This here is Neil Peart’s 1974 Slingerland drum kit circa 1974ish. It is called (or is a) Chromey. Here is…
Posts tagged nerd
I’m bringing strumpet back, all those other philanderers don’t know how to act
Earlier this morning while I was working on a review of The Ask (it’ll be on MN Reads tomorrow), I…
Get my rocks off
Sometimes when I am feeling extra nerdy, I like to play my Exiled playlist that alternates between The Rolling Stones’…
The philatelist
When I was a kid I was something of a sticker collector. It was a required activity for all girls…
Break it on down
So there’s still about eight books on the diningroom table and a few scattered about the various rooms, but I’m…
Word nerd turns on the radio
I was tooling around town in Ruby this evening with the windows down, the sweet smell of lilacs in the…
Dear Jodi, the artifacts of your teen years are really just pop culture detritus
A good part of nearly every Saturday of my childhood and early teenhood were spent at the Snyder’s Drug store…
the offshoot dickweeds
after making john the wondergeek take The Nerd Test, i had to go dig out my all time favorite Onion…
getting a head start on the new year
i am most excited about my new year’s resolution this year. it’s quite unusual and should prove to be most…
hopeless nerd
there is no hope for me. i am uncompromising, unapologetic book nerd. it’s hopeless! i am powerless against such nerd…