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What warmed-over yestershite is that? Boo.
Please bring Krugman back...
Krugman beat up Brooks and made him do his column. Brooks in turn apparently did the same thing to Safire.
How could an article about nerds miss the central point?

From "Revenge of the Nerds":

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/r/revenge-of-the-...

- That was wonderful.

- You did things to me you've never done before.

(gasps)

- You're that nerd!

- Yeah.

- God, you were wonderful.

- Thanks.

- Are all nerds as good as you?

- Yes.

- How come?

- Cos all jocks think about is sports.

- All we ever think about is sex.

More magic from the pen of bobo. His words are like spun gold in a grim world.
Why the hate? I thought it was a fairly well-written article.
Lordy, if I was grading a 10th grade English composition that ended with this:

For as it is written, the last shall be first and the geek shall inherit the earth.

...I just don't know how I'd react. Maybe by quitting. I guess the poll of "conservative" columnists is slim in NYC, but please, let's have someone who avoid writing op-eds that end in "For Better or For Worse"-style puns.

Ha.

Right this minute (~12PM EDT) this article is one spot below an old link to a very old XKCD strip about hanging on to your idealism.

(America's Paper of Record) < (paint-program stick figures)

I can pass this on to my non-geek friends and griends (short for girl friends). Writing is an art.