Examples Of My Nerdiness

A list of funny nerdy things I have accomplished or said. I'm not bragging—more like self-deprecating sharing.

I am the only person I know of to have attempted to find out the species of bird from which the Gondorian rangers in LotR got the arrows for their feathers. (My best guess is that it was the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis.)

I used to argue that I was a nerd, not a geek. Then I read this comic, and realized how right it was.

I spent time calculating the stress tolerances of the scales of fictional dragons.

I wrote this post. Seriously.

I can tell you the number of scene swordfights the late Christopher Lee was in off the top of my head. I'm not sure what to think about that.

I can tell you the year Tolkien died. It was 1973.

I have been nicknamed "Tom Holland," which I think kinda counts as nerd cred. Maybe? Probably not. I've also be nicknamed "Duck," and that doesn't count as waterfowl cred.

I'm sometimes the guy who says, "That makes no sense," during movies. I don't do it in theaters, and I'm quiet when I do it at home, but I do do it.

Actually, wait. You're on this site. You know I'm a nerd. Unless you just found this place.

In that case, welcome!