
My cousin L e-mailed me this, and I thought it was interesting.
Things I can't do (that lots of people can):
1. Whistle
2. Ride a bicycle
3. Play any video game with any proficiency whatsoever
Things I can do (that lots of people can't):
1. Drive stick
2. Read tarot cards
3. Make bread from scratch (also soup, sauce, cake, etc.)
4. Do most anything four different ways in Photoshop
Things I like (though my demographic group is supposed to hate them):
1. Stephen King
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. Big band music
Things I hate (though my demographic group is supposed to like them):
1. Romantic comedies
2. Most of the music of the sixties, except for the Beatles
3. Chick music
These things are available at regular stores, but I go out of my way to get the schmancy variety:
1. Organic whole-milk yogurt (health-food store)
2. Loose tea (mail-order)
3. Mead "Fat Little Bungee Book" notebooks (office-supply store halfway across town)
I'm the only one among my friends who likes these things:
1. Bluegrass
2. Renaissance music
3. Pogo