tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post6821456680314348541..comments2023-12-18T07:59:16.525-05:00Comments on Hats and Rabbits: Those Who Ponder Millenium FalconsChris Matarazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-7920838118813575622011-04-26T11:05:55.975-04:002011-04-26T11:05:55.975-04:00Thanks, MFB (May I call you "MFB"?) It i...Thanks, MFB (May I call you "MFB"?) It is just such a shame that the intellectually successful are often considered failures by the commonly cool! Thanks so much for reading. Wave the geek flag proudly!Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-80130971946077391102011-04-26T03:01:04.761-04:002011-04-26T03:01:04.761-04:00I think I must have been born with the word geek s...I think I must have been born with the word geek stamped on my forehead. This is me sneaking in to see Wrath of kahn.( many times)..me playing live D&D from rules we made up ourselves because at that time not only did LARP not exist but it was a BAD THING. OmG we geeks are the awesome. I'm still a geek/nerd even more so than ever because I married a Geek god, we met via the internet before it was cool in a star wars online game ( TIE fighter) chat club (Mirc) and I work at a computer company and it's my favourite job ever and I'm 45...<br /><br />I love this post! Thank you for writing it!merlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345465867559490309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-64182509161759001072011-03-13T21:46:38.863-04:002011-03-13T21:46:38.863-04:00You're in good company, Larissa. We nerds embr...You're in good company, Larissa. We nerds embrace you and your ilk!Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-89250745083802185112011-03-13T18:29:41.309-04:002011-03-13T18:29:41.309-04:00My students call me a nerd all of the time. I simp...My students call me a nerd all of the time. I simply and sincerely say, "Thank you." <br /><br />~LarissaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-36018536542154905422011-03-12T09:32:43.775-05:002011-03-12T09:32:43.775-05:00Ah, Squidward -- how could I forget? But, perhaps ...Ah, Squidward -- how could I forget? But, perhaps in your case, the prom king and queen were the first truly "cool" ones in prom history.Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-425979173531257382011-03-11T22:19:52.706-05:002011-03-11T22:19:52.706-05:00I personally believe that Han Solo slept sitting u...I personally believe that Han Solo slept sitting upright in his chair with his feet precariously resting upon the controls of the Millennium Falcon while Chewbacca manned the controls and kept his eyes pealed for possible problematic run-ins with the law or perhaps in the smugglers hold he hid a little cot but I think the first is far more likely. <br />Yes, I am nerd and proud to say so and while I like the large majority of your post I must correct the ending. Charlie Sheen may have been prom king but I do not like that you are implying that prom kings are in fact the cool kids. I was the prom queen. <br /><br />~Squidward and her ClarinetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-11468239618844495672011-03-10T21:01:06.975-05:002011-03-10T21:01:06.975-05:00Use the force, Nick. Use the force . . . (Do you s...Use the force, Nick. Use the force . . . (Do you sometimes see ghostly images of myself and Iovino glowing and nodding approvingly at you from the sides of roads?)Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-91521270961390061992011-03-10T19:56:45.943-05:002011-03-10T19:56:45.943-05:00Great great great great great. I find nerds to be...Great great great great great. I find nerds to be the most interesting people on this universal shard. The day I accepted my nerddom was quite liberating indeed.<br /><br />Of course, I learned from you and the Yoda of All Nerds Iovino, so I had somewhat of a head start.Nick Tomasellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05460896929530174192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-90915711788983452002011-03-09T11:36:01.708-05:002011-03-09T11:36:01.708-05:00Wow -- that one quotation is worth more than my en...Wow -- that one quotation is worth more than my entire post. Fantastic. Thanks, Shane.Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-31204430234092750332011-03-09T11:26:15.637-05:002011-03-09T11:26:15.637-05:00I feel compelled to say how much I love John Green...I feel compelled to say how much I love John Green's example:<br /><br />"...nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff. We don't have to be like, 'Oh yeah that purse is okay' or like, 'Yeah, I like that band's early stuff.' Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can't-control-yourself-love it... when people call people nerds, mostly what they are saying is, 'You like stuff', which is just not a good insult at all."<br /><br />Although to be fair, I feel that way about most of what he says...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09892995495266086722noreply@blogger.com