Ten (Possibly Surprising) Things I’ve Never Done

For Bridgett and Mali on a Tuesday

1. Jello shots
2. Red Bull
3. Ridden a horse (once, as a small child, I may have been led around on a pony)
4. Seen The Godfather (but don’t worry, I get the horsehead and the cannoli references)
5. Gone downhill skiing
6. Deliberately killed a fish (being omnivorish, I’ve obviously paid others to do it for me; being flyfisherish, I desperately hope I’ve never mortally wounded one)
7. Watched American Idol
8. Been to a prom
9. Run more than 2 miles (I ran 2 miles once, in the ’80s, in Rock Creek Park—it nearly killed me and I’ve never attempted it again)
10. Seen a painted bunting