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Nerdfighter, What?

So I started watching vlogbrothers vids about two weeks ago. It is now 3:30 in the morning, and I'm still watching as many vids as I can fit in because I can't get enough of the nerd-isms. So I guess, technically I'm still a nerdfighter in training, but I can feel the awesome starting to take over the blood running through my veins, so I think I'm on my way.

I've been blo

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Added by Hannah Boom on February 10, 2010 at 1:58am — No Comments

Chat Ningmaster Application Blog...In my pants. (Had to say it.)

Why should I be amongst the new Chat NingMasters? Why not, I say!

I am a native of Nerdfighteria, one of the first to be conceived on her nerdy shores. I was forged in the fires of Mount Woot, deep within the heart of Nerdfighteria.... and promptly sent off to Winner, South Dakota.

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Added by Paige Railstone on February 10, 2010 at 1:05am — No Comments

The Flaw in Social Networking

Wow... its been awhile since I've written a blog solely for my own purposes and not to fulfill my job as Ningmaster. I'm not saying I don't enjoy writing those blogs, I actually do (I'm a writing nerd) but there's something nice about writing a blog just for yourself.

I actually do have a reason for writing this though. I've been thinking about the flaws of social networking sites a lot recently. Its a bit of an odd thing to think about when you spend as much time as I do on

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Added by Tenley Nadine (book ningmaster) on February 9, 2010 at 11:23pm — No Comments

The Commercials (comedy troupe)

Based in Brooklyn, New York, they've been doing club and stage for a while. recently, two of the three members started a podcast called the commercials free podcast. Promo: TheCommercials Free Podcast (guest: Marc Maron)

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Added by Nerdylation on February 9, 2010 at 10:18pm — No Comments

Tell Her She's Beautiful

I recently noticed several of my friends attending an event on facebook called "Tell Her She's Beautiful". Of course, I was explicitly invited, more that likely because my friend's know me well enough. I can't say hello to girls silly impish grins and a trip to start it off. It is more likely that I cook a delicious chicken catch-a-tori (yes, I know its spelt cacciatore, not as fun that way) than tell anyone they are beautiful. So, in an effort do something, I started writing a song. Unfortunate… Continue

Added by Mark Todd on February 9, 2010 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

Hello Nerdfighteria!

Wow,
I'm pretty sure that most people aren't so self conscious when they join a WEBSITE.
That's me though. Socially awkward even in a virtual sense. Even my best friend Fish can be herself on the interwebs. :(

I like to complain that people are mean, or that they do not like me, or they are just not the kind of person that I want to be friends with, but I'm just afraid that people are going to look at me, see all of my flaws, and dismiss me as a person altogether. I want peopl… Continue

Added by Roxaefiction on February 9, 2010 at 5:49pm — 1 Comment

Google Buzz?

I just read "Google Buzz" was released today, I guess.
Anyone given this thing a go yet? Do you have to have an invite like Wave or...?

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Added by Janklaza on February 9, 2010 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

50 book challenge #4

so i recently finished Heartless, by sarah shepard. its the 7th book i belive in a series about 4 girls in a popular suburd area. at the tail end of 7th grade their best friend, and leader of their group, suddenly disappears. she runs off, and is never seen again. the girls go seperate ways until later in their highschool years supposedly ali's (the lost girl) body is found. it arises many questions and the girls get text from someone threatening to spill all of their darkest secrets. the myster… Continue

Added by luna(a.k.a- izzy brown) on February 9, 2010 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Hi, So this is my first blog ever! and I'd like to dedicate it to my BBF Alex. Today... I went to s…

Hi,

So this is my first blog ever! and I'd like to dedicate it to my BBF Alex.

Today... I went to school... wasn't the best day of my life.. but wasn't the worst either! but did get 2 and 1/2 hours free, which I spent on my laptop playing games!

I also found out that apparently I am a better debater than the 2 best debtors in my year.. which is scary. Im dyslexic so being better at anyone at anything is a big deal...! I

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Added by Anne x on February 9, 2010 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Triffids

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:14 PM PST

You’ll have noticed my fondness for science fiction-related metaphor. And, in the world of genetically modified crops, there’s a lot of science and fiction. The benefits of using genetically modified crops are, for instance, largely fictional. But here’s an example of what happens when the science behind genetically modified

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Added by sabelmouse on February 9, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Day 34: Tales from Five Continents

PLAY: Tales from Five Continents

SYNOPSIS: During a hurricane, a mysterious rock is blown into the middle of a playground. While the town is under the eye of the hurricane, three children run to the playground and encounter the rock. Out from the rock comes Naho (or Naha) who proceeds to tell the children five stories, one story each for Africa (Why the Sun and the Moon Stay in the Sky), North America (The Raven and the Tide), Asia (Why the Emperor Called the Toad Uncle), South Ame

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Added by Jeffrey Adam Guion on February 9, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear

By admin on 10/30/2009 in Stuffed & Starved We recently stumped up not-very-much money to subscribe to Vanity Fair, and it’s a subscription we’re likely to keep, especially now that we’re practiced in ignoring the large wodge of adverts for cosmetics and high fashion that fill out the space between articles. This month’s issue is “The Green Issue”. Again, ignoring Madonna on the front cover, there’s some fine journalism to be found. In particular, there’s a very good exposé of Monsanto’s s… Continue

Added by sabelmouse on February 9, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Food First Bonanza

By admin on 10/30/2009 in Stuffed & Starved

Food First, the Institute at which I’m a Fellow in Oakland, California, has come out with some fine material over the past week. First, they’ve put out a fantastic take-d

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Added by sabelmouse on February 9, 2010 at 8:26am — No Comments

Robert Zoellick Makes Me Sick

By admin on 10/30/2009 in Stuffed & Starved

[From the Comment is Free section of The Gu

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Added by sabelmouse on February 9, 2010 at 8:24am — No Comments

Now with added mortality!

By admin on 10/30/2009 in Stuffed & Starved

I’m in the land of Diet Coke Plus, the absurd end-point to the fad of adding nutrients to food from which

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Added by sabelmouse on February 9, 2010 at 8:22am — 1 Comment

Chavez on Hunger

By admin on 10/30/2009 in Stuffed & Starved

I have to say, I’m not a huge Chavista. I’m *very* pleased with the social change and equality that he’s brought to Venezuela, but I’ve just got a thing about any m

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Added by sabelmouse on February 9, 2010 at 8:15am — No Comments

How personal actions can kick-start a sustainability revolution

Man climbing stairs. Step it up! Small is the new big.The environmental movement is divided over the importance of small steps—are they a critical starting point or a distraction from needed pol

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Added by sabelmouse on February 9, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

How to: Make Babies (kind of)

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Added by OpieTheMighty on February 9, 2010 at 6:12am — No Comments

Mortal Fury

O mortal fury, mortal pain..... ...I drink from love's tainted cup once again...... Ever in maddness, unbearable saddness... ..to that blind eye from which the inner heart's longing works Woe to the lover in which decay begins.... ...the mortal soul destroyed by deceitful whispers & malevolent sins. Continue

Added by Maximillian Valens on February 9, 2010 at 2:11am — No Comments

3/52 Why Do Men Have Nipples?

While i enjoyed the facts i got out of the book, i found that the writers personel comments just frustrated me. I didn't like his writing style. Not well written at all. If you want a comparrison, my spelling to his style. Yah that bad. But the facts were great, and I enjoyed reading some things out loud to people at work. Especialy the things from the sex chapter.

If you're looking for facts, then woo, yah go ahead and read it, it actualy had some interesting questions in it I

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Added by Hilary Hlagy on February 8, 2010 at 10:24pm — No Comments