Top Five Reasons Why Dungeons & Dragons Will Help You Survive the Recession
May 27, 2009 by e
Filed under Dungeons & Dragons / RPGs, Geek Life
Everyone’s all “OMG RECESSION!“ People are losing their jobs, businesses are crumbling, house prices are tumbling, and Jack and Jill just can’t manage to get the credit line to buy the motorized scooters needed to cart their fast-food-filled asses up the hill to fetch a pail of water. (Okay, most likely a pail of Coca-Cola, [...]
Top Ten Things Geeks Can Learn About Dating From Watchmen
March 6, 2009 by e
Filed under Geek Dating Advice
J and I both saw the midnight showing of Watchmen and decided we’d write a post together today. So beware, we’ve put our heads together – this could be dangerous. What can Watchmen teach geeks about dating? Yep, we went there. You ready for it? There will probably be mini-spoilers, so if you haven’t seen [...]
10 Things I Expect in The Future
Lately, between using Netflix on my X-Box and my guy’s new iPhone, I’ve begun to feel like I’m really in The Future. Since we’re clearly making groundbreaking advancements every day, I think it behooves me to throw my own requests out there. Granted, most of my expectations aren’t grounded in any sense of reality, and [...]
Top Ten Reasons to Hunt Geeks In Their Natural Habitat
November 28, 2008 by e
Filed under Geek Dating Advice
I have only once found a boyfriend in a place other than the internet. There. I said it! When I saw this postcard on PostSecret, I had a good chuckle, because it could have been written by me. So where does a geek hunt for a man? On the internet, of course!
Top 10 Reasons I Want to Date Ironman
I finally got out and saw Ironman on Friday night. I have to say, it was pretty badass. However, not being a geek of the comic book flavor, I wouldn’t know if it was rife with inaccuracies that would make other geeks poke their eyes out. I was very appreciative of the fact that the [...]
Top 10 Reasons Why She Doesn’t Respond to Your Email
April 2, 2008 by e
Filed under Geek Dating Advice
You’ve followed all of my advice. You spiffed up your profile, you have good pictures posted, you’ve got your Custom Searches made, you’ve been spending 15 Smart Minutes a day reading profiles and writing emails, and what do you have to show for it? Nada. What gives? Here are the Top 10 reasons why she [...]
Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Date a Geek Girl
March 20, 2008 by e
Filed under Geek Dating Advice, Geek Life
10. She has traumatic memories from her K-12 education, or rather, the social interactions from her years before college. Your irrational fear of public bathrooms is not so irrational to her. 9. She’s smart, maybe even smarter than you. When she sees the string of acronyms after your name in your sig file, she gets [...]
Top Five Reasons Why Your Dating Profile Gets No Love
March 6, 2008 by e
Filed under Geek Dating Advice
5. You have no picture or your photos do not show you in your best light. Let’s face it – women are visual creatures, too. We’re also cautious. We want to see your eyes and make our irrational judgments about you based on a 200 x 300 pixel space. It is amazing how many 20 [...]
