# Single Doper and Nerd Hookup Thread and Cotillion **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741 "2004-05-12T05:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/281 "2004-05-18T13:50:37Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Hey there, **Gamera**. > > Y’know, you and **beergeek** and I should all get together sometime since we all live relatively close. Well, we’d have to find something we all like to do.\* But seriously… if there are mini-dopes for the NW Philly Suburbs, why not Pittsburgh? \*Note: No implication of ‘orgy’ intended. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/282 "2004-05-18T13:51:57Z")
MAN am I late to this one! Anyhoo… SWF, short red hair, 5’6", curvy. Currently needs coffee. I don’t have many geek creds, though I did work as a DBA for a while, and I read sci-fi and fantasy constantly (I think I have over 500 books in that genre alone, and this is AFTER the Great Purge last year). I live in DC, know quite a few of the MADs and HIGHLY recommend them as cool people and great fun - snap 'em up! They’re in short supply! Here is a link to me at one of the MAD Dopefests (I’m the redhead in the blue sweater). [Here I am!](http://fff.fathom.org/photorama/index.cgi?mode=image&album=/Parties%20and%20Gatherings/2004%2d0207%20%2d%20MAD%20Birthdays%20%28Anita%20and%20Opal%29&image=DSC00373.JPG) OK, off to caffeinate. Anna ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/283 "2004-05-18T14:21:07Z")
> [@AnnaLucretia](#): > > red hair, coffee This was all you needed to say to win me over. I **definitely** need to attend a MADoper if you’re going to be there, **Anna**. You look marvelous. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/284 "2004-05-18T15:24:11Z")
Why thank you, Frank #2! You have officially Made My Day - certificate in the mail, etc etc. We do have fun at these shindigs - and you wouldn’t be the only PA Doper to travel for one. Come, and welcome! Also, email/IM in profile. Off for more Sumatran Dark Roast. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/285 "2004-05-18T15:25:15Z")
Damn, if I’d known redheads were so popular, I would’ve started coloring my hair when I was 10. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/286 "2004-05-18T15:42:04Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Damn, if I’d known redheads were so popular, I would’ve started coloring my hair when I was 10. > > 😉 Errrr…ummmm…yeah. I mean, color? Who on earth would do that?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/287 "2004-05-18T15:45:32Z")
Ya know, I have been intentionally NOT using my sig in this thread, because it just looks bad…and lookee there at who forgot to click the “hide sig” box last time. :smack: Googlism ain’t famous for its accuracy, thank goodness. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/288 "2004-05-18T16:28:01Z")
> [@Frank #2](#): > > Not a chance. 😛 My brain’s currently in sleepy mode so until I think of a wittier response… how you doin? 🙂 I doin’ just fine. How’s your hair doing nowadays? ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/289 "2004-05-18T18:00:53Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > How’s your hair doing nowadays? It’s grown back to its normal length now, around 2". See, when I took the picture, I had gone for a haircut and trying to be the know-everything guy, I told her to use the trimmers with a #3 attachment. Smug in my knowledge, I sat back and waited as Asplundh\* started up the trimmers. What I didn’t know is that there is a #3 **plastic** and there is a #3 **metal** attachment. She used the metal one and I ended up with the buzzcut in the picture. It’s only hair, right? And speaking of hair, **catsix** , if you don’t go full out and dye your skin a pasty white and give yourself freckles, I’ll know the red isn’t natural. It’s okay though, as any color is good for me. Red hair gets you bonus points that can be cashed in for favors at a later date. 😉 \*: Asplundh is a tree trimming company that hacks and mutilates trees to get their branches away from phone & power lines. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/290 "2004-05-18T18:29:47Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > saramamalana - I challenge you to a game of online Scrabble. (For the princess?) yes. (To the death?) yes. I accept! I’ll even wear a pretty dress like Buttercup (not that you’ll be able to see it, mwahahaha). Email me! ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/291 "2004-05-18T18:59:17Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > Hey **Darwin’s Finch**!, we have a few things in common. First our screennames are birds…mine is the scientific name for the snowy owl! My old screenname was “birdgirl.” I love birds. Secondly, I was just at a goth club this weekend with **OpalCat.** However, I’m not a gothy type of person either in my day-to-day life. I only get gothed up when I go to the goth club. Hi **nyctea**! I remember seeing you as **birdgirl** , actually. And Snowy Owls are quite [beautiful birds](http://www.owlpages.com/species/nyctea/scandiaca/Default.htm). Better looking than finches, certainly - better looking than them _Geospiza_s, at any rate 😃 And hiya, too, **so\_da\_ne**! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/292 "2004-05-18T19:47:02Z")
SWM 47, 5’9" got some extra upholstery on the furniture. Brown eyes, brown w/gray hair in a ponytail. Firefighter/HazMat tech. Construction business owner. Adult evening ed instructor. Geek qualifications: Old electronics lover-tube, reel to reel, quadraphonic. Rather than buying a new transformer, count the turns and rewind it. Builder of TVs when Heathkit was in business. Co holder of 3 patents. Rememberer of way too much data. Spare time: Reading NTSB reports, NFPA and IAEI journal. Hanging out with my daughter, kitties on my back porch, and parrot. Dope, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/293 "2004-05-18T19:49:21Z")
Am I late? SWF 39, no kids, non smoker, non drinker, 6’2", 40DD’s, long dark brown hair. Likes cats, dogs, horses and dolphins. Spends hours online everyday writing posts in annoying fonts and colours, collects DVD’s … ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/294 "2004-05-18T20:25:34Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > What, is every man in California taken??? What the heck are gals like **RainGrowsBrite** and I to do? Road trip up I-5 to the Bay Area? Heh… ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/295 "2004-05-18T20:40:54Z")
Believe me, **spiralscratch** , it’s quite tempting. Because in the scheme of things, while you’re not exactly around the corner, at least you BADopers are closer than, say, Philly, DC or Florida! I thought it was supposed to be a _small_ world, after all. [sub]apologies in advance if you read that and start singing…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/296 "2004-05-18T21:18:43Z")
If you don’t want to drive that far, there’s always some people closer. Trouble is, there’s nothing to do! Eh… There’s a science museum? For anything else, we’ll have to create own own entertainment\*. _: Orgy implied_\*. \*\*: No, not really. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/297 "2004-05-18T21:46:35Z")
> [@](#): > > And speaking of hair, catsix, if you don’t go full out and dye your skin a pasty white and give yourself freckles, I’ll know the red isn’t natural. Dye my skin pasty white? I’m a geek. I haven’t seen the sun in at least five years. ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/298 "2004-05-18T21:56:03Z")
Whoops, my previous entry posted on accident before finishing. Though I caught it. Now I feel kinda dumb. Who put the preview button so close to to the post button? Anyways… Me: I’m a regular guy with geek/nerd tendencies (e.g. I know a fair amount about Star Trek, but probably couldn’t hold my own at a convention). Computers are my chosen profession. Working in networking stuff mostly, but also dabbling in scripting, DB, and other fun OS stuff. I love many types of music, especially anything “alternative” (oh, for a better adjective). I’m a die-hard shoegazer. I thoroughly enjoy movies as well. I’m up for most any film that’s well-written and executed. Unfortunately I don’t go much anymore, as the friends don’t seem as interested as I. Going to a theatre alone to see a film just doesn’t feel right somehow. As for TV, I’m currently near-addicted to 24, The Sopranos, and The Daily Show. I also dig The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Chappelle’s Show, Arrested Development, and the Star Treks. I’m a voracious reader with a short attention span for it, which basically means subscribing to a bunch of magazines of the scientific and computing variety, with some music mags thrown in. The books I do read tend to be technical volumes teaching me some computer/networking skill. Thinking about getting back into photography after being out for a long time. Right now I’m a much better appreciator than creator. Hopefully once I can get a digital camera and not have to worry about developing costs that’ll change. I absolutely love Bloom County and Outland. I’m digging Calvin & Hobbes more and more each day. I’ve been into radio controlled cars for a while, and I’m currently learning how to crash R/C planes. LIke the outdoors and wish I spent more time there. I’m mostly liberal, agnostic, and healthily cynical. I’m honest, loyal, and open-minded. I’m fairly laid-back and easy-going. I have a dry, sarcastic, slightly dark sense of humor. Seeking: Someone to have have fun and enjoy life with. Another friend. A chat buddy. I’m open. > [@scout1222](#): > > Believe me, **spiralscratch** , it’s quite tempting. Because in the scheme of things, while you’re not exactly around the corner, at least you BADopers are closer than, say, Philly, DC or Florida! Dammit, geography strikes again! Ah, well… We could meet up halfway. Bakersfield is simply beautiful this time of year. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/299 "2004-05-18T22:05:15Z")
> [@PucksRaven](#): > > 22 (almost 23) SWF in the San Francisco Bay Area. 5"11 hour glass figure. Nerd of the book worm persuasion, especially history and social studies. Plays video games for fun. Would like to learn more about anime. Fan of classic BTVS, ST:NG, and horror novels. Cat lady in training. Addicted to movies of all genres. Not really expecting anything but someone to talk to but hey, what’s the harm. A single, interesting woman in the Bay Area? I thought those were all extinct. _clears throat_ How _you_ doin’? [sub]And I thought I’d never say that.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/300 "2004-05-18T22:41:39Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Well, we’d have to find something we all like to do.\* > > But seriously… if there are mini-dopes for the NW Philly Suburbs, why not Pittsburgh? > > \*Note: No implication of ‘orgy’ intended. 😉 Well, we could always meet in the middle in Greene County and umm…tip cows or something 😉 Waynesburg would be an orgy of fun!!! 😛 Seriously, I’m definitely game for something in the future! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741.md?page=16)