2011: A Year

The Starks are right about that

   This was a strange year for me to say the least. I made my first steps into the tricky world of stand up comedy, I broke up with my long term girlfriend (better for all I assure you), Thor was a bit of a disappointment, and I began a healthy obsession with Doctor Who. Not to mention this crazy machine of humor, excitement, and constant fear of failure generator I called The Smoking Nerd.
   I started this website in April of 2011 as a small blog I would use to put my own personal ramblings about nerdom into the infinite Internet universe to see what would happen and to fulfill my own need for creativity. Then someone asked to also write on the website, my good friend Adam, and it snowballed into the mash up of ideas and nerds and seemingly unrelated posts about all things anyone and everyone could consider Nerd.  Now I get hundreds of hits a week, not a lot for some but a lot for me, and I have strangers following me on twitter. (still getting used to that) I know it is still in its fledgling state and will be till I graduate the ol'college in May and can put some money and full time attention into it but I have ideas, such big ideas. I am going to need creative, intelligent, capable people to build this thing up to what i want it to be and I know I have that in the people I naturally surround myself with as well as the people I haven't met/hired yet. So to those interested and those who don't know yet that they are interested in making this something new and fun, get ready this new year is when it gets real.
   This has been a strange, eventful, and powerful year of growth for me and The Smoking Nerd and I sincerely hope that that trend continues into 2012 for both me and all of you my faithful and random readers. I can't thank those involved both as contributors and fans enough for providing me with a semblance of a purpose and for assuring me I'm not just screaming into the wind. If you keep it up I will too. Sincerely thank you and a very Happy New Year (I really hope the world doesn't end this next year but if it does party at my place) and remember...

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