"Sorry, I'm just having too much fun! God bless those crazy sons of bitches! Can't help but love them in weird sort of way, na mean?"

Na exactly what you mean. The linguist community has a bit of a reputation among the other more, ahem, mundane MOS', perhaps best illustrated by the caveat on our secured internal IRC system which warns: "This system is for official use only. Absolutely no role-playing." Which is a little ray of sunshine every time I see it. There's also that Cthulhu-fish car thingy which I saw for the first time in the parking lot at work, and of course the chick driving around in a hearse.*

But though I admire them all, I can't bring myself to join in on their reindeer games; to wit: a friend of mine asked if I wanted to join Amtgard, purportedly a more cost-effective alternative to the SCA, could I do it? No my friend, I could not.

They be high-geeks and arch-nerds, I am but a lowly loser.


I also can't believe I forgot to post this: Fear Of Girls


*Only seen in passing, but possible a cutey.