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Sorry I’m Late…

Published on 28 Aug 2007 at 5:43 pm. 6 Comments.
Filed under capitalism, geekism, history.

Thanks to Jules for inviting me to the party and, if Sister Toldjah feels sort of like the geek who was invited to hang with the cool crowd, imagine what a freshman geek like myself feels like. My apologies for being late, but it looks like you’re all still having fun - I brought along some strippers to mix [...]

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Nerd Fight!

Published on 21 Feb 2007 at 10:17 pm. 25 Comments.
Filed under anthronerdism, geekism, science.

Inbred Jesus Cultists vs. Monkey-Loving Darwinists is so 1925.  Astrophysicists vs. Ptolemists is the happening pop edu-clash! 
Highly evolved anthroblogger John Hawks takes umbrage at a proposal to “de-emphasize Darwin” in order to lessen the ideological overtones in the debate over evolutionary science. Chron of Higher Ed:   

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An OED Moment

Published on 21 Feb 2007 at 10:10 pm. 7 Comments.
Filed under blogs, geekism.

Paul Campos has beclowned himself.  Most of you as loyal Tim Blair and Instapundit readers were probably present at the birth or at least the baptism of the verb Blair coined back in 2004, and PJM celebrated as Word of the Year So Far … that “So Far” honorific itself being worthy of pop culture notice.  [...]

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