Every once in a while, I get an e-mail for Ask Dr. NerdLove that almost demands a longer response than I usually give. These tend to be questions that I feel are useful as a spring-board into a broader or more generalized topic of interest to my readers. This is one such case. Dear Dr. Nerd Love:…
Archives for September 2011
Ask Dr. NerdLove: Wolf Like Me
Dear Doctor, I have a problem in that I have quite a hairy chest, not so much Huge Jackman Wolverine as it is Teen-wolf. Now I can joke about it all I want by saying I put a towel down on my chest before having sex as it saves her on getting carpet burn, but…
How To Tell Stories
When it comes to being attractive to women, you have to know how to talk to them. Nobody wants to just answer the same ten questions that they get on every date that they have ever been on: what do you do for a living, where do you live, what do you do for fun……
Don’t Date Geek Girls
This is the week that I decide to alienate more than half of my audience. But it needs to be said: Don’t date Geek Girls. That’s right. I went there. Don’t. Date. Geek. Girls. OK, I can already hear the fingers clicking as you write me pissed off e-mails and click the “back” button on…
Ask Dr. NerdLove: Measuring Up
Doctor, I have an odd predicament. I don’t blame you if you can’t give me advice. I have no problem speaking to women. I, on normal occasions, have confidence oozing out my pores. The local women tend to like me considering young white guys are a small commodity in Brownsville, Texas. But, there is one…
Learn From This: Swingers
Swingers was a pivotal film in many ways. A critical darling and a cult hit, it launched the careers of Doug Liman, John Favreau and Vince Vaughn. It helped usher in a new trend in screenwriting and was directly responsible for the Swing revival of the late 90s. It introduced the phrases “Vegas, baby, Vegas”…