<p>Some people think that the only thing a liberal arts degree will get you is a job at Starbucks. Or that all those of us with liberal arts degrees are interested in talking about are things that end in -ism (you know like feminism or marxism). Maybe you even know someone who has more books than dishes.</p>
<p>There's this horrible myth that those of us with liberal arts educations don't have practical skills.</p>
<p>Okay, I am not going to be building or designing bridges anytime soon like my engineer little brother but I know my around a few power tools.</p>
<p>Outside of teaching and writing a blog, I do have other talents. You may not know this about me but it's true. For example, I can build a <i>killer</i> birdhouse.</p>
<p>It's funny, I didn't know when I was in college that these birdhouses would be so interesting to people. But they are. <i>Still</i>.</p>
<p>Or, I have a doting dAd.</p>
<p>Earlier this week I woke up to a blog post my dAd had written about<a href="http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/" mce_href="http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/bird-houses-as-a-metaphor-walla-walla-artisan-creation/" target="_blank"> me and birdhouses</a>. Aw, shucks&nbsp;<strike> sucks</strike>. Thanks, dAd.</p>
<p>Yeah and did you catch that? My dad <i>blogs</i> (and he takes good photos to boot). How cool is that?! I am so proud of him.</p>
<p>The best part, my MoM tells me that he dominates the computer after dinner now. That's just such a wonderfully silly image.</p>
<p>It makes me totally excited to be flying home in a few short days to spend the holidays with them!!</p>