What is a Nerd exactly? According to Dictionary.com:
nerd [nurd] -noun Slang.
- a stupid, irritating, ineffectual, or unattractive person.
- an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit: a computer nerd.
Origin: 1960–65, Americanism; obscurely derived expressive formation
Huh. Well, I for one certainly disagree with the first definition. There have been strong associations and stereotypes for nerds over the years, but I think it’s safe to say that while some nerds may meet and exceed such stereotypes, nerds today come in many different shapes and sizes. As for the second definition, I think they’ve got it generally right, but their definition is a little outdated. In today’s day and age a nerd’s obsession very rarely has to be nonsocial. Thanks to the internet most nerds have found that their obsessive pursuits, no matter how strange or obscure, are not singularly their own. There’s always someone into the same thing somewhere out there that you can connect with and bask in the nerdalicious glow of D&D, Star Wars, or the mysteries of turtle migration. A nerd is simply a person that gets passionate about a subject, hobby, or topic, and learns as much as they can about it. Now, all bets are off. Anyone can be a nerd. And nerds today don’t have to worry as much about suffering socially as they once did. I think people have started to realize that nerds make really good movies, music, art, science and just about anything else you can think of. Now the popular culture is realizing something us nerds have known all along: It’s cool to be a nerd.
What a great post. Will we ever hear any more about beers you recommend? Hmm…
Awesome! Another Austin blogger! You can’t have too many. Go for it Aaron!
Hear hear! To beer!
That is perhaps one of the best pictures of Bill I’ve ever seen.
Bill, you’ve managed to look like a Hobbit.
My two beers of choice this summer have been Blue Moon and Mothership Wit. I know drinking Blue Moon lines the pockets of the folks at Coors – and I do feel bad about that – but it’s just so damn tasty. A nice smooth Belgian White that is suddenly available everywhere. Plus, cheap! I guess that’s the Coors influence. But hey, at least they’re not trying to fool me with bottles that change colors or sing songs or anything.
Mothership is my summer beer of choice. The very definition of a light refreshing summer beer, this brew almost tastes like lemon-flavored iced tea. Plus, organic! (if that sort of thing appeals to you.) The only problem is price. If you go to Central Market, you can usually get a six-pack in the 7-8 dollar range, but many other shops will try to gouge you for the suddenly (and sadly) standard 9.99.
I just realized that my usual summer standard – Bohemia – has not made even one appearance in my fridge this year. I shall have to remedy that situation posthaste!
I dug that Bombshell Blond stuff you had at one of the post-show impromptu gatherings in the Off Center parking lot. Good shit!
That, my friend, is my beer of choice for this summer. I have been raving about it all summer and hope to get a post on it up soon.
I’m still up in the air about Warehouse 13. I keep recording it and watching it, but it almost seems like I look forward to watching it more than I enjoy the actual episode. I’m hoping that it will really grab me soon, but I don’t feel like there is enough variety in personality in the ensemble. With the addition of the new tech savvy youngster there is just one more loud and stubborn member on the team. The look of the show is pretty cool though, and that’s probably what will keep me coming back, at least through the end of the season.
Eureka on the other hand I love. Even when it’s retarded in plot development I can’t get enough. It’s like a sci-fi soap opera.
Bill is the tallest hobbit ever recorded.
Hey, there needs to be pints soon! Pints!
Save your money, watch it on hulu.com.
My Warehouse 13 experience is exactly opposite of Tara’s. I don’t really look forward to watching it, and I tend to wait around a while before I finally load one up on the ol’ DVR (consequently, I am always at least two weeks behind), but I enjoy the show pretty well while watching it.
Eureka, on the other hand, I love. Tara is right; even though it’s really pretty dumb, its charm totally sells me. I very much look forward to that show. I sometimes even watch it live!
Ok… sunshine in a can… I’d rather have it in a bottle… this would be tantamount to putting liquor in plastic containers vs. glass bottles… what have I been drinking this summer… not enough ! To think in my early year – Coors was all the rage… one had to transport it from Colorado and other states because it was not sold in Texas… watching a case of two of Coors appear in baggage claim… no matter who you were… you were admired and sometimes followed… trails of drool could be found trailing those who followed the Coors… now Coors takes its rightful place with Bud, Bud Lite and other almost pale yellow bubbly liquids…
Well alrighty then… hard to argue with our position on beer… ever think about writing a book about beer, or anything for that matter… you’re just to creative, and funny… subscribed to this feed or blog or whatever it is… made my day when I found it…
What’s the first greatest thing ? Patti wants to know and has an idea what it is.
Unlike people, a beer’s true beauty is on the inside. And I must say, thanks to you and Brandon, Dale’s is now one of my favorites.
Cans also have the benefits of being cheaper to ship (with a lower carbon footprint), more shelf space efficient (and hence easier to cool, again less energy use), quicker to cool when purchased at room temp, and easier to recycle.
They really are the superior format, and the only things that have prevented their takeover are the high cost of packaging equipment vs bottling until very recently, and a big chunk of (somewhat deserved) snobbery in the marketplace about the caliber of beer that has historically been canned. I do wonder about the potential of “bottle conditioning” in cans and if the format would interfere with that, as far as I know nobody has really brought such a thing to market.
But put me down for the stubby, stout dwarven option any day.
ONE PROBLEM: Cans make lousy improvised weapons in a bar fight. Do you really wanna go up against a tweaking biker with a broken beer bottle in hand vs your eco-friendly, technologically superior tube of aluminum when the day comes? I submit sir, that you do not.
SOLUTION: Drink only tequila in those sorts of bars, straight from the bottle. Larger bottle = better reach and more damage.
Oh, but look: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3467922815_8210b13c83.jpg It’s pretty AND delish! Also, that broken beer bottle business rarely works properly. You’re better off hitting someone with a chair or a dustbuster. I’m just sayin….
I enjoyed some frosty cold Spaten Ocktoberfest just the other weekend in Fredericksburg. Good stuff.
Fuck zombies, you hear me Aaron? Fuck ‘em! The time of the werewolf has come. Although those super fast 28 Days zombies are pretty fucking scary.