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My latest Nerdery Public column is SIX OF THE BEST… things about starting a restrictive diet, and to my surprise, it doesn’t suck as bad as I’d thought.
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SIX OF THE BEST… things about Herman’s Head
With all the positive noise being made about Inside Out (which, sadly, I still haven’t seen), I wanted to take a moment to take you back to the 1990s, to Sunday nights on Fox, to a show about a fact-checker … Continue reading
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about seaQuest DSV
Twenty-two years ago, Steven Spielberg brought a Rockne S. O’Bannon (creator of Farscape) show to NBC about a vision of the near future where the oceans were the new frontier and the guy from Jaws was the man in charge … Continue reading
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SIX OF THE BEST… alternatives to classic card games
Because you can’t play Gin Rummy all the time, here are SIX OF THE BEST… alternatives to classic card games.
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons I keep coming back to the Anita Blake novels
Whenever I tell people about the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton, I tell them to stop reading after the eighth book — before they get to the muddled middle that was everything from Cerulean Sins through about Hit … Continue reading
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Tagged action, anita blake, book, books, familiarity, internal monologue, investment, laurell k. hamilton, nostalgia, novels, sex scenes
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about pooping at work
Unfortunately, we can’t always poop at home. Sometimes we have to brave public bathrooms at restaurants or stores, in which case we do the best we can and get out as quickly as possible. But other times we have to … Continue reading
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Tagged automatic lights, farts are funny, home bowl advantage, luxury poopatorium, poop, toilet paper, work, workpoop
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SIX OF THE BEST… ticketing system features
Our new ticketing system at work is so bad that I wrote a column about it. (SIX OF THE BEST… ticketing system features – The Nerdery Public)
SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to be a strict parent
I don’t consider my parents as having been strict. I had rules and chores, and they weren’t onerous, but they were things I had to do. I don’t look back on my time as a kid and think “my parents … Continue reading
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SIX OF THE BEST… alternatives to classic board games
Do you groan when someone in your family pulls out Monopoly, knowing that you’re about to be in for three hours of hell, ending when you all give up because no one is ever going to win? Well, then, this … Continue reading
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Tagged alhambra, bananagrams, betrayal at house on the hill, board games, carcassonne, clue, game, games, gaming, life, monopoly, pandemic, risk, rivers roads and rails, scrabble, seafarers of catan, settlers of catan, sorry, tsuro
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons not to buy a smartwatch
Unless you’ve been living completely off the grid — in which case, how are you reading this? — you’re aware that Apple is releasing a highly-touted wearable called the iWatch. It’s coming this Friday, and you absolutely, positively don’t need … Continue reading
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Tagged apple watch, battery life, casio, databank, iwatch, smartwatch, status symbol, technology, watch, watches, wearables
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SIX OF THE BEST… things about starting a restrictive diet
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SIX OF THE BEST… animated Star Trek episodes
As a (hopefully) regular reader of this column, you should know by now that I love Star Trek. Even the Animated Series. It’s only 22 episodes, but it’s better than you might expect. Here are six to watch. SIX OF … Continue reading
SIX OF THE WORST… side effects of losing your memory
I’m posting this on April 1, but it’s no joke. I’m losing my memory. No one knows why. And it sucks. SIX OF THE WORST… side effects of losing your memory
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Tagged brain elasticity games, cost, forgetfulness, forgetting, medical testing, memory, memory loss, relationships, stress, worry
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SIX OF THE BEST… things to reset when changing jobs
Changing jobs allows you to — for the most part — completely reset yourself, work-wise. SIX OF THE BEST… things to reset when changing jobs – The Nerdery Public
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Tagged bingo, devices, image, job, jobs, lunch, new job, sleep, sleep cycle, work, work habits
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to sleep with your clothes on
There are some times when you just don’t want to sleep naked, or you can’t, or it doesn’t feel right. And that’s perfectly okay. Hell, even if you never want to sleep naked, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with … Continue reading
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Tagged bra, bras, nudity, over-sexualized breasts, pajamas, parenting, sleep, sleeping, warmth
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to sleep naked
SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to sleep naked – The Nerdery Public
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about applying for jobs
Isn’t it great when you go to a company’s careers page, click “apply”, and all it asks for is your name, email, website, and a resume? It doesn’t make you put in all your job history; it doesn’t make you … Continue reading
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