As learned during an ill-advised reading of an EW article: 1. The good girl role, currently being played by scarily toothpickish Shenae Grimes (Degrassi: The Next Generation) was originally offered to Hillary Duff. 2. Most of the character were created by Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars), who after collecting his paycheck from the devil, dumped this [...]

. A bloghum by Clark Perry Getting you properly prepared on Thursday for your date on Friday, Saturday or Sunday If you’re not a nerd, chances are you’ll date someone who is. Relax. I’m here to help. Contrary to popular belief,nerds have always been pretty good at dating. We just had to keep it under [...]

Gimme that walkie-talkie! Monique from New Jersey guessed yesterday’s random lyric pretty frickin fast. And CH from California incorrectly guessed The Beastie Boys. That will not be the case today. In fact this might be our first official stumper. That all said, which former prep school kid turned one-good-album rocker forever assured his permanent fixture [...]

So the night before last, I went to bed at 1am and got up at 6am. And my mind was racing so terribly that I wouldn’t even have gotten that much sleep if not for Kalimba’s Breathing Exercise. So if you, too, are plagued by racing thoughts at night, do check out her blog post [...]

So, just in case we weren’t make it clear yet, every weekday has a theme on this blog, and though I love Inspiration, Politics ‘n Advice, and Wow Nerd Culture, you know that I maintain a special heart on for entertainment — especially music. So definitely come back for that tomorrow. Til then, here’s Le [...]

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Brian Viehland Apple is the Borg…  and I’m OK with my assimilation so far. Although I have not switched to a Mac due to the limited availability of some of the software I must use for my business, I have dumped my Windows Mobile smart phone, gone through [...]

Apparently, some scientist at UCLA has come up with a cavity-fighting lollipop. I can only assume that he wants to get kissed full-on the mouth by me the first time we meet, and I’m impressed that he went to such extremes to make it happen. Story as reported at TheFutureOfThings.com after the jump?

. A blogumn by Kelli Bielema You can take the girl outta L.A., but can you take L.A. outta the girl? What first drew me to Seattle was that it was not Los Angeles. After 10 years in the Land of Fruits and Nuts, as my father adorably calls it, I was in need of [...]

Guy Nerds Skip This Post and Wait For the Next One… So now that they’re gone… I wanted to let you know that Bust Magazine did a spread on menstrual accessories this month, and there were two particularly clever items: First up, mon.thly.info.com, a website that keeps track of when you’re going to get your [...]

. A blogumn by Delia Hauser (one of the fiercest nerds we know) I have always believed that shoes are the window to a person’s soul; or at the very least, the essence of their personality.  If this is even remotely true, why does it seem like so many people pick the most boring ones [...]