As regularly as I read any blog (which has not, of late, been regularly at all), I peruse the blog of Wil Wheaton. On March 6, 2008, he posted the following:"
"Some books contain the machinery required to create and sustain universes."
-Tycho, at Penny Arcade
Yeah, let that roll around in your head for a little bit. It's really as simple and beautiful as that, isn't it?
I see a bookshelf, filled with different books from different authors, all acting as portals to different worlds and different times. The author may give them birth, but it's the readers who keep them alive.
--yellow text penned by Wil Wheaton
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That's exactly how I feel about books and about reading them. I've mentioned the worlds and universes aspect before. Here.
As for why I'm a geek....well, Wil Wheaton's a geek, and I love his blog. I don't always like his word choices, but I ignore them because I like how he writes and the fact that he revels in his geekdom. Besides, he played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: TNG, and I loved him heart and soul when I was 13.
I revel in my own geekdom (see here and here,) but I suspect my secret recalcitrant side often prevents me from engaging in revelry in public. I admire Wil for his blatant and unhesitant revelry. I find, though, that I become more and more open about my geekiness as I get older, so perhaps I am learning something.
And, in the spirit of such...
Happy Belated π Day!
and
Happy Belated Ides of March!
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