At six months old I learned sign language When I was three I taught myself how to play the guitar acoustic of course At five I was able to read in six different languages including Dolphin EE EEEK My mom thinks I’m brilliant but I’m not so sure Do true geniuses crave candy 24 hours a day A real genius Albert Einstein once said It’s not that I’m so smart it’s just that I stay with problems longer I feel the same way It’s not that I’m supersmart I’m just really REALLY curious Luckily my dad and I share a ginormous workshop behind my house It’s a great place to create or break all kinds of stuff
My grandpa built the workshop like a hundred years ago Loads of his old cars dusty boats rusty motors and other odd items still fill the rotting shed If it flew rolled or floated there’s a good chance it’s hiding in there somewhere My dad grew up tinkering with stuff too In fact he’s so good at building things that last year he created a satellite from a car radio a spare tire an aquarium and the rear seat of a minivan A few weeks ago we launched the satellite into space from our backyard It Was AWESOME Kids at school didn’t believe me when I told them about the satellite until I showed them the FBI footage Don’t ask
Earth Spare Tire Minivan Seat Aquarium Car Radio One day while I downloaded data from the satellite my dad rolled up on his rusty old motorcycle Your piano lesson starts in ten minutes he said taking off his helmet But I’m tracking asteroids I replied There’s dozens of them whizzing by today Dad walked over and peeked at the data
How’s the satellite looking he asked adjusting his glasses It’ll be fine I assured him It doesn’t seem like any of the roids will take it out That’s good news he said opening the workshop door Because I have work to do After reading a news article about a fisherman who fell overboard Dad towed an old boat into our workshop Then he started designing a safety system for fishing boats His idea was to cover each crewmember’s jacket pants and boots with thousands of tiny magnets and rig the fishing boat with a superpowered magnet If a fisherman fell in the water the magnet could pull him back to the
