Hes got "skills"

Here is a short excerpt from my little brother's blog. It made me laugh because it is so typical of the type of interactions between him and my dad:

"...on a lighter note, my dad talked to me about the collapse of civilization today. he thinks its gonna happen sooner or later, and that i will survive because i got "skills".....to tell the truth, i'm not real sure what these vaguely hinted at "skills" are, but i can only hope it means i have some latent genetic trait that lets me do cool stuff. like fly. or run real fast. or cook. yeah....that'd be a good one. but anyways, he says that despite the fact that i SUCK at high school, in 60 years when i am an old decrepit geezer, i will survive a world economy collapse."

P.S.
when i spell checked this entry blogger's own spellcheck did not recognize the word "blog". does anyone else find this strange?