How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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More than some - less than others...Our dining room has been converted into a library - Zelazny, Anthony, Herbert and Dr Who rule. The children are allowed to keep only their TARDIS playset in there, the TARDIS zipperobe sits in the den. (Keep in mind, we live in the US, so DrWho paraphenalia is rather hard to come by).
Against the wall of our living room, are the missus' and my desks. Each has it's own computer, with the printer and the Wireless Router on the filing cabinet between them. More often than not, I'll have to email her to remind her to check dinner or to go to bed as she'll have the headphones on while surfing the YouTubes.
The eldest boy has a computer in his room on which he surreptitiously surfs for pr0n. I usually browse his Internets history to see if he's found anything I haven't seen yet.
There's an old laptop connected to the telly so that I can watch streaming vid from Netflix on a proper screen.
85% of Weird Al's 'White and Nerdy' applies to me.
I listened to Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy when it was first broadcast on US Public Radio (following the Star Wars radio program!).
I haven't let anybody else cut my hair since I got out of the Navy in '87 (I was a barber) - I cut it myself. I wear a mullet, that makes it easy.
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mullets ruleShow us your mullet, you sexy muthafunka
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all of that sounded really interestinguntil you got to the mullet.
for the love of all things holy and/or nerdy.....please cut off the mullet.
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flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Tue 11 Mar 2008, 0:10,
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^^^^Seconded! Mind you, I've always wondered what a redneck nerd looks like.
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SteamedCleaner, Tue 11 Mar 2008, 15:26,
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