drury (1960)
• The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone (1961)
• Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter (1962)
• The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West (1963)
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré (1964)
• The Source by James A. Michener (1965)
• Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (1966)
• The Arrangement by Elia Kazan (1967)
• Airport by Arthur Hailey (1968)
• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (1969)

1970-1979

• Love Story by Erich Segal (1970)
• Wheels by Arthur Hailey (1971)

Read the best selling novel of each year of the 20th Century

1920 - 1929

• The Man of the Forest - Zane Grey (1920)
• Main Street - Sinclair Lewis (1921)
• If Winter Comes - A.S.M. Hutchinson (1922)
• Black Oxen - Gerthude Atherton (1923)
• So Big - Edna Ferber (1924)
• Sounding - A. Hamilton Gibb (1925)
• The Private Life of Helen of Troy - John Erskine (1926)
• Elmer Gantry - Sinclair Lewis (1927)
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thorton Wilder (1928)
• All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque (1929)

1930 - 1939

• Cimarron - Edna Ferber (1930)
• The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck (1931, 193...

• See a concert at Red Rocks, CO
• Visit Mace Springs and Clinch Mountain, Virginia.
• Visit Hank Williams' Grave site.
• Visit Hank Williams' Boyhood home
• Cross the street in front of Abbey Road Studios.
• Have a drink at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville.
• Learn to play "I've Slipped Her Mind" on piano.
• Visit Graceland
• Visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland
• Teach my son to play guitar
• Teach my son to play drums
• Visit a blues bar in Philadelphia, MS
• Visit Charlie Patton's grave site.
• See a show at the Grand Ol' Opry
• Visit "Strawberry Fields" in NYC
• Visit the Fame studio and Mussel Shoals S...

Bestselling books that were influential in American History

• The Bay Psalm Book
• Common Sense
• The Last of the Mohicans
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Ragged Dick
• Little Women
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• The Virginian
• The House of Mirth
• The Jungle
• Main Street
• The Good Earth
• Gone with the Wind
• How to Win Friends and Influence People
• Grapes of Wrath
• The Maltese Falcon
• Native Son
• The Catcher in the Rye
• To Kill a Mockingbird

• Complete an "Adventure Run" (My plan: Run across the State of Alabama on HWY 84, from the Georgia State Line to the Mississippi State Line) by my 60th birthday
• Go to a Barret-Jackson Auto Auction
• Go to a ComicCon in San Diego
• Go to a University of Alabama Football Game
• Go to Costa Rica
• Go to Jamaica
• Have a drink at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville
• Make a quilt out of my beer T-shirts
• Make a quilt out of my running T-shirts
• Pay for someone else at a drive-thru
• Read 100 books in a calendar year
• Re-visit Hawaii
• Revisit Tasmania
• Run a race in all 50 states
• Run a marathon in all 50 states
• Run from Donalsonville GA to Dothan AL
• Sample 100 different beers in a calendar ...