I am reading with amusement all of my SciBlings' examples of extreme nerdiness (just look around the ScienceBlogs today!). Apart from wearing turtlenecks (at the time when they were not fashinable) and having some science-related decorations at home, I am really not that nerdy:
On the other hand, I answered almost all of these questions with "Yes" so I may be special kind of nerd - the science nerd! Do I really need to post pictures of myself wearing science-related t-shirts (like 50 of them)?
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