Childhood Drawing, Typing-Class Pranks & Every Power Man

Recorded in January 2021, a conversation about handwritten notes reveals how differently the hosts work. Michelle enjoys writing by hand but never became a confident touch typist; Henrique considers his handwriting nearly unreadable and types anything important. He still remembers the keyboard mnemonics from the school computer-skills class that taught him one of the few lessons he says he uses every day.That useful class also became a playground for teenage computer pranks. Henrique recalls classmates bypassing the school's FoolProof restrictions, running games from discs, triggering system sounds and quickly hiding Doom whenever the teacher walked past. Their disruptions escalated to a rapidly flashing PowerPoint screen—a hazardous stunt remembered here as youthful misconduct, not a trick to copy or a guide to defeating computer security.The conversation shifts from typing to drawing. Henrique says he filled notebook after notebook with childhood art but became discouraged when he felt his skills were not improving. Michelle, by contrast, remembers inventing original characters and little princesses with special powers. Henrique also tried to copy X-Men characters from paused videotapes, draw Wolverine's recognizable mask and avoid the exhausting web pattern on Spider-Man's costume.Then comes the confession he has apparently carried for decades: Henrique created Every Power Man. Marked with an EPM emblem, this childhood superhero could fly, use super strength, fire lasers or display any new ability the drawing required. Michelle finds the idea completely reasonable for a young artist, while Henrique treats it as a creative scandal. Between typing memories, obsolete school computers and one hero with unlimited powers, the episode becomes an affectionate argument about talent, embarrassment and the things children make before self-consciousness takes over.LinksEmail the hosts: [email protected]