December 2010
Things I am bad at estimating
* How much time things will take * How much time I have available * How funny I am * How much something will affect me emotionally * How tall I am * How pregnant
Things people own, but don’t use
Stairmaster, thighmaster, or any other exercise device Exercise DVDs Fine China Rough India Encyclopedias (and so many other books) Art Plants Children Awkward clothes and costumes from eras past Musical instruments (for non-professional musicians)
Things at which I am worse than average
I would say that more than 50% of the population is better than me at… Dancing Flexibility Women and Relationships Sports and sports trivia Staying uninjured Music Non-Internet, non-1990s pop culture Fashion Car repair and car types Major purchases Avoiding paradoxes while time traveling or manipulating reality1 I need to work on this one [↩]
Movies for which a sequel is totally inappropriate
Whenever I imagine a sequel that should not be made, I always imagine the title will be “[movie title]: [greater amount of movie title]” or “[movie title] 2: Electric Boogaloo.” Try it with any of the movies on this list: Fair Game: the Valerie Plame story Titanic Philadelphia The Sixth Sense The Passion of the…

Ironically, he didn't see it coming.