WONKS ARE EASY TO BUY FOR

Because it’s Christmas, here’s a throwaway blog…selfishly motivated by my love for this woman:

I gotta say…when I read this article I got a little teary-eyed. Sometimes making the effort to save a hugely important Department is all it takes to make us nerds get in the holiday spirit. And on that note, my holiday gift to you all is probably going to be to torture you with more political rants and fewer charts.

To the cookies!

OUT OF THE VAMPIRE CLOSET

So, I finished the Twilight series today and decided to celebrate by feeling ashamed of myself showing, statistically, that it’s ok to like it (and to admit it). At any rate, that’s what the lady at Borders told me when I bought the first book and had to plead with her for a bag. She was kind of crazy, though, so I decided to make things a little more scientific by sampling the ladies who appear in my Gchat Autocontacts. I developed some categories, and came up with the verdict:

Even though the “Don’t Care” portion is large, when you lump together the other three categories…well. There appears to be a large coven of us out there. So as a PSA to males everywhere, you may want to think twice before making fun of the series and focus on emulating Edward Cullen (and his liquid topaz eyes) instead.