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Nerd in Transition: Tackling the Jelly Belly

Oct 21, 2010 Comments Off by

41 1/2, 42, 46 1/2, 29, 13 1/2, 16, 213 Alright nerd friends, any guesses on what this particular number sequence stands for? Math was never my subject, but maybe a few of you out there know of some formula that comes close to looking like this? I’d like to know because this row of [...]

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Nerd in Transition: Seriously, One Day At A Time…

Aug 26, 2010 Comments Off by

. a favorite blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Lett Kelly Says: This blogumn got me in some hot water when it first appeared on FaN. At the time I was coaching roller derby to girls between the ages of 8-16, and while I had discussed my addiciton previously, never had I gone into such great detail. [...]

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Nerd in Transition: No Time? Add Puppy!

Aug 12, 2010 2 Comments by

. a blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Lett In the past five weeks my life has gone from 0 to 70 and I’ve got my foot on the petal. The two biggest changes would be my full time job and some highly demanding acting classes at the Lesly Kahn Institute. Having been unemployed for almost two [...]

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Nerd in Transition: I Got A Job!!!

Jul 29, 2010 4 Comments by

. a blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Lett After almost two years stuck in unemployment I finally have a job. Not just any job, but a big, bad, full time, benefits and all, corporate job. It’s refreshing to be earning money without having to wear an apron or god awful khaki pant uniform. In fact I [...]

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Nerd in Transition: Seriously, Don’t Call Me a Hippie

Jul 15, 2010 9 Comments by

. a blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Lett Just because I am in transition doesn’t mean you have the right to call me a hippie. I have never purchased a Phish CD and I certainly didn’t follow the Dead. In fact when they came to Detroit and I was a teenager some friends went down to [...]

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Nerd in Transition: A Little Person Takes on Big Hollywood

Jul 01, 2010 Comments Off by

. a blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Lett “I have a pretty charmed life.” the voice on the phone says to me. “Really? I find it ironic that you would say that.” I retort. She giggles a little and says,”No really I do. I know it seems like I’ve had it pretty tough, but I’m really [...]

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Nerd in Transition: GOING IN CIRCLES by Pamela Ribon [BOOK WEEK]

Jun 17, 2010 6 Comments by

. a blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Lett What an odd occurrence that I have to write this blog on this day and send it in this week. It’s BOOK WEEK here at Fierce and Nerdy, which is great because coincidentally I was planning to write a book review this week’s edition of NiT. I made [...]

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Nerd in Transition: 90 Days

Jun 03, 2010 8 Comments by

. a blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Lett Friday marks my 90th day of not smoking marijuana. Three whole months without a joint, bong hit, pull on the pipe, blunt, or any sort of edible indulgence. For the past three months I have faced my emotions head on, clear head on that is. In no way [...]

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Nerd in Transition: Life’s a Beach

May 20, 2010 Comments Off by

. a blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Back in middle school one of the “good” Allison’s used to retort “Life’s a beach and then you fry” whenever I would use the more popular vernacular. Well that little snot is nowhere around right now, leaving me free to state that life’s a bitch. We all know it. [...]

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Nerd in Transition: My 32nd Birthday Quinceanara

May 06, 2010 10 Comments by

. a blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Lett Friendship has always been difficult for me. Even among outsiders I am often the castout. Whenever I feel I have finally found my tribe, I end up getting voted out somewhere along the way. The people that do stay in contact with me are generous to a fault [...]

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