So those of you who don't twitter might not know what "Geek of the Week" is. It's a weekly feature done by The Science Channel to show off someone who goes above and beyond in geekiness, nerdiness or the like. And guess what?
I'M THE GEEK OF THE WEEK!
That's right. So if you were to head on over to Science.Discovery.Com or their affiliate page NerdAbout and look at the front page, you'll see a lovely photo of me and a description of what made me the uber-geek this week (it's a new project, actually... you should check it out. I'll be talking about it more here soon, too).
Anyhow, I'm just basking in the glory of being on the Science Channel's front page. It makes me feel special - just like my momma always says I am.
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