• You may have thought Cupid was a cherubic boy – turns out he’s a slug
• More odd animal pairings – horse with ducklings
• You know that thing you’ve always wanted to say to the most annoying person on your public commute?  Now it’s art
• A word that’s been missing is finally found  – recombobulate (after you’ve been discombobulated)
• Earthworms are social – so don’t go frying them up!

A bizarre new take on tourism unveiled in London

New word of the day – vegangelical (i.e. rabid vegans)

Could you get a posthumous book deal for balancing stuff on your head?  Something to strive for isn’t it?

Feral beagles are terrorizing Long Island (yes, they’re the  ones with the short legs…)

NurdleNet has branched out into nurdly gifts via CafePress just in time for the holidays: http://www.cafepress.com/nurdle So spread the joy to friends and family (which will also put a little something in my stocking!)

We’ve started with 3 classic designs; surely you’re life will have more excitement with one of these:

• A ladybug burying it’s head in a flower; some days are like that
• “There’s no I in team because it prefers showing INITIATIVE” – inspired by a real pointy-haired boss
• “Nurdle! If you have to ask, you won’t understand…” – the basic philosophy of this site and it’s followers…

I’ll have other gift recommendations from other sources over the next week or so.

Nurdle is an odd word that does exist in some dictionaries that aren’t pertinent to this site. (For those that are insatiably curious, nurdle is a term in cricket, the squiggle of toothpaste that is squeezed from the tube, and apparently a plastic extrusion pollutant.) Nurdle as it is used on Nurdle Net is a term best described in comparisons. It is anything or anyone that is neither mainstream nor avante garde but with a certain sort of something. It is most usually a verb, but also has adjective and adverb forms. It can be eccentric but not to the point of crazy although I admit that is extremely subjective.

• Biplanes nurdle, but Learjets do not
• The original Volkswagon Beetle nurdled, but station wagons and minivans do not and the Beetle remake is well, clearly an imitator
• Tug boats nurdle
• Daschunds and Corgis nurdle
• Little old ladies with flames painted on their walkers are nurdly
• Most of the Muppets qualify, especially Beeker

Nurdly things are nifty, quirky, and fun, but not cute to the point of a sugar rush. They are intriguing and thought provoking without being boringly academic. Nurdle Net is a place for those that understand and/or appreciate the difference and the goal of this site is to leave people smiling with delight and mentally heading off on creative tangents.