I’ve been using the phrase “Geek wins!” a lot recently. It’s my summarized victory speech after I puzzle out a particularly tricky computer problem, or get around someone else’s technology road blocks to get what I want. The latter category’s generally petty and nearly more a testament to my stubbornness rather than my brain, but life’s just a set of word problems to me anyway, so I’ll still add it to the big board.

Here’s an example. Today, Greg posts a link to a Tom the Dancing Bug comic.

I click. There’s a comic. A fun time for all.

I say hey, you know what, I haven’t seen TtDB comics in a while, I wonder what’s been happ’nin’.

I click and the page starts loading.

Then suddenly, the page goes black.

I hear the primal screech of a 300 baud modem: this has offended my geek ancestors. I can’t explain why the extra O in “Ooops!” irritated me exactly; probably invoked the sarcastic, drawn-out version. “OoooOOooops! Did *I* accidentally pour Tabasco in your soda when you weren’t looking?? I am SO sorry!” *tee hee, giggle-run to daddy’s Porsche*

That, and the basic premise that you’re not a Genius until you sign up on their site. Yeah, bitch, it’s go time.

Let’s see what you got, exactly.

Oh say what’s this here?

Oh ooops, what did I do?? Oh, yeah, I reached into your brain and made you forget the number twelve. Please sign up here to give me your lunch money.

Geek wins.

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