June 18, 2020

I'm going to do something today that I've never done before.

Try to guess. If you begin with "I hope it's..." I predict somebody will get it quickly.

IN THE COMMENTS: The second commenter, Rockeye said:
Going shooting. A boy can hope.
That's the answer. I shot a gun!

I had 2 hours of training and practice at shooting range.

AND: Here's my new post with video.

90 comments:

Left Bank of the Charles said...

... get a dog.

Rockeye said...

Going shooting. A boy can hope.

Marcus Carman said...

Sleep in and forget the sunrise.

rehajm said...

...paddle boarding.

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...

.. a tattoo.

Josephbleau said...

I hope it’s . . . not illegal.

D.D. Driver said...

Coke?

D.D. Driver said...

Request an absentee ballot?

gspencer said...

get a tattoo

Dave Begley said...

change party registration to Republican.

Rick said...

"I hope it's"...announce your candidacy for public office. I don't expect you to win, in fact the reverse. But it would be an informative test to identify how many liberals there are in Madison.

Expat(ish) said...

I’d like to know what @Meade guessed.

-CC

Equipment Maintenance said...

Buy Meade some shorts.

AustinRoth said...

Bikini wax?

tcrosse said...

Call spirits from the vasty deep.

Jay Vogt said...

Well, who knows. But, that's normally the start of a good day. Hope it is.

Ken B said...

Be neutral.

Birches said...

DD Driver has a good guess.

Ken B said...

Rick's suggestion is a good one! I'd vote for Althouse for senate. Except I’d never live in Wisconsin.

First Tenor said...

I hope it's try your hand at animation, ala early commentator Chips Ahoy.

Amadeus 48 said...

I hope it is walk naked down State Street to illustrate your commitment to individual liberty and free expression in these troubled times.

Come on, professor. You have still got it!

Alternatively, wear blackface down State Street for the same reasons.

Alternatively, wear a sign board that says, "He that knows only his own side of a case knows little of that."

MayBee said...

What I think you've been wanting to do for a long time: Try LSD. But I don''t hope its that.

What I've been hoping you would do for a long time: take a yoga class. But I don't think yoga studios are open in Madison

What I think you've been secretly longing to do: visit Japan. But I know it isn't that.

So....I hope it is get a dog.

Ann Althouse said...

I've had LSD — 50 years ago.

Ann Althouse said...

No way I'm up and visiting Japan today. You have to get in a plane.

MadisonMan said...

Have you done yoga before? That might be a guess.

You're getting a dog?

You're going to appreciate the beauty of a man in shorts.

I'm Full of Soup said...

Parachute?

MadisonMan said...

I didn't see Left Bank's guess before I guessed.

Francisco D said...

Ann Althouse said...I've had LSD — 50 years ago.

Window Pane, Orange Sunshine or some other variant?

Why do I know these names?

I tried LSD in 1971. It was great, but I did not like the long term prospects. I might have become a CHAZ/CHOP resident.

NCMoss said...

Going for a run in your birthday suit to protest for world peace?

mccullough said...

Put up an American flag

Matthew Heintz said...

Anal sex?

Sebastian said...

"I'm going to do something today that I've never done before."

Resolve to vote on the basis of policy and principle rather than personality.

BlackjohnX said...

Admit I was wrong about something

jeff said...

Hold my beer, watch this...

dbp said...

I hope it's get a puppy! They love early morning jogs, but carrying a plastic bag of poop is kind of a drag, though it is the right thing to do as a responsible dog owner.

Kylos said...

Shoplifting?

I'm Full of Soup said...

On further thought, it has to exclude exposure to other people so parachuting is out. Perhaps she is mailing me a birthday card which she has never done before.

MayBee said...

Ha! You didn't say it isn't yoga!!!! I hope it's that!

MayBee said...

If it's yoga, and you like it, then I will send you a gift certificate to take an online class at my yoga studio.

Fernandinande said...

Not care what they say and not stay in a world without love?

Ron Nelson said...

The way that phrase has been traditionally finish is "a boy" or "a girl". If this is Ann's first grandchild that would fit with "I'm going to do something today that I've never done before."

Mark O said...

Stay in bed all day.

Dan from Madison said...

banning a commenter or commenter(s)

Hammond X. Gritzkofe said...

I hope it's go to a pistol range. Rent a Ruger 2245. Good to start with. Pistol shooting - it's a zen thing.

Ron Nelson said...

The way that phrase has been traditionally finish is "a boy" or "a girl". If this is Ann's first grandchild that would fit with "I'm going to do something today that I've never done before."

buwaya said...

Convert to Catholicism.

Leslie Graves said...

It might be cut your own hair? But that doesn't work with the prompt.

Kai Akker said...

I hope it's fun.

I hope it's selling most of your stock portfolio. That should be fun, in retrospect.

LAST CALL @ 11 Wall

Carol said...

Too late to file for office I think. Unless as a write-in.

Meade said...

I hope it's... be in the car buckled up in 4 minutes. Or we'll be late!

Rosalyn C. said...

Go jump in the lake?

PatHMV said...

Endorse Trump for re-election?

Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...

Take a passionate stand against the suppression of free speech?

Ken B said...

It won’t be, attend Wagner's Ring.

Sebastian said...

"I'm going to do something today that I've never done before."

Admit the right is right.

Jaq said...

"Admit I was wrong about something”

She’s done that, she said she was sorry that she voted for Hillary.

Andrew said...

"I've had LSD — 50 years ago."

There goes your chance at a Sup Ct nomination. Remrmber Douglas Ginsburg?

cubanbob said...

Considering the great job that you and Meade did covering the fracas during the Walker recall I thought for a moment the two of you would go to Seattle to report on CHAZ/CHAZ. Then I remembered you guys don't fly. Whatever it is, I hope it's fun.

Readering said...

How was the egg salad?

tcrosse said...

Loot.

AZ Bob said...

End moderation?

Mark said...

Finally apply moderation to the trolls who offer nothing but personal attacks.

But apparently you approve of Drago and the rest shitting on your blog and ignoring your rules.

loudogblog said...

Watch a movie that I've been resisting watching because everyone tells me that I should watch it.

PM said...

Finally get a driver's license. Good luck on the parallel park!

AllenS said...

You are either going to buy, or shoot a gun, or a combination of both?

David Blaska said...

Read, aim ...?

David Blaska said...

Ready, aim ...

Leland said...

I hope Meade is putting on shorts.

ColoradoJim said...

Ride on your ebike all the way to the lake without the motor being used? Or perhaps skipping the car on your sunrise runs? You are probably in your best shape in a long time so I can see it as one of your challenges.

n.n said...

... a "boring" day?

RigelDog said...

Wash your shoes?

I hope it's get a puppy, though. Somehow I'm feeling skydive.

Shane said...

I hope it's...taking photos of sunsets

Lewis Wetzel said...

Start smoking?

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

You're buying an AR-15.

Temujin said...

Its either that you're going to make a video of you and Meade and post it online, or...you're finally going to allow Meade to wear shorts.

Eddie said...

I was thinking "porn," but then I remembered the egg sandwich video.

BudBrown said...

Wear a mask to a store and not rub it?

Krumhorn said...

I hope it’s going bass fishing.

- Krumhorn

Harry Lime said...

I know what it's not: eating an egg salad sandwich.

langford peel said...

"I'm going to do something today that I've never done before”

Make sense.

Richard Dolan said...

I hope it's safe.

RobinGoodfellow said...

“ Blogger Sebastian said...
"I'm going to do something today that I've never done before."

Resolve to vote on the basis of policy and principle rather than personality.”

Let’s not get nuts here!

Tomcc said...

Japan is a long way to go for a dog.

bagoh20 said...

Let Meade wear your clothes?

bagoh20 said...

Climb Everest?

bagoh20 said...

Behead an infidel?

MadisonMan said...

My wife and I were talking about shooting yesterday. Guns and shooting is something I learned in Boy Scouts. (I've done very foolish things with a .22 despite that, but no one was shot). She had hunter safety in high school, but has never shot a gun.

MayBee said...

Exciting! How did it go?

rehajm said...

Nice! How'd it go? Are you interested because of self-defense? Just curious?

Earlier this year brought my spouse along to an academy clinic and spouse's office assistant asked if she could maybe tag along next time. There's lots of quiet but curious people out there.

I've also found lefties 'hate' guns but love love love shooting them...

Ann Althouse said...

I put up a new post with video. Check it out.