For the past two years, I have been enjoying a podcast called Geekson. Those of you who know me will surely know of what I speak because I mention it often. I've never felt closer to four people I haven't met. They live in L.A. and all have very successful careers and are extremely intelligent, in my opinion. I call them "my friends" when I speak of them, and my wife has stopped correcting me at this point. She knows that when I come home and tell her something funny Aaron said today that I am not speaking of the Aaron I work with, but Aaron from Geekson.
I won't go into the details of the show, if you're interested and have the time, you can check them out yourselves. They talk about "geeky" movies, video games, board games, and books. It's a lot more than that though. I've come to really enjoy their insight into many topics, and to trust their judgement. They are about to record their 100th episode, and I've listened to all of the previous one at least two times apiece.
They have read some of my emails on the show, which excited me beyond belief, but it came to a culmination about a month ago when one of the Geeks called me. I had emailed Peter, a writer in Hollywood, about some writing questions I had. He emailed me back and asked for my phone number. That alone was enough to elate me, but then within an hour my phone rang. It was like I was in seventh grade and the cutest girl in the school was calling me. I of course played it cool though. We talked about writing for an hour and fifteen minutes. It was a really fun conversation. He really went out of his way to help me through some things, and for that, I am very appreciative.
These are great guys, guys you'd want to be friends with. They are entertaining and enlightening. If you go to http://www.geekson.com/ and click on Show Archive, you will find all of their past episodes and what they talk about on each show. I hope you will find them as enjoyable as I do. Maybe you'll even turn into a geek yourself. For your own sake though, hope that you do, because we are taking over the world, and if you want a slice of the pie in the end, you better jump on board now. Have a great geek week.
2 comments:
I'm the same way with Bob and Tom. However, I'm sure they're not nearly as intellectually stimulating. But they do make the drive to work more fun!
They keep me sane at work. I wrote them once and told them it was because of them that I don't force choke the guy that sits next to me.
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