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...staff on the weekends, but I don’t mind that much. Sometimes we get more business. A lot of people come by on Saturday. But there’s not really a pattern. It’s hard to predict. This Saturday night I was a big nerd. I had a lot of homework. I was saying to my co-staffer how it’s nice to staff on Saturday because you have an excuse to do work. You’re down there for 12 hours—you’ve got nothing else...
...high school jazz band song, seeing Side Man is a no-brainer. Warren Leight’s play is a touching look at the effects of the erosion of big-band jazz on its quirky performers. Even if you were beat up in high school for being a band nerd, see this show, because everyone loves that jazz...
...Many of China's gee-whiz weapons may prove to be nerd fantasies that never work. But the significance of these well-documented research programs lies in the thinking behind them. They reflect China's new approach to war, especially a possible conflict with the U.S. over Taiwan. In the past, China was set on building a force that could invade and occupy Taiwan and even win a local conflict with the U.S. However, realists within the Chinese military now accept that it might take two decades to catch up with the U.S., so China has adopted a more pragmatic...
...There's a touch of sweet-hearted madness in many of his characters, from the perfectionist chef in Big Night to Wings' goofily hapless cabbie Antonio. Where another actor would have made Monk Keerrraazy with a capital K, Shalhoub portrays him with cool-jazz reserve as a Woody Allenish nerd, which makes the character both funnier and more affecting...
Networking has helped fathers make the transition. Peter Baylies, a SAHD in North Andover, Mass., started the national newsletter At-Home Dad, now part of an online networking site, after feeling like "the class nerd at the playground with the moms, who would sort of stop talking when I sat down." Baylies, who also attends the annual convention, says the camaraderie is key. "We're always outnumbered in play groups," he says. "So it's great to see all these other dads with diapers and snack bags, doing the same stuff...