BSD Mailbag: June 17, 2022

Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesWhy hello again! I think this is my first BSD Mailbag in my 7 years as a staff member. I’ve answered questions here and there, but not once had I written one of these on my own. So, to those who showered me with questions, I give my many thanks!

Why is it that my otherwise smart, gifted, and talented wife can’t wrap an extension cord or garden hose?

~LionfanAllan

I’ve always found it striking that the people who are so adept at specialized tasks can sometimes be so inept at the basic ones. And likewise with the opposite, people who are really good at the “common sense” tasks tend to have real trouble with the ones that require…