the trouble with technology is ...

we become so attatched to it that when it fails us we have no where else to go .. and so for the past few weeks i have had the unfortunate problem of a dead computer and so while many of you might or might not have noticed there has been no recent "Geek Files" to wrap around your brain (or your leftover fish if you print it out). It also has not helped that the writer/editor/owner of the very self-same "Geek Files" has also be extremely busy at the paying job ... you know ... the one that makes everything else possible.

As a writer, this has been frustrating and would probably been completely unbearable except for the fact that the real paying job is as a writer as well -- granted technical writing and creative personal experience writing are at opposing sides of the spectrum but as any writer will tell you ... any writing you get is better than not being able to get any at all.

Of course so many things have gone on in the weeks since i was able to put thoughts down on the blog ...

Another super bowl has come and gone .... and despite leading their opponents in all the categories you would expect from a winning team the Seattle Seahawks will have to try again next year having become this year what is know in any business as "THE EXCEPTION" that makes the rule. They will be remembered in passing years as the FIRST TEAM not to win when they controlled time of possession, turnovers and total offense. People who know "The Geek" know im not a consipracy theorist but i have to say that when not a single picture of any seattle player or coach was shown holding the Lombardi Trophy during the entire first half, you have to wonder just a tad. And just for the record while it was nice of Hines Ward to say that he had a few TDs taken away from him on similar calls like the one that robbed the seahawks ... c'mon Hines be real man 99.98% of the time thats a call that goes against the defensive player especially when both are pushing off each other. As for the replay on the Big Ben TD .... not even Harry Houdini was that good.

As a sports nut, i like any and all sports -- even ones that dont get a lot of play here in the good ole US of A. A lot of that has to do with being in a lot of foreign countries during my ten year stint in the USAF. Cricket, ruggers, footy, darts, auto racing (all of it not JUST NASCAR), aussie rules, i love them all; and none more so than the summer and winter olympic games. So you will have to excuse me for the next couple weeks as i indulge in my every two year festival of athleticism .... Michelle Kwan showed why everyone, even her fiercest competitors, respect and admire her -- they dont seem to make class athletes that way any more much to our eternal shame.

to end this re-vival blog edition lets tie up a few loose ends shall we?

first .... a very belated happy birthday to the OLDEST ... hey welcome to the fifties soon huh bro? ....

then ... GO GLAM!!!!!! did you forget my invitation????

also ... a BIG LEVEL ONE TEAL CONGRATULATIONS to His Majesty Juan Carlos I, King of Spain on a much deserved and timely position of responsibility.

and ... another BIG SHOUT OUT to The ONE, The ONLY ... CUZ .... glad the job is going great!!!!

finally ... a most heartfelt and truly humble THANK YOU, as always, to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who despite long hours, thankless weeks filled with anxeity, rotten duty stations and intermably long absences away from families and loved ones in lands all across the globe continue to SERVE PROUDLY and HONORABLY to defend us all.

GOD BLESS AMERICA and GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF YOU!!!!