Dearest Betty, Sometimes I wonder if you might want to be even a little bit cool when you grow up, and then I feel sorry for you because I know that you’ll be afraid to bring your popular-kid friends home for fear of them finding out about your nerdy lineage when they meet you’re not-even-trying-to-hide-how-geeky-we-are [...]

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron IT’S A WRAP THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Roughly 4 million tons of trash are generated annually at Christmas time from wrapping paper and shopping bags.

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 124 Dinner at the Seabrook Club Our family ten strong, woven together by choice and blood, through divorce, remarriage And new generations arriving, dine at long table. “It’s good to be all together,” says Dad. “Growing up in conflict and struggle I didn’t have this.” [...]

And I can’t decide whether I love or despise the resulting Radio Shack commercial:

So on Sunday, I was out to lunch with some old friends from grad school and we got to talking about movies we should have seen by now but still hadn’t after one writer’s wife outted him as having never seen GOONIES. Now that’s crazy, but I realized I’m in a similar situation having never [...]

… but it’s kind of fun — especially when you get into the area of Geeky Nativity Scenes. Click on the pic for more geeky stable takes, including Star Wars, DC Heroes, and Frankenstein. [Source: Geek Orthodox]

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 123 Sea Things Walking the broad beach, John’s Island, SC, hunting for sea things: Tiny linked translucent white shells like fairy wings, fuzzy antler sea plants, Intact sand dollar, clumped carbuncled shells, thin waves tickling the sand.

… is to be impossibly art-skool-cool and hip. Is that too much to ask? Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait from Charlotte Gainsbourg on Vimeo.

A few scattered thoughts: So I’ve been thinking a lot this week about baggage. On Monday, I was worrying in the shower about how to pack for almost two weeks of vacation with a baby when it occured to me that I didn’t really need that much. A few sundresses, a couple of swimsuits, a [...]

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “…AND A PATRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE” EDITION According to PNC Financial Services, the cost of buying all 364 gifts listed in the “12 Days of Christmas” would be $18,348.87.