My nerd universe mainly revolves around science fiction, video games and a little technology. Unfortunately, my nerdclinations aren’t going to better society. Memorizing the Star Wars crawls isn’t going to cure cancer. Becoming a level 20 warrior in Dragon Age: Origins isn’t going to find clean, renewable energy. Figuring out how to control my iTunesRead more
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A lot of my friends growing up were nerds. I had a friend in the 8th grade who wore his Starfleet uniform shirt for his class picture, complete with comm badge and captain’s rank insignia. Obviously, for the rest of that year, he was known as “Star Trek guy”, which didn’t seem to bother himRead more
I thoroughly enjoy Twitter. I’ve been on Twitter for over two years and it has benefitted my life. For me Twitter isn’t so much about informing the virtual world that I’m standing in line at Starbucks (though I regularly do that). I find that Twitter’s greatest value is garnering information and insight from those IRead more
To save money, I’ve been without cable TV for 10 months now and I still miss it. I thought that as time progressed my desire to flip through hundreds of channels would eventually diminish. I thought that as time progressed I would find more spiritual activities to fill my time. I thought that as timeRead more
Even though I knew it was hilarious, I missed out on Arrested Development while it was on air. Thanks to Netflix Instant, though, my wife and I have been able to catch up and take in all the hilarity of the Bluth family. Also, as I’ve been sick this week, Netflix Instant has been keepingRead more
I was waiting in line to see Thor and there was a group of nerds ahead of me. I was eavesdropping on their conversation and heard them talking about WOW and leveling up all of their different characters. Even without hearing their conversation, though, I could tell that they were nerds. One had a dragonRead more