Things I Can't and Can Do

from What Color is Your Parachute. I'm supposed to make two columns and place the words from the image in the corresponding column.

Things I Can't Do

advising

completing

explaining

overseeing

supervising

writing

verbalizing

coaching

counseling

memorizing

leading

financing

Things I Can Do

questioning

repairing

observing

making

sewing

investigating

sorting

learning

proofreading

reasoning

helping

examining

assembling

designing

detailing

judging

experimenting

innovating

Stuff They Should Have at Airports

1. shooting range

2. yoga classes

3. knitting lounge

4. playground

5. a gym with a pool and sauna with complimentary towels and soap

6. chess lounge

7. movie theater

8. speed-dating

9. sleeping-pod rental (like the ones in Japan)

10. a trampoline

11. balloon animals

12. a kitchen

13. a seamster/seamstress

14. a hair salon

15. a botanical garden

16. an off-leash dog park

17. doctors (animal, human, and alien)

18. Girl Scout cookies

19. free hugs from Elmo

20. computer repair

Writing Exercises to Eventually Do

Story starters

1. I could have avoided the whole bloody business if I had only . . .

2. The people at number 10 . . .

3. While shopping the other day, I'll be darned if I didn't come across . .

4. Every morning a crow comes and sits at my window. . .

Other stuff

1. Write a one-hundred word story using only one-syllable words.

2. Write a story that starts and ends with the same line.

3. What's in your fridge?

4. Write a story from an “odd news” headline.

5. Write a story revolving around a song title.