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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… ways to stop cheating
As nerds, we usually abhor cheating when we’re part of a contest (unless the game calls for cheating as part of the play itself). We think that victories won by cheating are hollow and tainted, and we’re not alone. We … Continue reading
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SIX OF THE BEST… ways technology depresses us
Lately I’ve been having some real struggles with my depression, and I think a lot of them are related to how much technology I use. In that vein, here are six of the best ways technology depresses us. SIX OF … Continue reading
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Tagged casual gaming, computers, depression, digital records, distraction, double depression, dysthymia, gamification, jones in the fastlane, keeping up with jones, neurotypical, passive interaction, sleep, technology
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SIX OF THE BEST… poop revelations
My partner filled in for me last week, but I posted it to the wrong blog. Oops. SIX OF THE BEST… Poop Revelations – enjoy!
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Tagged celestia price, farts, guest writer, home bowl advantage, let it go, poop
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SIX OF THE BEST… annoying bugs
Let’s face it: there are plenty of bugs in the world that we really wish didn’t exist. But there’s a reason for everything in nature — even the duck-billed platypus. With that in mind, here are SIX OF THE BEST… … Continue reading
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Tagged ants, arachnids, bugs, cockroaches, duck-billed platypus, fruit flies, house centipedes, insects, mosquitoes, spiders, wasps
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SIX OF THE BEST… Harry Potter soundtracks
Since this Friday is Harry’s 35th birthday, I figured we could take a look at six of the best Harry Potter soundtracks. Because they’re pretty good. SIX OF THE BEST… Harry Potter soundtracks – The Nerdery Public
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Tagged alexandre desplat, chamber of secrets, deathly hallows, goblet of fire, half-blood prince, harry potter, john williams, nicholas hooper, order of the phoenix, patrick doyle, prisoner of azkaban, sorcerer's stone, soundtrack, soundtracks
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to watch the movie first
I watched the Divergent movie before I read the book. Now, here are SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to watch the movie first over at Nerdery Public.
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Tagged books, divergent, game of thrones, movies, seveneves, shailene woodley, stardust, tales of the south pacific
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SIX OF THE BEST… French people in genre TV and film
In honor of the storming of the Bastille, here are six of the best French people in genre fiction. SIX OF THE BEST… French people in genre TV and film – The Nerdery Public
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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Tagged herman's head, inside out, leslie nielsen, television, the simpsons, tv
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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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Tagged apples to apples, card games, fluxx, games, gaming, gin rummy, go fish, hearts, kurt, mille bornes, monopoly deal, poker, quiddler, skip bo, spades, spite and malice, spot it, uno
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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 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 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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