Friday, December 14, 2012

Geeks

Now that stereotypical (from my day) geek stuff is cool (video games, comic book superheroes, Lord of the Rings, etc.) it's a lot easier to see that there are geeks everywhere. Sports fans are tremendous geeks, as are gun nuts. But while healthy obsessions can indeed be healthy, it's hard to see how a long term obsession with a killing machine can be all that healthy.