Parental Expertise
After many years of hearing "that's a question for your dad" or "your mom could probably answer that better than I could" I have compiled an easy reference list of my parents' respective areas of expertise for any of you who may have pressing questions while staying at my house/talking to my parents/lying in bed at night and think it might be a good idea to call my parents and ask them:
You should ask my mom if you want to know about:
Cooking Things
The Family Tree
Russian History
The British Royal Family (Modern or Historical)
The Holocaust
Money Things (my dad knows this stuff too but my mother can give very good explanations)
Jewish Things
Famous Authors
Obscure Facts About People She Went To High School With
My Childhood
My Brother's Childhood
How To Make Beer
Navigation in San Diego
The Romanovs
Whether Anastasia Survived
Good Movies
Bad Movies
The Library Of Congress System
Obscure Bible Stories
Familiar Bible Stories
The Old Lutheran Hymnal
Martin Luther
Laundry Things
You should ask my dad if you want to know about:
How Things Work (pretty much anything)
What Things Are Made Of
Chemical Things
Molecule Things
Douglas Reeman Novels
Bad Sci-Fi
Good Sci-Fi
Graduate School
Military Things
World War II
Airplane Things
Winston Churchill
Nuclear Weapons
Douglas Adams (my mother could probably answer these questions but not from reading the books, just from listening to people who have read the books go on and on and on about them for upwards of 25 years)
The Lord Of The Rings
Superglue
The Manhatten Project
a large category known as Stuff which I find indescribable
Star Wars
You could ask either if you want to know about:
The West Wing
Victorian Card Games
Wing 6
You should probably go look in a book if you want to know about:
Sports
Modern Art
Birds of Antarctica
The Gross National Product Of Sweden
Ok Jack:
You should ask my brother if you want to know about:
300
Internet Things I Do Not Care About
Mohawks
Company Commander
Legos
Gaming
Squirrels
You should ask my mom if you want to know about:
Cooking Things
The Family Tree
Russian History
The British Royal Family (Modern or Historical)
The Holocaust
Money Things (my dad knows this stuff too but my mother can give very good explanations)
Jewish Things
Famous Authors
Obscure Facts About People She Went To High School With
My Childhood
My Brother's Childhood
How To Make Beer
Navigation in San Diego
The Romanovs
Whether Anastasia Survived
Good Movies
Bad Movies
The Library Of Congress System
Obscure Bible Stories
Familiar Bible Stories
The Old Lutheran Hymnal
Martin Luther
Laundry Things
You should ask my dad if you want to know about:
How Things Work (pretty much anything)
What Things Are Made Of
Chemical Things
Molecule Things
Douglas Reeman Novels
Bad Sci-Fi
Good Sci-Fi
Graduate School
Military Things
World War II
Airplane Things
Winston Churchill
Nuclear Weapons
Douglas Adams (my mother could probably answer these questions but not from reading the books, just from listening to people who have read the books go on and on and on about them for upwards of 25 years)
The Lord Of The Rings
Superglue
The Manhatten Project
a large category known as Stuff which I find indescribable
Star Wars
You could ask either if you want to know about:
The West Wing
Victorian Card Games
Wing 6
You should probably go look in a book if you want to know about:
Sports
Modern Art
Birds of Antarctica
The Gross National Product Of Sweden
Ok Jack:
You should ask my brother if you want to know about:
300
Internet Things I Do Not Care About
Mohawks
Company Commander
Legos
Gaming
Squirrels