Simplified Dating

"Hey it's me. I know we just said good night but I was wondering... how soon do you think is TOO soon to talk about being exclusive?"

Pardon me while I drop something painfully obvious on you: Dating is complicated. Now, before you roll your eyes at me and reach for the “back” button on your browser, let me explain where I’m going with this. The components of dating – where to meet people, how to get to know them off a [...]

Nerd Role Models: The Fantasy Boyfriend

"It's the cravat. Ladies love the cravat."

Today we’re entering the latest in the Nerd Role Models series, wherein we look at popular characters in geek culture and break down just what it is about them that makes them so special… and what you can learn from them.  And in this case, we’re talking about the tricky subject of attractiveness. It can [...]

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Best Frenemies

Ask Dr. NerdLove

Hi Doctor Nerdlove, I have something that I need to get off of my chest: I dislike one of my girlfriend’s guy friends. Let’s call him Q to protect the names of the innocent and not so innocent, as you say.  Whenever someone mentions Q my girlfriend lights up and says how much she loves [...]

Leveling Up: Standing Out (The Right Way)

Proof that smoking, alcoholism and womanizing make you 100% cooler.

I’ve been looking forward to the release of Baz Luhrman’s The Great Gatsby ever since the first trailer – even if you ignore the inevitable criticism of the excesses of the Jazz Age, it’s hard to not be swept up in the costumes, the pageantry, the Art Deco architecture and, of course, the way everybody [...]

You’re OK, I Promise.

"I thought I was ok until I saw it all tallied out like that..."

One thing that anyone who is into advice columns – either as a fan or as a columnist  - will notice is that letters tend to come in patterns. It’s not surprising, really… as freakish and unique as we all feel our problems are, 9 times out of 10, they’re much more common than we’d [...]