Nerd Role Models: The Pick-Up Artist

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Today I’m introducing a new series of articles examining various notable figures in geek culture, why they’re popular and why nerds may want to emulate them. A set of nerd role models, as it were. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of things to keep in mind when it comes [...]

Better Dating Through Mind Control

"Hey, I just want you to know that we're going to be your two biggest nemesis for the next ten years. Just, y'know, FYI."

Getting better at dating is hard enough. It gets even harder when it feels like your own mind is fighting back against your attempts to improve yourself. When I was younger, I used to be a chronic insomniac. I’d be physically tired, but I could never actually get to sleep; my body would be exhausted [...]

Just Be Yourself

"Fuck you, I'm a special little snowflake and the world needs to learn to accept me as I am!"

In the course of trying to get better at dating, there will inevitably be times where someone in your life is going to give you what is possibly the most useless dating advice ever: “Just be yourself”. After all, presumably you want someone who wants you for you and not whatever dubious achievements you may [...]

What Is The “It” Factor?

The head bobble, however, is entirely optional.

I was in Los Angeles last week while I was on vacation – a mix of professional development, visiting friends, chilling out (literally!) on the beach at Malibu and indulging my lifelong love of the Disney theme parks. I spent a great deal of time with my friend Bert, a working actor, a born showman [...]

Who Controls You?

"Did someone say my name?"

I want you to think about control for a moment. Are you the sort of person who believes in fate and destiny? Or are you the sort of person who believes in consequences? Fate is an attractive thing to believe in; there’s a certain comfort to be found in believing that there is something that [...]