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I've come up with a list (see the sidebar on the left - your left) of things that I'd like to accomplish for myself.  Some are rather lofty and general like live more passionately and some are pretty concrete like visiting all 50 states.  It's a bit overwhelming to think that there are 19 things that I should work on at any given time, but they are all good positive things and I'm certainly allowing myself to take baby steps.

The easiest to focus on right now include cooking and reading.  I'm tackling both by looking through Think Like a Chef by Tom Colicchio.  I'm just in the first chapter on roasting and I'm thinking of roasting a chicken one of these nights, just to try out his recipe.  I've tried a few and they've been tasty, but getting the perfect roast chicken is one of those feats that a food/cooking-lover is supposed to master, right? I'm also reading My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme, and Julia's enthusiasm for mastering the perfect roast chicken is certainly contagious.  The Barefoot Contessa also has one that uses something like 20 cloves of garlic, which I'll have to try someday, but for now, I'm going to try and master roasting Tom Colicchio's way.