The To Do List to DESTROY ALL TO DO LISTS!!!

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The To Do List to DESTROY ALL TO DO LISTS!!!

Now that I am done with school... finally... after 17 years... I am able to do the things I have always wanted to do/learn... And learning from the example of JD, it is best to write down your goals, prioritize them, review them (weekly-monthly-annually), and put them into action. So over the last few months I have made a running list of things I want to accomplish while I am still living - if God so grants.

MATT'S LIFE "TO DO" LIST: (unprioritized, stream-of-consciousness-style)
-learn how to tell a good story
-learn how to tell a good joke
-take public speaking/social confidence classes
-take finance/economic classes
-compliment others more
-make life goals list and post on wall in room
-get better at remembering birthdays
-revisit places I have visited via pictures and research the culture/history of those destinations (I hate saying I have been to London and then have little to say/remember about it)
-review medical illnesses and treatments
-make a video portfolio of my work
-be organized with my weekly, monthly, yearly goals
-read the various Taking Sides books and come to a definitive stance on various issues
-read Karl Marx & Ayn Rand
-learn drums, piano, and guitar (with the intent of joining a band, becoming famous, selling out, and realizing that I was happier when I was unknown and with few friends)
-write songs - lyrically and musically -write/create a professional screenplay/film (short & feature length) -create a feature length documentary -master my videography skills -create a board game -create a children's book
-study physics and engineering (with the intent of answering the question I ask myself infrequently, "Could I have been an engineer instead?")
-learn outdoor survival (outdoors and not in the my house with a copy of "To Build a Fire")
-learn basic car mechanics & repair (so I am not the sucker who gets his "modulating coil" fixed every check-up)
-learn more about government and politics
-act in a short film (that makes it into a film festival... become famous... and realize I was happier before strangers knew me)
-take acting/improve classes
-build a bike
-speak Spanish fluently, then a third useful language (one that will help me when English is no longer the dominate language of the world. Mandarin? Arabic? Suggestions?)
-gain a general knowledge of beers, wines, and liquors (...so when I am in a bar I don't always order "a Screwdriver" because that is the ONLY mixed drink I know the name of, or knowing what "Wells" means, or knowing the difference between dirt cheap wine and a fine wine.)
-make a running "Life Lessons Learned" list
-live in a foreign country for 6 months or more -learn a brief history of the world -read literature classics -keep a journal (I guess blogs count, eh?) -document more of my times with friends on video/pictures -do scrapbooking?
-adopt a kid
-create a non-profit service organization of some sort
-do extensive research on the Bible, Jesus, Paul & the early church, and various aspects of Christianity (I think some people call this field of research "Apologetics")


IF SHORT OF TIME, START HERE:
The last bullet is what I am tackling first in my "Life 'To Do' List". I feel it is the most important (yet MOST intensive - some people spend their whole adult lives studying this). My goal is to write a report (a research paper?) on my findings (not so much for me, but to also share with people) . I have already done some reading on this topic from the books by Lee Strobel - "A Case for Christ" and "A Case for Faith". And I felt both books were very helpful, yet surface-skimming and biased. The thing that bothered me was how I felt his books was fairly one-sided, never interviewing the leaders from the opposite side of the fence (leading Atheists/Agnostics and their claims).
SO... What I am ASKING of YOU is...

WHAT BOOKS HAVE YOU READ/HEARD OF THAT WERE GOOD, IN-DEPTH BOOKS ON THE TOPICS OF THE BIBLE, CHRIST, PAUL'S LIFE, THE EARLY CHURCH, ETC...?
(note: I am interested in books from both sides of the issue: Christian Researchers & Atheist/Agnostic Researchers)

Here is a list of the books I already own:
-Burridge, Richard A. & Gould, G. "Jesus Now and Then".
-Strobel, Lee. "A Case for Faith" & "A Case For Faith".
-McDowell, Josh. "The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict - Vol 1 & 2"
-Remsberg, John E. "The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidence of His Existence".
-Martin, Michael. "The Case Against Christianity".
-Hitchens, Christopher. "The Portable Atheist".

WHAT SUGGESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?