Geek-off

[hrj]

So one of my co-workers has challenged me to a geek-off. His credentials are good: we've argued Star Trek trivia; he bored the rest of us to tears discussing World of Warcraft strategy with someone from another department; I accept him as a worthy challenger. But I think he's in over his head. He defined the structure of the geek-off contest: every day for a week we are each to bring in some artifact demonstrating our geekhood and they are to be judged against each other by the acclaim of the other co-workers. I won today's round with my "Hittite homework assignment turned in on a clay tablet in cuneiform" versus his "nearly unsolvable maze drawn on a sheet of notebook paper." For tomorrow's entry, I believe I shall submit "personal note of thanks in the preface of a fantasy novel for research services rendered to the author". But I must ponder ideas for the remainder of the challenge. I wouldn't want to lose through complacency.