When did you convince everyone that you were, in fact, an actual wizard?

While standing directly in front of one of five elevators at work, I was asked,

What makes you think it's going to be that one? To which I responded very seriously,

I always know. Right as the doors opened, and it made me look like some sort of Jedi.

One time I had a girl in my car that I really liked and wanted to impress.

Now, this was in the late 1980s when CD players and cars were really new.

I had a custom installation that worked pretty well, but it had some flaws.

In particular, I had to hit the play button whenever I turned on the car.

Then the amp wouldn't kick in for about 30 seconds for some reason. So I was in the habit of hitting the play button whenever I turned on the car. Then the amp wouldn't kick in for about 30 seconds

for some reason. So I was in the habit of hitting the play button ASAP as I turned on the car so the tunes would start up. So we got in my car, a Mustang convertible at the time, and as usual, I hit the play button as soon as I started the car. But having done this literally hundreds of times, I was very fast and fluid at it, and the girl didn't even notice that I'd done that.

So we pull away. started the car. But having done this literally hundreds of times, I was very fast and fluid at it,

and the girl didn't even notice that I'd done that. So we pull away, driving down the Pacific

Coast Highway in Southern California along the ocean, as I recall. So the girl says, hey, how about

some music? I knew the amp was about to kick in. So without even glancing at her, I snapped

my fingers in front of the CD player,

and the timing was perfect. The music immediately started up. My expression never changed,

like I expect magic things to happen at the snap of my fingers all the time. She just stared at

the CD player, stared at me, and then just shook her head with a little laugh. I felt like

the smoothest king of the smooth

people. On the tennis court, I'm about three courts away from the basket of tennis balls. When I take a

ball out, say loudly to my friend, and now I will take this ball and I will serve it into the basket.

I toss the ball up and hit it in the general direction of the basket. That crap goes straight into the basket like a guided missile.

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