"Famous To Do Lists"

If it isn't on my To Do List, then it doesn't get done.

I'm not as bad as I used to be. I mean, I no longer have to write "inhale" and "exhale" on the list, or "blink" or "digest food," but I'm still pretty seriously dependent on living by the list.

I'm not sure I could explain it. Maybe it's the need to control my environment in a world that's out of control. Or perhaps it's that rush of completion I get from crossing things off. Maybe it's a hidden cry for pharmaceutical assistance.

Whatever it is, I happen to know that I'm in good company. Lots of famous people - some real live achievers - have also embraced the beauty of the To Do list.

Don't believe me? I don't care. Read on:

Noah's To Do List:
Get hammer
Nails
Raincoat
Mop
Poop scoop

Bill Gates' To Do List:
Build empire
Rule world
Play Pac-Man

Jim Morrison's To Do List:
Get much higher
Watch local weather report re: riding on storm
Try to run
Try to hide
Locate Other Side - break on through

JFK's To Do List:
Call Marilyn - remind her of my birthday
Look up definition of "Berliner" (why the laughter?)
Ask what country can do for me
Ask what I can do for country
Get Dallas Cowboys souvenir T-shirt

Scatman Crouthers' To Do List:
Skop a dop doo
Skee da lee bip bop
Zob zib-a zobuh
Ohhhhhh yeah

Jimi Hendrix's To Do List:
Buy lighter fluid, new guitar
Stand next to mountain/chop down with edge of hand
Excuse self
Kiss sky

Timothy Leary's to Do List:
Tune in
Turn on
Buy eggs, milk
Drop out

Muddy Waters' To Do List:
Wake up this mornin'
Hoochie coochie ... hyphenated? Look up

Janice Joplin's To Do List:
All kidding aside - call Mercedes dealer

Saddam Hussein's To Do List:
Grow goatee
Hair colorist - call
Plastic surgery
Buy ranch in Montana

(Next time: Hastily jotted phone messages throughout history.)

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