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...marred by several characters who are introduced but whose paths through the book never really resolve or interact with the central motion of the plot in any meaningful way. Though a great deal of effort is made to construct the character of Bing Beiderbixxe, comic book artist and nerd extraordinaire, he’s never able to take shape as a character in himself or to contribute meaningfully to the story; he remains a bit part of Bock’s overlarge collage of Las Vegas personalities.Of these personalities, it’s notable that the centerpiece and catalyst...

Author: By David S. Wallace, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Beautiful Children’ Stuck in Loop | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

Mariah Carey’s sultry new single, “Touch My Body”, has been transformed into a very un-sexy music video. Jack McBrayer, who plays Kenneth Parcell on the hit comedy “30 Rock,” stars as a nerd in the video whom Mariah hires to fix her computer. He shows up in full geek regalia with large rimmed glasses that belong in the 70s and a polka-dotted bow tie. Stranger than his attire is the ensuing wet dream he has of Mariah while supposedly working on her computer. After...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POPSCREEN: Mariah Carey | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...attendees, Christopher Voigt, is a freelance copywriter whose blog Vetivresse explores his twin passions for wine and fragrance--which both stimulate multiple senses. "It's not superficial. It's a link to your mood," Voigt says of selecting scents when dressing. "Am I going to be the nerd today? Or am I going to be the macho catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scents and Sensitivity | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...while, he has been kept company by a series of stuffed animal raccoons—the latest of whom he named Marco Polo.While these kinds of anecdotes became the centerpiece of his application for the show, Grosslight said he had never quite thought of himself as a nerd before being approached in Café Pamplona. “I think my reaction was, ‘Am I really that much of a geek?’” Grosslight said. He added that, upon later reflection, his colleagues pointed out that he tended to wear geeky sweaters...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beauty and the Teaching Fellow | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

...received its share of odd phone calls.Once someone called to find out how to say “74” in Latin, Lake said.“Someone has some random Latin question, and they figure, ‘I’ll just call Harvard, and some nerd at a desk will tell me what I want to do,’” Schafer said. Christopher P. Jones, a Classics professor, said he does not believe that the department should give out translations gratis.“My belief on the whole is we?...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama and Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Ovid Meets Hollywood | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

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