In other news, some debate out there whether Al-Zawahiri's latest taunt is bluster or a head's up. I bet on a head's up - my prediction is there will be a major strike in the next 4-6 weeks - either oil, or shopping mall, or someting more shocking. If I'm wrong then I won't make such silly predictions for a while.
In other news, here are some of my proven and past-implemented skills:
- making apple doll heads
- butchering the carcass of a steer, a deer, a moose and ostrich
- cooking a nice crown roast of lamb
- appreciating the poetry of herman hesse but only in English
- rolling and interpreting the I Ching
- taking a car engine apart and being able to mostly put it back together again
- singing karaoke in a biker bar and gaining the applause of bikers
- eating softback novels
- verbally de-escalating suicide attempts
- physically and verbally de-escalating assault attempts
- running quickly
- constructing pine furniture
- constructing and sewing stuffed toy bears
- clapping in time with songs
- skipping stones
- picking deadbolt locks with a pair of non-corrugated paperclips
- climbing dangerously high bridge scaffolding
- developing intricate and comprehensive process diagrams in Visio
- managing software and web application implementations
- whistling higher than anyone i've ever met except the guy who taught me it in grade 10
- playing the violin - when I was 7
- making fire with a spark
- making gunpowder from drugstore ingredients
- making mild but amusing sublimating explosives out of grocery store ingredients
- walking backwards to occlude my tracks in the snow
- juggling with one hand
- juggling with two hands
- waving with one hand
- waving with two hands
- using a double boiler to melt chocolate
- making a papier-mache mask
- coding in visual basic and visual basic script
- tapping out my name in morse code