How to be a Happy Nerd

This is so fucking great I'm posting it here AND The Great Curve:

How to be a HAPPY NERD!

#3 is especially relevant, seeing as how I got myself embroiled in a blogfight for loudly, clumsily objecting to yet another fucking article on lesbians in comics that featured yet again only works by men. (The article's been edited.)

3. MESSAGE BOARDS ARE THE DEVIL. A collection of nerds arguing. Or worse, agreeing with each other. Most horrible of all are the creator boards. Watching mediocre talents surround themselves with ranting sycophants is disturbing at best. Watching these guys believe the rants of their sycophants is chilling. Like watching that Powers Booth movie about Jim Jones, without the awesome sunglasses.

I dunno who this Alex is, BUT HE ROCKS.

MEGANAME!

Seen first at Jaganlady's (aka Diana Cameron McQueen) LJ:

Lea Hernandez's Aliases

Your movie star name: Pistachios Gregory (sounds more like my MOBSTER name!)

Your fashion designer name is Lea Prague

Your socialite name is Lea Bee San Francisco

Your fly girl / guy name is L Her (I prefer "El Hay")

Your detective name is Rat North Garland

Your barfly name is Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Snow Bear

Your soap opera name is Ann Matador

Your rock star name is Truffle Roadrunner (I'm taking THAT!)

Your star wars name is Leawas Herspe

Your punk rock band name is The Giddy Frog Band

The Amazing Meganame Generator

Woot! Scott McCloud hurts Comics!

Best comcis t-shirt ever!

I love you, man!

OMG OMG OMG: Open Canvas 4!

I just got the email notifying me that Open Canvas 4 upgrade keys are being sent out.

*SQUEAL!*