{"id":8038,"date":"2005-06-13T19:35:12","date_gmt":"2005-06-14T02:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/06\/13\/but-of-course.html"},"modified":"2005-06-13T19:35:12","modified_gmt":"2005-06-14T02:35:12","slug":"but_of_course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/06\/13\/but_of_course.html","title":{"rendered":"But of course &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nerds make better lovers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">&#8220;A nerd is an excellent provider and a guy who puts you first,&#8221; says E. Jean Carroll, <em>Elle <\/em>magazine?s love and sex advice columnist. &#8220;He?ll turn out to be a great father and a great husband.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And, she insists that a woman who is willing to stick it out with a nerd and get past his quirks will be handsomely rewarded. &#8220;Don?t give up on him too fast,&#8221; she said. &#8220;If you stick with him, he?s going to turn out to be really great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Obviously she&#8217;s been talking to Margie &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/index\/seb\/comments\/tell_me_something_i_dont_already_know\/\" target=\"_blank\">Les<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nerds make better lovers. &#8220;A nerd is an excellent provider and a guy who puts you first,&#8221; says E. 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This post was made from a Reddit thread that asked users what the most intellectual joke they knew was. View\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11486,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/16\/nerdity.html","url_meta":{"origin":8038,"position":2},"title":"Nerdity","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Aug-07 9:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Drama Nerd\u00a0You sure do love the spotlight and probably have a very out-going and loud personality. Or not. 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