Writing on the wall

Today I stopped for a minute and filled in the blank on this huge blackboard on the side of a building.

I completed the sentence in two ways:
Before I die, I want to finish my thesis.

Before I die, I want to make 100 quilts and give them away.

I figure other people were being provocative and thoughtful, as well as just really honest.

As we were reading the board, a man came out of the apartment building next door and said "I've never been on an airplane, I've never been on a train, I've never been to IMAX."

Nothing like a little perspective.

For the Winnipeggers who might read this, the blackboard is at the northeast corner of Maryland and Ellice.