geek

Pronunciation: \ˈgēk\
Function: noun

1. A person obsessed with intellectual pursuits for their own sake, who is also deficient in most other human attributes so as to impair the person's smooth operation within society.
2. A person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media. Geeks are adept with computers, and use the term hacker in a positive way, though not all are hackers themselves.
3. A person who relates academic subjects to the real world outside of academic studies; for example, using multivariate calculus to determine how they should correctly optimize the dimensions of a pan to bake a cake.
4. A person who has chosen concentration rather than conformity; one who passionately pursues skill (especially technical skill) and imagination, not mainstream social acceptance.
5. A person with a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream. This could be due to the intensity, depth, or subject of their interest. This definition is very broad but because many of these interests have mainstream endorsement and acceptance, the inclusion of some genres as "geeky" is heavily debated.

A more recent school of thought sees Nerd as being a derogatory phrase, whilst Geek is simply a description. It is taken to be someone who is an enthusiast, often in things outside of the mainstream spectrum, of note is that in this definition, there is no reference to being socially inept in the slightest.

Sound like someone you might know? Such as the man I married?

Which is exactly why when I passed this gift bag in the grocery store I could not pass it by - I had to buy it.

And of course it is filled with geekiness goodness, but than I had to take it a step further. This bag inspired me to buy this:

Some women love men in uniforms I love men with pocket protectors, and that is a true story folks.

(In Brad's defense - he doesn't wear pocket protectors, however if he did I would find it endearing.)