How To Tell You Are Married To A Geek

I know. I haven't written anything in a while. Life at work has gotten a bit a better, but I am still having a hard time getting back into the swing of things. Bare with me please.

Now on to what prompted me to write tonight. I am married to the most wonderful man it the world. He truly is. He is a total geek though. :) It keeps me smiling, so don't think that this bothers me in the least. I am actually very proud of it, and of him. There are many things in my life that have changed, or become more prominent in day to day activities, thanks to his geekiness. I thought I would make a list.

TOP TEN WAYS TO TELL THAT YOU LIVE WITH A GEEK:

10. Simple conversations are no longer simple. There is a logical, mathematical, or scientific way to explain everything, and your Geek will share it with you.

9. Watching movies without knowing exactly how that scene just defied logic, probability, and physics is a thing of the past. Because of this, you may now find it hard to watch movies, and enjoy them thoroughly. Your friends will also find this difficult because you will start saying the same thing your Geek would have said if he/she were there.

8. You will discover that there is no event in life that can not be explained with a quote or reference from Star Trek, Star Wars, or Monty Python.

7. You have Star Trek, Star Wars, and Monty Python in your family DVD collection, and they take up a larger portion of the DVD storage device in your home than any other genre.

6. Suddenly none of your passwords are easy to remember, and can no longer contain sensible words, phrases, or your dog's name. Not only that, but now you now have a USB storage device in your purse to hold all of your passwords as well as a program called KeePass to organize them and keep them safe.

5. You know what a pod cast is, but didn't learn about them on purpose, and now listen to them frequently.

4. You have had arguments with your Geek over what the best operating system is and why. Previously, in your mind, you pushed a button and the computer came on, and that was all there was to it, and an operating system had nothing to do with any of that.

3. You know the difference between "free as in speech" and "free as in beer".

2. You have started your own IRC room, that no one ever visits, just because you now know how to do so. A trick you would have never even thought to learn if you hadn't spent you free time in IRC talking to your Geek and his IRC friends.

And the number one way to tell that you live with a geek is, that you have started calling your co-workers Noobs when they can't figure out how to get the digital camera to talk to the PC via the USB slot.