What superpowers do you possess?

I’m really good at being mediocre at many things.

^ A Tom-of-all-Trades, as it were. I’ve seen your writing on too many topics to believe that for a minute, @tom_g.

According to my aunt I’m psychic. I do tend to call people when they are in crisis, even if I have not spoken to them in many months. People often tell me I was on their mind when I give them a call.

I can predict the future a lot of the time. I have been right when I have intense feelings something is about to go wrong.

But, I don’t really believe in that sort of stuff.

I am pretty good at reading people though. I don’t mean psychically, but more from an empathic standpoint I guess.

I also make very yummy flan and coca-cola cake.

Oh, and I am very good at guessing what is wrong with people when they are sick. Edgar Cayce died on my birthday years before I was born, and I think I have his soul maybe.

Again, I don’t really believe in that sort of thing, but it sounds like a good story.

You can flex your flan powers with me any time, JLeslie!

My superpowers are packing and gift-wrapping. I’m eerily good at both. And, I have an innate sense of direction that seems to sit well above the norm.

I’m pretty sub-mediocre at just about anything else ;-)

I love gift wrapping! I don’t get much opportunity to do it anymore.

I’ve spent countless hours fishing since early childhood. For this reason, I consider myself a master baiter;)

Aside from fishing skills, fellow golfers have told me that I’m the best putter from off the green that they’ve ever seen. Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn occasionally. If I were a better iron player, I’d be on the green and not off it:)

My other specialty in golf is hitting the driver off the ground which seems to come naturally since no one actually taught me the technique. Perhaps ” ignorance is bliss” would apply here;)

I’ve also been accused of being “too funny” at times which I believe to be a compliment in most cases.

I am strongly guided by intuition and consider reason as frequently unreliable which others tend to disagree with just as frequently. Still, I yam what I yam as a famous sailor used to say!

I have a ridiculous amount of knowledge about Marvel Comics.

I’m a really good house cleaner.

I give exceptional bear hugs.

I win at ‘Rock / Paper / Scissors’

Every. Single. Time.

Animal whisperer and my human intuition is almost always correct. I’m also a speed-reader with a voracious reading appetite. Oh, and my fried chicken will knock your socks off.

I always used to win at rps! But even I can’t claim 100%! That is awesome.

I am a world class overthinker. I respond to something in three sec and a friend will tell me not to overthink. I’m thinking if you knew what went through my mind in that amount of time you would be happy that I just settled for that.

Besides how can I stop overthinking when it is so deeply ingrained its the first place I go.

Oh well.. sometimes its fun.

I know how to keep a secret. Your confidences are safe with me. Not only will I not tell, but no one will even know there’s something I could tell. I’ll play dumb even when others start talking about it. Until you release me, my promise stands.

I like a woman who can keep a secret ;-)

I also know how to make a whistle with a blade of grass. And my chocolate chip cookies never come out burnt around the edges.

I am known among my friends and family as the cat/dog whisperer.

Also, I can quickly find you 100 recipes for whatever ingredient you have on hand, so that you can choose the one that is just right for you, or help you to discover that there are other ideas that you had never dreamed of cooking.

I can and will attend your event and take 300 to 400 plus photos, so that you don’t have to worry about “getting those classic shots” while you’re hosting your party, and I’ll have those posted to your Facebook (privately) before you wake up the next morning.

Who does the dishes ??

I am a master bullshit detector. I credit it to all the defense mechanisms I had as a teen and young adult resulting from my self-esteem issues from an abusive childhood – I bullshitted everyone, including myself. Once I let go of the head-games, I found that I can pick up on signs that others are being insincere or deluded.

My sister is still like you were as a teen, but still hasn’t grown out of it. And she is now 55.

I think the most annoying thing about that kind of behavior is that the bullshitter continuously insults everyone around them by presuming that they are all too stupid to recognize this exploitive, selfish routine.

I think it was Winston Churchill who said (and I am paraphrasing):

“The most valuable trait that a person can have is the ability to easily recognize bullshit when they see it…”

When I feel I’ve been mistreated in some way by a retailer or other type of business, either by a salesperson or by getting a product I didn’t like, I’m very good at obtaining refunds and other types of satisfaction by writing letters or speaking to customer service people on the phone. I once got a movie theater into giving me a free ticket because I complained about how noisy the audience was.

I am a master at being a human. It isn’t always easy because it is extremely limiting compared to home. But with exception of a few, I have pretty much fooled the majority.

Aww, the majority don’t know nuthin’.

They voted for Bush twice, didn’t they…?

Memorizing numbers.

I can almost always silence a screaming child with a look. I inherited the power from my mom.