people i wouldn't mind being for a day (part one of many i am sure)...

let's start with...

...michael freakin' vick - ok. growing up 'til now, i have always considered myself an ok to slightly above average athlete. that's not to say i wasn't pretty good at the sports i attempted to play and still play in an attempt to stay young, but on an athletic level, i was and am probably on par with your standard white guy, the 1976 model. but michael vick. damn. if i could only play football in his shoes for one game. he's faster than everyone on the field. has more moves than anyone else on the field and the strongest arm the game's ever seen. ever. sure, he has some problems with accuracy and touch, but those are skills and not athletic detriments. i love you michael vick. watching you makes me very happy. win a super bowl. make all the naysayers kiss your ass. you are the man.

ichiro - i love baseball. i love playing it (well, it's softball nowadays). i love watching it. you can ask my wife. i can live and die with the braves, even in a "meaningless" game in the middle of june. as a matter of fact, it's been a regular appointment the last 14 years barring one during the playoffs to watch them lose to someone i think they should beat. i like chipper a lot. i like andruw jones and watching him more. but it's ichiro that stirs my drink. i don't get to see him much other than highlights on baseball tonight, but he's so good. so good at baseball. a natural rocket arm, speed and hits .330 every year. so good. i would love to play one baseball game as ichiro.

...two from life...

andy - a reliable and trusted voice on sports, music, religion, politics and life in general. we have so much in common it's scary, and i have joked before that he is my long lost brother from another mother. i would be honored to walk a day in his shoes. i'd live 50 yards from a full size basketball court. that'd be cool.

kiker - i do not know a better man. period. you could try and argue with me, but i'd find a way to kick your ass. if you were bigger than me, i'd bring a bat.