Because why not write a blog on such important matters?

The idea for this blog came from an internal conversation among a few of us and was assembled just for fun. Everyone’s input was included, including those that were disputed; this is not a terribly scientific list. But I digress.

Here’s our list of random things everyone should know how to do. What would you add?

Melissa

• Change a tire
• Drive a stick shift
• Read a map
• Know north/south/east/west in your home town
• Calculate a 15-percent and 20-percent tips in your head
• Tie a tie
• Put together a résumé
• Parallel park
• Perform CPR
• Start a charcoal fire with a wad of paper and a match
• Measure the amount of air in a tire and find a tire’s air pressure requirement
• Correctly complete a job application
• Change an air filter in your home
• Properly order steak or eggs at a restaurant
• Doggy paddle
• Float
• Kill a zombie
• Walk like an Egyptian (or Tarkanian)
• Write in cursive
• Tell time the old fashioned way
• Do the Running Man
• Find and operate your electrical box
• Operate your household appliances
• Access and log into all of your household’s accounts
• Walk in heels
• Take a shot without wincing
• Talk sports
• Use a Neti-pot
• Hard boil an egg and plunge a toilet, not necessarily at the same time
• Ask for what you want
• Use a drill
• Be able to turn off all the water in your house
• Spell (or know how to use spell check)
• Do laundry (without changing your whites funky colors)
• Load a dishwasher properly
• Know important phone numbers by heart