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.

There's this horrible myth that those of us with liberal arts educations don't have practical skills.

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.

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 <em>killer</em> birdhouse.

It's funny, I didn't know when I was in college that these birdhouses would be so interesting to people. But they are. <em>Still</em>.

Or, I have a doting dAd.

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/" target="_blank"> me and birdhouses</a>. Aw, sucks. Thanks, dAd.

Yeah and did you catch that? My dad <em>blogs</em> (and he takes good photos to boot). How cool is that?! I am so proud of him.

The best part, my MoM tells me that he dominates the computer after dinner now. That's just such a wonderfully silly image.