THE BRAZZI STORY

 1. Earned an MS in computer systems engineering.

2. Was the starting halfback and safety on my high school football team.  

3. Was a NASA Apollo Spacecraft engineer in California.

4. Scuba diving in the Cayman Islands, Pennekamp Florida, and Catalina Island.

5. Coached several championship football teams.

6. Taught engineering classes at universities.

7. Was a state champion wrestler in high school.

8. Took photographs of total solar eclipses around the world.

9. Toured Turkey, Great Britain, Kenya, Nepal, Holland, and Peru.

10. Ascended Mt. Whitney, Mt. San Gorgonio, Mt. Baldy, and Mt Wilson in CA

11. Serengeti safari in Africa.

12. Developed an income so I am not dependent on a pension or a job or savings.

13. Attended the Nevada Burning Man festival and the New Orleans Mardi Gras.

14. Ran half marathons, a bicycle marathon, and a bicycle tour of British Columbia.

15. Rode cross-country on my customized Harley Davidson motorcycle.

16. Ran the rapids of the Colorado River 250 miles through the Grand Canyon.

17. Visited the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills.

18. Visited my ancestral home and my relatives in the Italian Alps.

19. Modified and raced an SCCA certified sports car. 

20. Ascended Mt. Everest in Nepal and Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa.

21. Skied Aspen, Mammoth, Vail, Park City, Snowbird, Squaw Valley, Heavenly

22. Traveled to Red Square, Moscow, and the Fringe Festival in Scotland.

23. Traveled to Paris, London, Sydney, Istanbul, Boston, Amsterdam, Havana,

24. Traveled to Aztec Pyramids in Mexico and the lost city of Machu Pichu.

25. Saw the Roman Empire ruins in Rome, in Ephesus, and in Pergamum, Turkey.

26. Toured India, Tanzania, Italy, Hawaii, Thailand, Australia, and others.

27. Hiked the Great Wall, the Inca Trail in Peru, and the Grand Canyon Trail

28. Rafted rivers in South America, New Mexico, Jamaica, and California

29. Bangkok, Kathmandu, Mexico City, Istanbul, Brussels, Montreal, and Beijing.

30. Kayaked in Canada, Costa Rica, Arizona, California, and Jamaica.

31. Published a book about my ancestors, my life, my travels, and life lessons.

32. Studied different versions of communism in Russia, China, and Cuba.

33. Cruise ships on the Rhine, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and Baja Mexico.

34. Learn to speak another language.

35. Wrote a history book “How Liberals Changed the World”.