Mindless Juices

Here's the thing, these days, it's cool to know about computers, programming, video games, music, comic books, D&D, etc. There was a day (junior high?) when all of these were only coveted by the "geeks" and "dorks." Well, here I am to say that those of us who said, "And the geeks shall inherit the Earth" weren't too far off. FYI, dorks are still uncool. I am truly amazed how the things I loved as a kid, "the mainstream" is just NOW finding out how cool they are. Mainstream realized that I am lovable. And when I tried to get the pretty girl, people rooted for me. Now that I got her, they're happy (though confused) as to HOW I got the pretty girl and they all want to know if I can keep her. So, they keep watching. It's really the only reason I think I have friends these days. So, it's cool to be a geek. And, you might think that IT departments are, by definition, the coolest place to be. Yet, they're not... Nick? My pretty wife forgot Peter Parker, the geek to which we all aspire. Deep down, every geek metaphorically wishes he got bit by a spider and turned into a stud overnight. Look, everyone wanted Peter, not Spiderman, to get with M.J. Peter embodies the lovable geek and Stan Lee wrote him to do so... he pioneered the way for Seth, Marshall, J.D. and George. I just want to say take a look around... Sin City, Spiderman & his fellow comic book heros, G4TV, Apple, Bill Gates (to some extent), Ben Affleck (major geek), Everquest (D&D for the masses) ...face it, it's the geeks that keep this world going 'round... we, at least, make it a cooler place than it was.