Tag Archives: Revenge of the Nerds

The possibility of a public boarding school in Detroit

By Mark | February 8, 2010

I’m sitting here tonight, thinking about all of the stuff I should be writing about, like the EMU student with tuberculosis and Rick Snyder’s “One Tough Nerd” gubernatorial ad, but all I really feel like discussing is this article in the Free Press today about the state of Detroit’s public schools. Maybe it has something […]

Posted in Education | Also tagged Carl Taylor, Detroit Public School Board, Eastern Michigan University, gubernatorial races, Kwame Kilpatrick, oceanic studies, one tough nerd, public boarding school, public education, Rick Snyder, SEED Foundation, Super Bowl ads, the challenges of urban students, The Wire, tuberculosis, Virgil Taylor | 17 Comments

Gargoyles to Nerds

By Mark | October 7, 2009

Because I don’t feel like blogging tonight, you get to watch the trailer for the 1972 film Gargoyles… I thought that I’d shared it with you before, but I can’t find any mention of it in the archives… It used to scare the hell out of me as a kid. The Gargoyle, as I’m sure […]

Posted in Art and Culture | Also tagged 1972, because I don't feel like blogging tonight, Bernie Casey, Gargoyles, gargoylesploitation films, horror movies, Lambda Lambda Lambda, Lewis Skolnick, mankind's most ancient adversaries, TAG: The Assassination Game, U.N. Jefferson | 16 Comments

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