A Walking Encyclopedia
I remember when I was a kid, and I was always asking questions. Not just simple questions, but questions about how things worked and why things were the way they were. On more than one occasion, my mother informed me that she was not a walking encyclopedia.
You know what they say about payback. Pumpkin has turned out to be quite the inquisitive little booger. I can answer some of the questions she asks with ease and in detail. But sometimes I think that when I do, I’m shooting myself in the foot. Because when she asks something I don’t know the answer to, she says something like, “Well you should know. You’re so smart!” Kinda makes me feel good and not-so-good at the same time.
Some of her questions are stuff I learned in school, like basic science and such. Others are things that I learned in school and have long-since forgotten. And then there are those questions that make me feel old and behind the times because I don’t know the answer, like “What’s the difference between DVD and Blu-Ray?” or “What is Atro Phex?” Oh, and let’s not forget those meaning-of-life type questions that don’t have any concrete answers.
As much as it drives me nuts sometimes, I’m glad she asks lots of questions. It lets me know that she’s interested in learning, and that’s a good thing.
