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One of the most frightening things about your true nerd, for may people, is not that he's socially inept - because everybody's been there - but rather his complete lack of embarrassment about it.

Neal Stephenson

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Neal Stephenson
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: October 31
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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Camp Annapolis Junction
Neal Town Stephenson
Stephen Bury
Everybody
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Embarrassment
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Frightening
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