We Troupe of Geeks

Funny thing... for the first time in recent history, my nuclear family spent sometime just the 4 of us. From that, I have realized we are a bunch of geeks.

I don't say it in a bad way naturally, as I am including myself, but some of the things that were discussed were quite nerdy.

Alas, that is who we have become. We are a isolated population. We removed ourselves from the rest of our extended family 25 years ago, and like the Galapagos, have evolved into who we are without much in the way of interference.

Mom laments that when we go to visit our relatives, we are never asked about our lives, instead we are bombarded with every detail of our kin folks. I think this is an obvious by-product of our evolution. We talk about things like (brace yourself) unconscious thought processes, human renal function, sociological differences in topographical layouts of cities, and ancient European history. Not that they can't comprehend those things, but we would likely bore the hell out of them.

Still, I continue to be amazed by the things that crop into conversation. I am further amazed by the fact that it is rare that one of us doesn't have something to add. Frankly the only time I don't feel like a geek is when I am in the company of geeks, my family.

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