Hyperbolic or not, I'm starting to feel agreement with mousethief and midchuck on that teenagers point...

Sure hope she (my teenager) can start using her talent to pull her own weight a bit. LWe know she is capable of terribly clever sarcasm, but it gets wearisome rather quickly. Results partly of being raised on "The Simpsons" and exposed to my own acerbic wit...and I guess your beloved offspring have had the same kind of cultural context eh mouse & mid!

At the same time though, if you focus on "worthless" that is what you will get. I'm trying to see the good qualities, which other people keep mentioning to me...

W-O