I can...

AidelMaidel challenges me to do an "I can" exercise. So...here goes. The rules are that you have to type as much as you can think of in 15 minutes.

• I can make a good cup of tea
• I can write better after I make it
• I can explain difficult philosophical concepts like Kant's transcendental unity of apperception
• I can explain Aristotle's concept of virtue so that a teenager will think it is relevant
• I can grade like a demon when I need to
• I can help students to write really good essays
• I can set up a blog
• I can set up a course site in Moodle
• I can teach my colleagues the basics of Moodle in about an hour
• I can answer most of their questions about Moodle.
• I can hand piece a quilt top
• I can hand quilt a quit, although I usually tie them
• I can knit an afgan, scarf, or baby sweater
• I can knit an adult sweater, though it is unlikely to fit the adult for whom it was intended
• I can solve a difficult sudoku puzzle in 15 minutes, sometimes
• I can do difficult logic problems
• I can let a child deal with his own consequences
• I can talk to a gay teen boy about sex
• Even the embarrassing parts
• I can talk to other teens about sex
• I can deal with lying far better than I thought I could
• I can parent with rarely imposing consequences
• I can take a sick sort of fun out of creative consequences when I need to
• I can teach children to do many things
• I can cook a decent meal
• I can (finally!) make clouds and snow
• I can not escalate even when a kid is trying to make me
• I can detach with love when I try
• I can clean and light the pilot light in a gas oven
• I can change the filter in the furnace
• I can fix the innards of a toilet so that it will stop running non-stop for a while
• I can clean a clogged drain
• I can sew a simple outfit
• I can admire other people's gardens
• I can get angry
• I can cry
• I can be civil even when I don't want to be
• I can sometimes write things other people want to read
• I can type too fast for things like this meme
• I can read an essay quickly and give students helpful feedback.
• I can shut up and listen, when I remember to
• I can often help people brainstorm solutions to problems
• I can teach my sister how to do very basic things on the Internet over the phone
• I can let things go and not let them make me crazy
• I can worry like nobody's business
• I can watch a movie or TV show and find symbolism that my kids will be certain I just made up
• I can make a plan for a trip
• I can read a novel in a day
• I can use a jigsaw and an electric drill with confidence
• I can shovel snow
• I can ask for help
• I can bake bread
• I can comb out a ShihTzu
• I can figure out problems
• I can diagram an argument and tell you if it is valid, strong, or fallacious
• I can do that with Venn Diagrams or truth tables, or deductions as appropriate
• I can research
• I can get very passionate about causes
• I can lobby state senators, even though I hate it
• I can mentor others
• I can love people who make me crazy

Time.

Your turn.