Pro-Con: The Nerd Hag

Hi there, I'm Houston. Welcome to the Longwood blog by the way. Here is the first in a series of Pro-Con debates we'll be hosting here. Hope you enjoy it. Now, onto The Nerd Hag.

Maybe you've met her, maybe you haven't. But if you've been spending your days with Buffy Summers, then you've been spending your nights dreaming about her. The Nerd Hag.

She's the oft spoke of *heart*-er of nerds. Most gaggles of geeks are lucky enough to attract one. Where many women prefer a night on the town, the Nerd Hag is happy to spend a cosy evening at home looking through back issues of Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane. If you're not familiar with the term, nerd hag, perhaps "just one of guys" is a better metaphor.

Every group of guys needs that liaison into the mysterious cabal of womanhood. It helps the less socialized among us get a bit of a test-run before trying their hand (or hands) at the real thing. It would also be reasonable to assume that meeting a lady who spends the occasional weekend rolling critical hits with her 9th level Paladin would have even more positive effects on man-children everywhere. Perhaps it would induce the less hygienic to spend the occasional weekend taking a shower and tucking in their shirt. But that's not what this is about.

Sometimes a date can be as simple as pulling the Trivial Pursuit cards down from your closet shelf. The nerd-hag knows this. Hell, she may even bring over her copy of Scrabble and suggest a board game biathlon. If this sounds appealing to you, then why don't you try talking to that you always see perusing the manga at the bookstore next time you're there?

Stay tuned for Matt's view on the Nerd-Hag in a few days!