Photo credit: Nutschig.

I saw my optometrist last night, something I do every year, because it qualifies me to get a touch-up job if my Lasik surgery ever goes horribly wrong.

He did a test where he held a little red ball on a handle in front of me, and told me to follow it with my eyes as he moved it around. Afterward he made a note, and said, “I can tell you’re a reader.”

“Why?” I asked.

“Because you track with your eyes so well. I only see that level in people who love to read, and kids who play a lot of video games.”

It was a completely new idea to me that there could be anyone who couldn’t track the little red ball easily.

How about that? I have one highly developed physical skill. I think it’s the only one, too.