{"id":7876,"date":"2010-08-18T12:52:56","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T16:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=7876"},"modified":"2010-08-19T11:11:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T15:11:10","slug":"super-powers-for-the-rest-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/super-powers-for-the-rest-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Powers for the Rest of Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markstivers.com\/wordpress\/?p=648\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"'Super Powers,' by Mark Stivers (click for entire original)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/2010-07-31-Super-powers_stivers_sm.gif?resize=500%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"smalltext\"><em>[&#8216;Super Powers,&#8217; by Mark Stivers. <a title=\"Mark Stivers: 'Super Powers'\" href=\"http:\/\/www.markstivers.com\/wordpress\/?p=648\" target=\"_blank\">Click<\/a> to view the full set of six.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Given a choice, I think the caption below my portrait &#8212; in ten words or less &#8212; would say something like <span style=\"font-size: 95%; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-variant: small-caps;\">writes brilliant stories one hour at a time<\/span>*. (My Kryptonite: the Internet.)<\/p>\n<p>Yours?<\/p>\n<p>_______________<\/p>\n<p><strong>* Edit to add:<\/strong> Just to make it plain &#8212; this is not a super power I <em>have<\/em>. (The operative words above: <em>given a choice<\/em>.) God, no. It&#8217;s a super power I&#8217;d <em>love to have<\/em> &#8212; a super power I&#8217;d have <em>if<\/em> I were my ideal superhero.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edit to add, 2:<\/strong> Now that I&#8217;ve read all these other great ideas, I think maybe the super power I already have is something like: <span style=\"font-size: 95%; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-variant: small-caps;\">can spot important trends with 20\/20 hindsight<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[&#8216;Super Powers,&#8217; by Mark Stivers. Click to view the full set of six.] Given a choice, I think the caption below my portrait &#8212; in ten words or less &#8212; would say something like writes brilliant stories one hour at a time*. 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