I spent a lot of time bowling as a kid, mostly because I grew up in bowling alleys. They were kind of my playgrounds.

It changed my whole outlook. I lost a decade to self-pity, and the next thing I knew I was turning 40.

I've gone from being bullied by jocks as a kid to being bullied by nerds as an adult.

When I was in school, if you wanted a computer, you had to build one. But today, computers are everywhere. We're all obsessed with technology and having the latest gadgets. Nerd culture is ubiquitous.

Steal moments of happiness if you have to, and then collect them until they are the dominant images in your psyche.

Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile.

Jokes that make me laugh out loud when I write them almost always bomb. I have no idea why.