I am a geek because...

[Andy Baker]

I know why a curve ball actually curves

I saw every Brady Bunch episode at least 3 times

The crap that the professor could make out of a coconut on Gilligan's Island didn't fool me.

I can name the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd receivers for each NFL team (Fantasy Football geek).

While I know the torque-speed curves for all of the FIRST motors, I also have been known to forget to bring my wallet to Florida.

I am sometimes disappointed when 5:00 rolls around and I gotta stop running my CAD station.

My wife and kids have gone away for a Saturday and I go into work and design FIRST robots.

During the FIRST season, I cannot sleep at night until we get our team's design done.

While playing Sim City on my home computer, I often grasp in air... trying to locate my Spaceball... then I realize that I only use my Spaceball while on CAD at work.

I refuse to pay anyone to work on anything at my house. Even if I have no experience with some piece of equipment, I can usually fix it.... it may take me a while, but it will get fixed.

I calculated the best way to mow my 3+1/2-acre yard... I start in a circle in the middle of my yard and I can drive continually without slowing down for 45 minutes.

The fact that I have been posting in these forums since they opened before the 1999 season. Go ahead... check the archives... I know you're jealous.

My list of FIRST contacts is almost to 1,000 people.

Other TechnoKats often make fun of me for how geeky I am with FIRST team numbers, the teams, and what their robots can do.

I many not know how to configure my BIOS on my computer, but I am still a geek.

Andy B.