1. High-fived the Pope. 

2. Cut my son’s umbilical cord.

3. Perched a sombrero on the Stanley Cup.

4. Stood watch for polar bears on the Bering Sea pack ice 2 miles offshore from Nome.

5. Watched a game-winning play from the sideline of the Super Bowl.

6. Been a ringmaster at the circus.

7. Coined the phrase “Dog Whisperer.”

8. Cut off my hair after promising to do so if my son’s tee-ball team ever caught a ball for an out. They did. Actually, he did. So I did.