simplicity = brilliance

In my opinion, one of the most important hallmarks of intelligence is simplicity. My wife has quietly shown this quality on a couple of occasions:

1. always checks out our children's library books in batches of 10. No need to keep track of titles or different numbers. When it is time to return them, you only need to find 10.

2. Not as novel, but a few years back when setting up an email account, she just chose her full, common name, maggiebrandow. it is efficient because people who want to email her know her name. no need to keep track of whether it is first initial, last initial, coolgirl57, or anything else. obviously John Smith would have a tougher time with this approach.