1. Been pickpocketed/mugged in a Paris subway
2. Foiled a pickpocket in a Barcelona subway
3. Written or contributed to over 13 books on computer programming
4. Spoken at scores of computer conferences around the world
5. Wrote a MUD (text-based Multi-User Dungeon computer game)
6. Built my own astrolabe
7. Built my own compound bow
8. Watched a black bear walk under my deer stand not 5 yards away while bow hunting
9. Released a snowy owl from a trap (it flew away afterward)
10. Held a wild bobcat on the end of a stick/leash while it was released from a trap (we put it into a sack and released it elsewhere without harm)
(from Rob, Anomalous Data and others)