I love living in Southern California. Most of the time the weather is very moderate. We don’t experience the frigid winters of the east coast nor the sweltering, humid summers of the south. This past week, though, has felt more like Florida than California. Yesterday, while manning the Next Steps table in our church’s courtyard,Read more
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It is fantasy football time again. As I’ve already confessed, in spite of my tremendous nerdiness, I love sports. I love watching sports, I love playing some sports and I love fantasy football. I’ve already had one draft and I have three more coming up this weekend. I know a lot of nerds don’t likeRead more
I’ve finally started watching the original Star Trek. I grew up on The Next Generation and was satisfied with the adventures of Picard and his crew. Now that I’ve gotten around to watching Kirk and company, I am thoroughly enjoying the original series. I recently watched the episode “The Return of the Archons”. In theRead more
This summer I previewed 15 nerdy movies that were being released. I only managed to see and review five of those movies. That’s a pretty bad percentage. Hopefully I can pick up the pace this fall. Check out the nerdy movies coming to a theater near you over the next four months. Riddick – SeptemberRead more
I’ve written before that baseball is the perfect sport for nerds. Nerds need something over which to obsess and baseball more than fills that need. With all of its history, statistics and sabermetrics, baseball provides everything a nerd needs to form an obsession. My baseball nerdom started in high school. Since I was born inRead more
The Internet is a place full of hatred, spite and vitriol. Never was this more apparent than when Ben Affleck was announced as the next Batman. Due to the negativity thrown his way, I thought Affleck had confessed to organizing a dog-fighting ring. I for one really like Ben Affleck. I’ll admit he hit aRead more