(1) Forget that it is Chesterton's birthday.
(2) Lie in bed tomorrow morning, drawing on the ceiling with a long, coloured pencil.
(3) Challenge a freethinker to a dual.
(4) Take a long walk in the woods, get lost, then write an essay about it. (And have it published.)
(5) Take everything out of your pockets, then write an essay about the contents. (And have it published.)
(6) Outline your understanding of the development of Western culture, or, if this seems too daunting, finish (in your own words) a shorter piece that begins: "In my forthcoming work in four volumes on the neglect of cheese in English literature ...".(7) Walk about your downtown in a black cape and black hat, wearing a pince-nez and carryng a walking-stick (preferably a sword-stick), all the while reciting a nursery rhyme or fable from your childhood until a policeman comes up and tells you that you are jaywalking.
(8) Find a short-ish Catholic priest, and ask him to solve a mystery.
(9) Forecast accurately the development and devolution of Western culture during the next 100 years.
(10) Read something by Chesterton. This would be at once the most unique and counter-cultural thing you could do on this auspicious day.
{NB: If you are a Kindle owner or use the Kindle on your mobile device, you can download ridiculous scores of Chesterton's works at Amazon for free. Free + Chesterton + Books = Celebration!}
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