Thanks to Captain Wang and his wife Erin, I had the privilege of boarding the US aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt with our friends Jen and Stephen.  It made me think of the first time I heard the phrase bucket list: "Many know of the legendary Notre Dame Coach Lou Holtz, but what fewer know is his quest to do 107 things before he dies...By most 28-year-old’s standards, he aspired to some lofty goals — be a guest on the Tonight Show, have dinner at the White House, land a plane on an aircraft carrier, coach Notre Dame Football, win a national championship and meet the Pope."  Well, I didn't quite land a plane on the carrier, but I got to board one and see the planes.  It was a great cocktail reception, which I am proud to have at least partially funded.  You cannot help be impressed when touring such a display of power; I swelled with pride when our national anthem played as the color guard slowly lowered on the elevator, with a jet as the backdrop - can't buy those type of props!  FYI, the cost of building the ship was $4.5 billion.  That made me think of this article: If Facebook's Purchase of WhatsApp Seemed Steep at $19 Billion, Think of What You Could Buy Instead, which mentioned an aircraft carrier as one of the alternatives.  Perhaps the only thing cooler that made me feel very patriotic was my tour of the Kennedy Space Center.