CHRISTOPHER HILL IS THE BRAD PITT OF FOREIGN POLICY

I was pretty psyched to see Christopher Hill’s name mentioned as Obama’s selection for Ambassador to Iraq.  In fact, I was so psyched that I started drafting a list of reasons why I adore Hill—and it was then that I realized I had developed yet another nerd crush.   I have a lot of them, but I decided to do a little data collection because I know I’m not alone.  Operating without a working definition of nerd crush, I asked individuals to provide me with 5 crushes they would define as such and the percentage likelihood that they would create a homemade t-shirt in honor of the crush.  Because nerd crushes seem like they could be a little embarrassing, contributors are identified only by the British Double Cross codenames I assigned to them.  And the results are…interesting:

1)  I suck at formatting charts.

2)  You can have a nerd crush on a dead guy.

3) GROSGRAIN is too proud to honor a crush with a t-shirt.

4) Nerd crushes are associated with 3 fields:  journalism, politics, and food.

5) Aaron Sorkin has cornered the nerd crush market.

6) BIDET is going to request a new codename.

YOU CAN LOSE YOUR MIND

Definitive proof that Tina Fey gets her material for Liz Lemon by having me followed.

If I didn’t idolize Tina so much (does that make me a narcissist kinda?), I would probably sue, but I think I’ll hold out until Liz has an incident with a grocery cart.