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gridloreIn another community which shall remain nameless, someone actually tried to insult me by calling me a nerd.
Really. He called me a nerd and meant it to hurt.
I laugh. I hung out with itty-bitty phone phreaks before we got a computer and thanks to a friend's father, nearly unlimited access to the Xeorx PARC mainframe. Then we were embryonic hackers, exploring this brave new world in between the latest Apple ][ v. TRS-80 chess war. I helped to write a program in BASIC that generated Traveller characters.
Speaking of RPGs, I've been playing, running, and occasionally writing for them since 1977.
I have an unhealthy obsession with penguins.
I have attended, worked, and been a guest at many SF cons over the past quarter century.
I have a vast collection of obscure Canadian rock music.
I have an account at ThinkGeek.
95% of my t-shirts have a message.
I was part of a email-based virtual community devoted to stalking David Duchovny.
Nerd?
NERD?!?
I am a freaking Über-nerd, and don't you forget it!
Really. He called me a nerd and meant it to hurt.
I laugh. I hung out with itty-bitty phone phreaks before we got a computer and thanks to a friend's father, nearly unlimited access to the Xeorx PARC mainframe. Then we were embryonic hackers, exploring this brave new world in between the latest Apple ][ v. TRS-80 chess war. I helped to write a program in BASIC that generated Traveller characters.
Speaking of RPGs, I've been playing, running, and occasionally writing for them since 1977.
I have an unhealthy obsession with penguins.
I have attended, worked, and been a guest at many SF cons over the past quarter century.
I have a vast collection of obscure Canadian rock music.
I have an account at ThinkGeek.
95% of my t-shirts have a message.
I was part of a email-based virtual community devoted to stalking David Duchovny.
Nerd?
NERD?!?
I am a freaking Über-nerd, and don't you forget it!
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Date: 14 May 2010 02:35 (UTC)considering your qualifications
i salute you!
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Date: 14 May 2010 02:53 (UTC)its "your most nerdly" or "your nerdishness" and dont you forget it!
snort
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Date: 14 May 2010 03:14 (UTC)best,
Joel
Duchovniks Unite!
Date: 14 May 2010 04:15 (UTC)no subject
Date: 14 May 2010 05:03 (UTC)no subject
Date: 14 May 2010 05:19 (UTC)Someone tried it one in person. I just laughed and thanked him.
He looked confused.
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Date: 14 May 2010 06:24 (UTC)no subject
Date: 14 May 2010 07:05 (UTC)Go have a beer, hug a penguin, and laugh in his face.
:D
2600
Date: 14 May 2010 13:27 (UTC)no subject
Date: 14 May 2010 17:41 (UTC)"Stupid macho guy?"
"Brainless thuggee?"
"Founding member, Spanish inquisition?" (nobody expects ... oh.)
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Date: 14 May 2010 22:58 (UTC)And since I have been actively gaming [mainly reffing] since 1973 I grin at our combined gaming 'leetness'.