Super Nerd
A super nerd or super geek, Bruce isn’t sure which, but he needs one anyway!
 There’s been a few times recently when I’ve had computer problems. It happened again this morning. Even the ever-faithful reboot-and-try-again method didn’t work.
I phoned a friend, but he didn’t have the answer. I would have asked the audience, but there wasn’t one.
That’s when I wished I had a geeky or nerdy friend who was into computers. Someone like that would know the answer. Then the thought hit me. Wouldn’t it be great to be Super Nerd (or Geek)—the superhero who has all the computer answers.
I can imagine my outfit with the cape and the SG (or N) on the front. I wouldn’t wear my underpants on the outside, though.
I can hear someone saying, “Look, at that desk, is that a technician? Is it a computer professional? No, it’s Super Nerd (or Geek).”
As the music swells, a voice-over is heard: “Faster than Google search. More powerful than the top-of-the-range Harvey Norman computer (currently available at no interest for 35 years). Able to leap tall firewalls in a single F7. It’s Super Geek (or Nerd)!”*
There I am saving the world from digital disaster. The testimonials are embarrassing: “Thank you, Super Nerd (or Geek), you saved my company from ruin.”
Wait a minute! I don’t have much of an interest in computers except that they help me get my work and other stuff done (like writing this). I don’t want to fix computers.
And it hits me. I need to leave that for people who have an interest and a passion for it. Too often I’m tempted to want to be what others are. Yet God wants me to be what He has made me to be.
That’s what gives Him—and me—most pleasure. I know I’ll never be a geek or nerd, except in my dreams, let alone a super one. Each of us is handcraft-created unique. That’s how God intends it.
I’d like to know why computers can’t be like a pet dog and trained to do things at command, every time. The really important lesson I’ve . . .**
*The writer has time-warped (again!) to an era long forgotten. In this case he has adapted poorly a saying about Superman from black-and-white TV days.
**At this point the writer had another computer problem and tried to train his computer with a hammer. It didn’t work.
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Bruce Manners (left) is senior pastor of
the Avondale College church.