People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it's just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it.
It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur?
Luther Allison, Musician (1939) |
Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman (1941) |
Abu Bakar Bashir, Activist (1938) |
William Carey, Clergyman (1761) |
Belinda Carlisle, Musician (1958) |
Larry Ellison, Businessman (1944) |
W. Mark Felt, Public Servant (1913) |
Marcus Garvey, Publisher (1887) |
John C. Hawkes, Novelist (1925) |
Dave Jones, Coach (1956) |
Conrad Aiken, Author (1973) |
Pearl Bailey, Actress (1990) |
Ruth First, Activist (1982) |
Duncan Forbes, Writer (1868) |
Ira Gershwin, Musician (1983) |
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Writer (1935) |
Moses Hadas, Writer (1966) |
Fernand Leger, Artist (1955) |