. a blogumn by Monique King-Viehland Image Upload Credit: Kok Leng Yeo In March 2009 in the midst of discussions about their planned launch of a long range missile, which they argued was carrying a satellite, North Korea issued a statement that read, “If the enemies recklessly opt for intercepting our satellite, our revolutionary armed [...]

Being on the scared-not-smug side of pregnant women, I find this song fascinating for the same reason that I used to find bridezillas fascinating as an (I hope) pretty low-key bride. Oh, and funnily enough, I’ve met the woman on the left through Chi Chi’s Word Parlor on two occasions — but before I got [...]

Ugh, our 90s theme week ended in a total stomping. Gudrun from “Secret Life of a Nerd Girl” took advantage of the holiday and guessed on Monday that Friday’s lyric was from “Common People” by Pulp. So basically, you guys suck and beat me 4 to 1, but don’t get too happy — that shite [...]

. a blogumn by slpc Last week, you chose the name for the pandemic that is still sweeping the nation. The nerdy (and inaccurate, as pointed out by ThoughtChuck) moniker, H1N1, lost by just one vote to its even more inaccurate predecessor, SWINE FLU. I personally voted for H1N1 because, if I died of this [...]

This morning I waited for our new sofa, then breakfast at Fox’s. Now I’m trying to get a lot of work done from home before I head over to the old house to supervise the move-out cleaners for the rest of the afternoon. And by “supervise,” of course I mean that I’m going to read [...]

. a blogumn by Ryan Dixon NOTES ON A ROBOT REVOLUTION Photo by Ariel Boston I awoke with tears in my eyes. Being only eight years old, it was the first time I had ever had a dream emotionally powerful enough to make me cry. It was a dream that not only provided me with [...]

Photo by Rick Audet Happy Memorial Day Weekend, guys! Before we get into the best comments of the week, friendly reminder to enter your date and time in the Baby Betty Pool. Betty won’t guess her birth date and time by herself, now will she? She needs suggestions. HELLO FRIDAY re: Fierce OR Nerdy: Swine [...]

:( I’m feeling sorry for myself, b/c Jessica from the Internet guessed correctly that yesterday’s lyric was from “I Go Blind” by Hootie and the Blowfish, which mean that you guys have already won our 90s-themed week. How sad. But let’s see if I can get out of here with some dignity intact. Basically, this [...]

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron LUNCH MONEY EDITION The USDA allows salsa to be counted as a vegetable in public school lunches provided the amount per serving is more than 2 tablespoons.   Photo by Sean Lamb

. a small Miranda story by Aimee Swartz Aunt Ginny was the one who told us our dad was dead. Aunt Ginny was my dad’s older sister. She had no children, but she always had fruit chews that never went stale no matter how much time went by. Although Aunt Ginny smiled a lot and [...]