What would you do?

On a recent episode of Castle, the question was tossed back and forth about what you would do if you won the lottery.

So, what would you do?

I have had this conversation a couple of times with friends and family about what I would do if I won a big lottery jackpot (and by big, I mean $40 million or more) and how I would spend the money.

(For the record, I do not play the lottery, so this is meaningless speculation on my part. Or...more superficial douchery.)

• I would provide for TEA in a trust that he has limited access to so that he would want for nothing.
• I would buy homes for my mother and sister.
• I would pay off my ex-wife's mortgage.
• I would pay of my friends' various grad school and undergrad debts.
• I would endow a named chair at Union College, named for my grandfather.
• I would create a scholarship program at Union for geeky students who like the Humanities.
• I would create a scholarship program at LaSalle Institute so that those who wanted to go to a private liberal arts college could afford it.
• I would buy my father a thirty foot sail boat and a berth in the Caribbean.
• I would make two trips: to see every great art museum in the world and to see all the Man-made Wonders of the world.
• Breakfast in Manhattan, Lunch in Chicago, Dinner in Seattle, all in one day.(Which I suppose I could do now, but...only with airport food in Chicago.)
• I would create endowments for Albany's Habitat for Humanity and Albany's Boys & Girls Club.
• I would see Radiohead on every stop of a tour.
• I would vigorously support political causes that I support (GLBT issues, reproductive rights, & sustainable communities...including car free.)