As mentioned here, my laptop has been angry with me for going on 4 months or so. This cause me to retreat away from my usual comfort space of Team Fortress 2 and MMOs, and try to find ways to amuse myself. I went two totally different directions – Facebook games, and diving back in […]
Dee made a post about a woman named Jillian R, a “Phoenix Early Childhood Parenting Examiner” (citizen reporter, in other words) who posted what amounted to a rant on video game players and how they ignore families. My first impression was this is a woman who has dealt with being a “video game widow” in […]
The way I figure it, one has to be hardcore geek about something if they’ll agree to wear a fur coat for it. In Texas. In August. Granted it was for a job, and only the second one I’d ever had, but I still think it says something. I’d begun working at the discount/second run […]
For me, coming out of the basement means something else. It’s suddenly realizing that I’ve got 3 kids, a wife, and I could reasonably be called a mid-level executive, when 10 years ago, I couldn’t imagine having kids, thought being a manager was the worst thing I could ever do, and knowing that I would […]
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Being a geek to me means loving something to the point of marginalization. Anything. Do you argue over whether 50 Cent is fiddy or fitty? Rap geek. Â Do you know the individual ERA of your team’s entire bullpen over the last five years? Baseball geek. Â Have you mentioned Thac0 at a party? D&D […]
It’s hard to say whether or not a geek has come out of the basement, as one must define “the basement†before this statement has any purpose or meaning. It seems there are essentially two interpretations: The basement is literal, as in the cubby hole in which the geek seeks comfort, outfitted with the tools […]
