[lumberjim]

I'm surprised that none of you Bible thumpers haven't suggested going back as Adam and slapping the shit out of Eve before she bit the apple.

For strictly personal pleasure, I'd take the white pill and be Troy Aikman for a week beginning with the 1992 SuperBowl and ending at the Pro Bowl where he had to leave at half time because of a prior engagement. That was his all time high, IMO, and what a rush it would be to trounce the Bills 52-17.

Fucking around with the past is too uncertain. you might think that a major action would have a major effect, when in actuality it might just get glossed over. someone else may fill that role of destiny. while a minor action may have major impact. You might open a door in a hallway, interrupt someone's train of thought, and the combustion engine or the light bulb never gets invented.

If I was actually presented with this chance, i'd have to make it all about personal gain. I'd go back as my dad, and invest heavily in Microsoft stock as soon as it became available, and set up half ownership with my oldest son, to come under his (my)control at age 21. Then I would lay low, and try not to change anything else until the week was up. I might offer myself some advice (would I remember it as a 10 yr old when i got back to my body?) Maybe I'd write down some lottery numbers before I went back, and play them.