I used to work at a very small bookstore called Borders Express (basically a Waldenbooks that was bought by Borders). I worked there for a total of 3 years. During that time one of my customers bought a book called Letters to a Young Mathematician by Ian Stewart (as seen on the right). When I saw the cover of the book I shouted excitedly, "Look, it's a fractal!" I had just been trying to explain to my coworker what a fractal was, and if any of you have ever tried explaining what a fractal is, you know just how difficult that can be! So this customer just drops his jaw and looks at me and says, "You know what a fractal is?" He looked completely dumbfounded. He then ends up leaving the store, I later find out it was to buy a pencil and some paper so he could give me his info but when he left I had gone to smoke a cigarette and he thought he had lost his chance, and so he went home defeated. Maybe a week later he came back into the store with his friends and I ran over and gave him a piece of paper with my name, cell phone number, and my e-mail. And the rest is history. Later that night I got my first e-mail, then we exchanged myspace page info, where we discovered we are both obsessed with Manson (Marilyn Manson), and we've been together ever since. My husband has a very mild form of Asperger Syndrome and I can state for a fact that he probably never would have talked to me if it wasn't for this book.
We had been planning on writing Ian Stewart a thank you letter for sometime, and after we got our wedding thank you cards back from Snapfish.com we decided it would be the perfect opportunity to send him one. So we did, explaining in a much shorter way why we were sending him a thank you card and how much we appreciated him. And we got a response! Not only did he write us a letter he also sent us a copy of his newest book personally autographed for us!I know this picture is giant, but I wanted you to be able to see some of the detail. I don't know if I accomplished that but oh well.
Below are some images of the book for your enjoyment!
So we met, we fell in love, and now we get to live geekily and happily ever after!
Scientists have been smashing particles into each other at high speeds for several decades. They basically use tubes that have electromagnets in them to magnetically guide the particles into each other. (Michio kaku built one 
i think you always have been a nerd.... like you said there are different types of nerds and (ahem) im the COMIC NERD!!! you are not. i would not expect you to know all the marvel characters..cause youre not that type of nerd..i think youre more of a "book worm" (nerd)..same with me i have not always been this hardcore with comics(well maybe i have) i gradually got into it..and now thats me!! as im sure you will graphic novels are the best!! keep reading..might i suggest "identity crisis" by Brad Meltzer..anyway dont listen to anyone but youre self.. you know who you are..besides us neerds have to stick together..this is the decade of the nerd!!!
