Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

I just caught up with missmurchison's answers to the "dork" meme from last night, and I have to confess that

1) I, too, own nearly every book ever written by Georgette Heyer, and would not dream of surrendering any of them -- even the duplicate copies, and even the attempt-at-contract-busting mystery novel Penhallow. ( Read more... )

2) I do not own a toga, but I do own some medieval garb ( Read more... )

3) I, too, am seriously tempted to spend the MERE $27 required to pre-order and ship (free) the complete first season of Remington Steele on DVD ( Read more... )

4) I've seen all the Dr. Who episodes starring Tom Baker (numerous times) through Sylvester McCoy (once was enough) and I even kind of enjoyed that lame made-for-TV movie from the late 90's in which Eric Roberts became the Master, though I know others hated it. And yes, I have crocheted MANY colorful 6-foot scarves in my time, for friends and family.

However, what I'd really like to be able to get hold of on DVD is every episode of The Scarecrow and Mrs. King.( Read more... )

5) I haven't had much practice with spreadsheets, but I'm incredibly addicted to buying up back issues of puzzle magazines (only the Logic Problems and Math & Logic Problems are worth the effort, since those are the puzzles I always do first) and keeping a stack of them in "the littlest room in the house." ( Read more... ) I just love figuring out the only possible answer that fits and knowing that I've solved the puzzle -- unlike in my academic life, where questions of human relationships and faith and Biblical interpretation are NEVER answered with one right answer that means you'll never have to think about this problem again.

If anyone needs more than five reasons why I might rightfully be considered a dork, I have at least a dozen more popping into my head right now. But most of those are really embarrassing (unlike the examples above!), so maybe I'll just stop right here.