Marvin C. Pittman

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Giving In To Widespread Geekery

OK, I give up. I give in. I saw The Artist last week. And now I’m reading The Hunger Games, and then I’ll see...

Marvin C. PittmanMarch 29, 2012

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Still Missing DWAYNE McDUFFIE, A Year Later

I miss Dwayne McDuffie. The comic book and cartoon writer’s death a year ago at age 49 was a shock to the world of...

Marvin C. PittmanMarch 15, 2012

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Fear Factory: What THE MUNSTERS Taught Me About Bigotry

The Munsters is my latest Netflix-streaming obsession, to watch all 68 episodes from beginning to end. Besides getting a plumb education in old-school broad...

Marvin C. PittmanFebruary 17, 2012

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Where Are My Blerd Sci-Fi Movie Heroes?

If you’ve read this column enough times over the past few months of its existence, it’s easy enough to see where my nerd allegiances...

Marvin C. PittmanFebruary 2, 2012

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Sexy Super-Heroes, Or Not

One day in eighth-grade English class, these two girls decided to hit on me for fun. I, like many nerds in junior high, didn’t...

Marvin C. PittmanJanuary 20, 2012

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Childish Gambino, Rap’s True Blerd

After working Christmas weekend, I took a few days off to ring in 2012 in my hometown Philadelphia. My fiancee and I packed four...

Marvin C. PittmanJanuary 5, 2012

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I Want To Be a Grown-Up For Christmas

How is it already so close to Christmas? It’s a few days away, and I swear it was just Thanksgiving. I know it was....

Marvin C. PittmanDecember 22, 2011

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Blerd Music

This week I picked up 50 Words For Snow, the latest record from Kate Bush, music’s dream queen. It’s more a collection of song-poems...

Marvin C. PittmanDecember 2, 2011

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Indulging Multiple Nerds In A Blackout

Life is full of marvels, isn’t it? Many are so commonplace that people forget they exist. One of those marvels is that I am...

Marvin C. PittmanNovember 11, 2011

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The Clothes Make The Nerd

I recently had engagement photos taken. Sure, I proposed to my fiancee Christmas morning, but with the wedding not happening until October 2012, it’s...

Marvin C. PittmanOctober 28, 2011

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Behind Every Geek, Stand The Parents

A week ago I was out with my father at the record store as he looked up new jazz and R&B stuff. He said...

Marvin C. PittmanOctober 13, 2011

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STAR WARS Leaves Me Torn … Again

They look at me with their sad, beguiling eyes. “You know you want us,” they taunt. “Oh, you’re taking us home today, aren’t you?”...

Marvin C. PittmanOctober 3, 2011

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Looking Through Blerd-Colored Glasses

I got new eyeglasses for the first time in three years. And as usual, they’re pretty different from the last pair. But the most...

Marvin C. PittmanSeptember 15, 2011

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Rise of the Muscle Nerds

I wake up, drink two glasses of water, and fire up the cable box. In my mind, I’ve geared myself up for working out,...

Marvin C. PittmanSeptember 1, 2011

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Art in the House of Geek

Aside from my glasses and an occasional Thor T-shirt, my nerd markers aren’t too visible most of the time. I may look bookish, but...

Marvin C. PittmanAugust 19, 2011

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The Holy Grail of Toy Collecting

Out of all the nerd stuff I follow, toy collecting is the most hidden. I don’t really talk toys with anyone aside from a...

Marvin C. PittmanAugust 5, 2011

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When Geeks Cry

Sword in one hand, staff in the other, Gandalf turned toward the balrog. He shouted: “You! Shall not! Pass!” and brought down the stone...

Marvin C. PittmanJuly 21, 2011

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Hardcore Halloweening

Last week I bought a TRON: Legacy identity disk toy. Not the regular, Frisbee-looking one, but the “deluxe” one that lights up and makes...

Marvin C. PittmanJuly 9, 2011

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Heart of Geekness: Returning to the Comic Con

Last weekend I was in Philadelphia to meet some friends at Reading Terminal, a world-class food market in the middle of downtown. It’s busy...

Marvin C. PittmanJune 25, 2011

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Welcome to the future

In the past few months, I’ve been re-watching The Cosby Show in entirety. I’m currently on season 6, when the show jumped the shark...

Marvin C. PittmanJune 9, 2011

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I am Urkel. Carlton, too. And if you’re a blerd, you are, too.

You probably noticed that my cute Blerd Vision bug has Raj from What’s Happening!! in it. FOG! editor-in-chief Stefan picked it out for me,...

Marvin C. PittmanMay 26, 2011

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The karaoke king

I still can hear the roaring crowds. The fist-pumping, shoulder-grabbing people – rushing to cheer, congratulate, even join in. When you sing Journey’s “Separate...

Marvin C. PittmanMay 2, 2011

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Screen it again, Sam: Multiple viewings at the multiplex

How was your Tron Day? Mine was swell. April 5 was the release of Tron: Legacy on video. And since seeing the movie in...

Marvin C. PittmanApril 14, 2011

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Loving The Supervillain

I’ve never said this in public before, but I’ve always felt this way. I could always feel the desire burning inside me, the urge...

Marvin C. PittmanApril 1, 2011

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Giving In To Widespread Geekery

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Still Missing DWAYNE McDUFFIE, A Year Later

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Fear Factory: What THE MUNSTERS Taught Me About Bigotry

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Where Are My Blerd Sci-Fi Movie Heroes?

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Sexy Super-Heroes, Or Not

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Childish Gambino, Rap’s True Blerd

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I Want To Be a Grown-Up For Christmas

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Blerd Music

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Indulging Multiple Nerds In A Blackout

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The Clothes Make The Nerd

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Behind Every Geek, Stand The Parents

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STAR WARS Leaves Me Torn … Again

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Looking Through Blerd-Colored Glasses

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Rise of the Muscle Nerds

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Art in the House of Geek

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The Holy Grail of Toy Collecting

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When Geeks Cry

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Hardcore Halloweening

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Heart of Geekness: Returning to the Comic Con

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Welcome to the future

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I am Urkel. Carlton, too. And if you’re a blerd, you are, too.

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The karaoke king

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Screen it again, Sam: Multiple viewings at the multiplex

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Loving The Supervillain

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