I'll allow this meme past my defenses

Post 3 things you've done in your lifetime that you don't think anybody else on your friends list has done.
- See if anybody else responds with "I've done that."

- Have your friends cut & paste this into their journal to see what unique things they've done in their life.

* Gone to the Soviet Union... a few months before it fell.
* Derived sin(A+B) and cos(A+B) formulas from simple geometry... in my head.
* Taken Greyhound around the country... multiple times.

* Memorized pi to 111 digits.
* Been librarian of a science fiction collection.
* Took AP Latin in 7th grade and Calculus in 8th.

More Buddhism

One thing I've believed for years is that just about any philosophy will evolve to have a branch directly contradicting its roots. E.g. some 'feminists' who decry math and logic as patriarchal inventions and call for separate education to nurture feminine ways of thinking, or some liberals who check free speech in the interest of preventing hate speech, or the conservative progression from monarchists to small government types back to "executive privilege".

Buddhism seems another example. Inspired by a comment on the previous post, I did some more reading today. I caution that this was mostly Wikipedia, so this is a summary of a summary. Even so:

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Of interest to me, since I used to hang out on a Jewish group, where unique credit for things like the Sabbath, week, and Commandments was claimed, are the Buddhist sabbath and Five Precepts. There's a more ascetic version of the latter, with no dancing or music. And speaking of Buddhism and Christianity, Buddha's mother is of interest.

Books meme

According to The Big Read, the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books on their list.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you love.
(4. Put parentheses around the ones you started but didn't finish.)
I added question marks for things i haven't heard of.

The List
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