Feb

27

2013

What’s in your skill set?

by Susan Olsen

Robert Heinlein

Robert Heinlein

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”  - Robert Heinlein

Like it? Share it!

by Susan Olsen

A coal miner's daughter who can't sing, lover of liberty, enemy of intellectual sloth, admirer of William Barrett Travis,Stonewall Jackson and Michael Valentine Smith, possessor of a Gonzales flag, a little old lady who is armed and fabulous.

See all posts by Susan Olsen
Visit Susan Olsen's website

Leave a Comment

  • IWKAGGP

    Yup. Have done and can do most of those things on that list.

  • Basel lll

    IWK, you can die gallantly? Prove it.

    • IWKAGGP

      I said most – idiot. When the time comes, I’ll check that one off the list too, however.

  • C. dog e. doG

    Hmmm.
    ?Plan an invasions using ladybugs as frontline against aphids.
    ~Butcher a hog. Does roadkill count?
    ?Design a building. One better than that, built my cabin, replete with bunker.
    ?Write a sonnet. All my missives are in sonnet form ‘cuz they from the heart.
    Incomplete. Trying to balance New Hamster’s gas tax account right now.
    ? Build a wall. See Design a building.
    X Set a bone. I’ve picked them, but never set them.
    X Take and give orders. Meh, not my style.
    ~Cooperate and act alone; mastered one, difficulty with other.
    ?Solve equations: 221 democrats caucusing under Concord’s gilded Dome raise taxes at twice the rate of inflation, how long till Grate State of New Hamster goes bankrupt?

    ¿Change a diaper. Does my own count?

Previous post:

Next post:


Notice in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C., Section 107, some material on this web site is provided without permission from the copyright owner, only for purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research under the "Fair Use" provisions of Federal copyright laws. These materials may not be distributed further, except for "Fair Use" non-profit educational purposes, without permission of the copyright owner.