Our son is capable of many, many intellectual feats and -- assuming he learns to properly employ his talents -- should/maybe/oughta make an impact in whatever field he chooses.

But the poor soul will never produce a work of art beyond the basic stick figures he's been drawing since he could hold a pencil.

Sorry, Malcolm, but not even 20,000 hours will make a difference for him.

And, dangitall, I was going to include a link to the "Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator," but I see the website is no longer active.

Oh well, here's a snarky Salon article on it (with some great examples):
http://www.salon.com/2011/02/08/malcolm_gladwell_book_generator/


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