Happy National Cookie Cutter Day! To be clear, we’re talking about the actual kitchen utensils you use to cut out fun shapes for eating, NOT the metaphorical usage that describes things that conform to norms. However, we will accept a cookie cutter cookie cutter, but only once the phrase “cookie cutter” starts to lose meaning.

This is The Reset Button from Classic Nerd, resetting your day.

December 1 in Nerd History

Here are five things that happened on December 1st at the intersection of nerd and pop culture.

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Birthdays of honor: Richard Pryor (1940), Bette Midler (1945), Lou Rawls (1933), Deep Roy (1957), Marie Tussaud (1761).