Books of Nerdyness

So I'm quite a massive nerd, and not in the dippy school girl "OMG you got a B in that test, you are suuuuchh a nerd" type of nerd, like a proper hardcore nerd. What made me come to this conclusion was that when I came from home from school, my mum gave me a big plastic bag. What was in the bag you ask? It was a big old pile of science type books. There were three QI books and the Wonders Of The Universe by Professor Brian Cox. I have literally spent the rest of today with my nose buried in these three books soaking up also sorts of useless trivia. Did you know that Sir Isaac Newton was not only an astonishing physicist but also a keen alchemist and practicer of the occult?  Leonardo da Vinci was also the inventor of the first 'tank', the first parachute, a giant siege crossbow, a crane, the first mixer tap for bath tubs, folding furniture, the aqualung, the automatic drum, automatic doors, a sequin maker and many other smaller devices. Impressive eh? People like him, who had a crap childhood (his mother was an Arabic slave who was sold when he was young and his dad wanted nothing to do with him) are an utter inspiration. To go from such awful circumstances to one of the most admired scientists and artists ever to have lived.

And who said us nerds are boring. Sigmund Freud was a cocaine addict. Florence Nightingale kept a pet owl in her pocket. Lord Byron drank burgundy from a human skull and Leonardo da Vinci could bend horseshoes with one hand. Being a nerd doesn't sound so boring now does it?

Good Night xxx