A Word About Nerd
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Come on you guys. If you're a nerd you're proud of it. If you're not you aspire to be. I did sports (ok, track, ok pole vaulting actually) in high school and college, and I usually had a girlfriend, but NOTHING made me smile more than someone calline me a nerd. I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants. Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
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Come on you guys. If you're a nerd you're proud of it. If you're not you aspire to be. I did sports (ok, track, ok pole vaulting actually) in high school and college, and I usually had a girlfriend, but NOTHING made me smile more than someone calline me a nerd. I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants. Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
Paul Brower wrote:
I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants.
Ha, I was the 'football guy' and I am proud to admit it. There are few things better for the mind that good physical exertion. I don't know too many of my pure nerd friends from h.s. or asu that have had as much fun as I have. Most of them are afraid of the sun and wouldn't know a lawnmower from a walking stick.
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
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Paul Brower wrote:
I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants.
Ha, I was the 'football guy' and I am proud to admit it. There are few things better for the mind that good physical exertion. I don't know too many of my pure nerd friends from h.s. or asu that have had as much fun as I have. Most of them are afraid of the sun and wouldn't know a lawnmower from a walking stick.
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
Chris Austin wrote:
Most of them are afraid of the sun and wouldn't know a lawnmower from a walking stick.
You know, if the sun wasn't so damn bright, we'd be able to see the difference... :| ;)
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It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.
--Raymond Chen on MSDN
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Come on you guys. If you're a nerd you're proud of it. If you're not you aspire to be. I did sports (ok, track, ok pole vaulting actually) in high school and college, and I usually had a girlfriend, but NOTHING made me smile more than someone calline me a nerd. I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants. Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
Paul Brower wrote:
Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
Moles and trolls, moles and trolls, work, work, work, work, work. We never see the light of day. We plan this thing for weeks and all they want to do is study. I'm disgusted. I'm sorry but it's not like me, I'm depressed. There was what, no one at the mutant hamster races, we only had one entry into the Madame Curie look-alike contest and he was disqualified later. Why do I bother? well... I can't say I "try" to be, I just am. Though I don't fit the stereotypical group, as I camp, hike, even learned some martial arts. But I am not trying to be anything but me. I haven't had a true success. Sure I don't work at McDonald's, and probably do have the most enviable job from my high school class.... but two marriages and two divorces isn't a great track record either, and anyone who tries to make me the success story of the class gets a reminder of those failures. You can pick what ever you want out of the statistics, make it say what ever you want. Others can offer up alternate statistics like the other post here. But to me success comes from being who you are rather than trying to be what you are not. Way back in High School, I once gave a lady a hard time because she had the highest grades in the school, the highest ACT and SAT in the school, and darn near the top of the state and the nation, she was the genius of geniuses. She wanted to be a clothing designer. I said some things I regret now and would love to apologize for, she did not come to the 20 year, I did not come to the 10 year. But be that as it may, competing against someone else is not a sign of success, competing to be the best you can be, is. I wish now I could tell her I learned. At the 20 year the valedictorian of the class wanted to make sure he bought more tickets to help one of our members who had severe cancer. Cancer tends to run amok in many classes, but especially those from a Uranium mining town (yes I am a country hick, even in joking, I am quite serious). I let him, I donated instead. I would have no use to win the raffle, so buying a ticket didn't matter to me, competing with Gene didn't matter to me, but serving the cause did. How much I donated only I and the ticket seller knows. Be who you are. No one wins except for themselves. It isn't how many cameras you have, nor if they are Nikon or Cannons or even Sony's :~ It isn't how many cars you own, or computers you have, but if you make a success out of y
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Chris Austin wrote:
Most of them are afraid of the sun and wouldn't know a lawnmower from a walking stick.
You know, if the sun wasn't so damn bright, we'd be able to see the difference... :| ;)
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It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.
--Raymond Chen on MSDN
Shog9 wrote:
if the sun wasn't so damn bright
Get yourself a good pair of shades. :cool:
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
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Shog9 wrote:
if the sun wasn't so damn bright
Get yourself a good pair of shades. :cool:
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
Chris Austin wrote:
Get yourself a good pair of shades.
got my clip-ons! ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Paul Brower wrote:
Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
Moles and trolls, moles and trolls, work, work, work, work, work. We never see the light of day. We plan this thing for weeks and all they want to do is study. I'm disgusted. I'm sorry but it's not like me, I'm depressed. There was what, no one at the mutant hamster races, we only had one entry into the Madame Curie look-alike contest and he was disqualified later. Why do I bother? well... I can't say I "try" to be, I just am. Though I don't fit the stereotypical group, as I camp, hike, even learned some martial arts. But I am not trying to be anything but me. I haven't had a true success. Sure I don't work at McDonald's, and probably do have the most enviable job from my high school class.... but two marriages and two divorces isn't a great track record either, and anyone who tries to make me the success story of the class gets a reminder of those failures. You can pick what ever you want out of the statistics, make it say what ever you want. Others can offer up alternate statistics like the other post here. But to me success comes from being who you are rather than trying to be what you are not. Way back in High School, I once gave a lady a hard time because she had the highest grades in the school, the highest ACT and SAT in the school, and darn near the top of the state and the nation, she was the genius of geniuses. She wanted to be a clothing designer. I said some things I regret now and would love to apologize for, she did not come to the 20 year, I did not come to the 10 year. But be that as it may, competing against someone else is not a sign of success, competing to be the best you can be, is. I wish now I could tell her I learned. At the 20 year the valedictorian of the class wanted to make sure he bought more tickets to help one of our members who had severe cancer. Cancer tends to run amok in many classes, but especially those from a Uranium mining town (yes I am a country hick, even in joking, I am quite serious). I let him, I donated instead. I would have no use to win the raffle, so buying a ticket didn't matter to me, competing with Gene didn't matter to me, but serving the cause did. How much I donated only I and the ticket seller knows. Be who you are. No one wins except for themselves. It isn't how many cameras you have, nor if they are Nikon or Cannons or even Sony's :~ It isn't how many cars you own, or computers you have, but if you make a success out of y
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Come on you guys. If you're a nerd you're proud of it. If you're not you aspire to be. I did sports (ok, track, ok pole vaulting actually) in high school and college, and I usually had a girlfriend, but NOTHING made me smile more than someone calline me a nerd. I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants. Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
Yeah, I'm a nerd, geeks work at the circus.
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Come on you guys. If you're a nerd you're proud of it. If you're not you aspire to be. I did sports (ok, track, ok pole vaulting actually) in high school and college, and I usually had a girlfriend, but NOTHING made me smile more than someone calline me a nerd. I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants. Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
lol...First post I read surfing on my Wii, and it's about being a nerd. Guilty. :)
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Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
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Come on you guys. If you're a nerd you're proud of it. If you're not you aspire to be. I did sports (ok, track, ok pole vaulting actually) in high school and college, and I usually had a girlfriend, but NOTHING made me smile more than someone calline me a nerd. I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants. Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
Sometimes I wonder if the classification for girls is different. I am not 100% nerd, but the test said I should at least apply to MIT. I personally like the nickname Geek Girl. However, now my husband calls me 'My Narcoleptic Indian Flower.' Nothing geeky or nerdy about that nickname.
__________________ Bob is my homeboy.
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Come on you guys. If you're a nerd you're proud of it. If you're not you aspire to be. I did sports (ok, track, ok pole vaulting actually) in high school and college, and I usually had a girlfriend, but NOTHING made me smile more than someone calline me a nerd. I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants. Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
I work with some that I check outside if it starts to rain...
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Come on you guys. If you're a nerd you're proud of it. If you're not you aspire to be. I did sports (ok, track, ok pole vaulting actually) in high school and college, and I usually had a girlfriend, but NOTHING made me smile more than someone calline me a nerd. I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants. Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
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Come on you guys. If you're a nerd you're proud of it. If you're not you aspire to be. I did sports (ok, track, ok pole vaulting actually) in high school and college, and I usually had a girlfriend, but NOTHING made me smile more than someone calline me a nerd. I look back at guys I went to high school with ... the 'soccer guy', and the 'football guy', and the 'cool guy'. They're used car salesmen, and managers of fast food restaurants. Come on ... it's good to be a nerd.
Living well is the best revenge. Out of the set of bastards that made my life miserable in high school, the football star has become an overweight chiropractor and his buddy has disappeared into the depths of local trailer parks, Budweiser, and NASCAR.
Software Zen:
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Sometimes I wonder if the classification for girls is different. I am not 100% nerd, but the test said I should at least apply to MIT. I personally like the nickname Geek Girl. However, now my husband calls me 'My Narcoleptic Indian Flower.' Nothing geeky or nerdy about that nickname.
__________________ Bob is my homeboy.
I would never call a girl a nerd, but any girl who holds half my 'nerdy' interests will also be of an elevated stature to me. (The wife watches Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica AND has read every book known to man having anything to do with Dune, Son of Dune, etc.) ... and she's pretty to boot!
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Sometimes I wonder if the classification for girls is different. I am not 100% nerd, but the test said I should at least apply to MIT. I personally like the nickname Geek Girl. However, now my husband calls me 'My Narcoleptic Indian Flower.' Nothing geeky or nerdy about that nickname.
__________________ Bob is my homeboy.
:)BTW, let me know if you need any help with the Celine Dion thing.
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Living well is the best revenge. Out of the set of bastards that made my life miserable in high school, the football star has become an overweight chiropractor and his buddy has disappeared into the depths of local trailer parks, Budweiser, and NASCAR.
Software Zen:
delete this;The 'Star' soccer player and 'Star Hottie Soccer Player/Cheerleader' are now as follows: - Noel, is a used car salesman, bald, overweight. - Paige (n'er was there a male that didn't drool over her at least once in high school) married Noel, she has six kids and is very overweight. Now, having said this, I don't mean to offend anyone who is overweight, or bald or a salesman for that matter. However, I DO mean to rub it in to anyone who was a 'Star Hottie' in high school or college, and thought they were better than everyone else, and who now suffer the agony of being less than they thought they would be. To them I toast, over them I secretly gloat.