Are you good at multitasking? Bad at it? If you're a reader, can you follow a novel while listening to the news or music, and thumping the brats? If you're a writer, can you write the next Great [American, Aussie, Brit,..., Ukrainian] Novel while posing at your real day job?

Stanford University begs to differ. Though unexpected, their test results show that people who consider themselves good multitaskers stink at it, while the more humble folk, who think they're rotten at it, excel by comparison. Here is Stanford University's report on multitasking research.

Their research left out poor souls like Yours Truly, who stink even at single-tasking.