http://www.nerderypublic.com The first rule of Nerd Club is...ah hell, go ahead and talk about it. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:25:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seen, and enjoyed - happily linking to here with the hopes of my tattoo-party-wishing readers checking it out and maybe purchasing: http://www.nerderypublic.com/archives/342 I just asked Cameron to put his Daddy's shoes away.  He did - he's a good little helper.  And then I stopped to think about what he'd just had to understand and figure out, and just how amazing it is that our brains put these pieces together. First, you need to ... http://www.nerderypublic.com/archives/341 Sitting here, waiting for laundry, packing for camping.  Discovered an amazing food/beer pairing this evening: Fordham's Summer Forecast seasonal beer ("sunny, hazy, with a chance of raspberry") and a pink snowball cupcake (discussion of the delights of pink snowball cupcakes here, though mine were Walmart knock-offs).  Grownup bed-time snack delight. Confession: ... http://www.nerderypublic.com/archives/340 Yesterday was our ten year anniversary.  My mother-in-law graciously offered to watch the kids so that we could go out for dinner, which was both a wonderful meal and a wonderful date.  (Knew there were a lot of reasons I married him: marrying into his family was actually one of ... http://www.nerderypublic.com/archives/339 We're in the midst of a home renovation project.  Essentially, we decided that it made more sense to add a little bit more elbow room to our current house than to increase and reset our mortgage payment.  We're pretty happy with the crew that we chose to do the work ... http://www.nerderypublic.com/archives/338 Kudos to Monica Hesse for structuring her article on using Google Trends (about link here) to investigate community values such that she got to end with the closer: "Using Google Trends to ascertain community standards? Well, that's just comparing apples and orgies." Delicious. http://www.nerderypublic.com/archives/337 An article link dropped in my in-bin reads "Should Remote Workers Earn More?".  First reaction: h*** no!  (Note: I haven't yet read the article yet - will give my reaction/thinking, and then see if the article offers any insights I hadn't considered.) Argument 1: Remote workers don't have the same commuting ... http://www.nerderypublic.com/archives/336 Very nice post on Brazen Careerist entitled 'Seven Reasons why graduate school is outdated'.  I'd like to add to her comments with a few items as to why I believe grad school isn't as useful as I once thought.  These thoughts are shaped by both my own experiences in an ... http://www.nerderypublic.com/archives/335 My sister's getting married in a few months, so in typical sibling fashion, I want to show up in a stunning dress that's, oh, a size or two smaller than I am now, with abs of steel to show off in the hotel pool.  That's probably a bit too lofty ... http://www.nerderypublic.com/archives/334 I've been dreaming of starting my own company.  It's happened before, and nary a business plan or a change in business card has yet come about, so it's unfortunately unlikely to pass.  Any company I work for, I start to think how I'll do things differently in my company.  MY ... http://www.nerderypublic.com/archives/333