{"id":193,"date":"2008-11-07T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=193"},"modified":"2008-11-07T01:35:35","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T05:35:35","slug":"list-week-a-variety-of-geek-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/07\/list-week-a-variety-of-geek-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"List Week: A Variety of Geek Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/listweek.jpg\" alt=\"List Week\" width=\"165\" height=\"164\" \/>LIST WEEK concludes here at ONCE UPON A GEEK.\u00a0 This time out I&#8217;ve assembled a handful of lists to help you get through your Friday.\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve got any great lists you&#8217;d like to add, feel free to drop them in the comments for everyone to enjoy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the <a title=\"Houston Chronicle Online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/\">Houston Chronicle online<\/a> comes &#8220;<a title=\"Fifteen Geek Movies to See Before You Die\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.chron.com\/techblog\/archives\/2007\/02\/fifteen_geek_movies_to_see_before_you_die_1.html\">Fifteen geek movies to see before you die&#8221;<\/a>.\u00a0 One writers opinion of the top Must-Watch-for-Geek-Cred movies.\u00a0 There are definitely a few surprises here, such as &#8220;12 Monkeys&#8221; and &#8220;Repo Man&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From <a title=\"Right Wing News\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingnews.com\/\">Right Wing News<\/a> comes &#8220;<a title=\"The Top 10 Worst Geek Pick-Up Lines\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingnews.com\/humor\/geeks.php\" class=\"broken_link\">The Top 10 Worst Geek Pick-Up Lines<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 Mostly Star Trek and Star Wars references, but still a fun list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From <a title=\"Christian's &amp; Scott's Interactive Top Ten List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csittl.com\/\">Christian&#8217;s &amp; Scott&#8217;s Interactive Top Ten List<\/a> comes &#8220;<a title=\"Top Ten Differences Between Nerds and Geeks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csittl.com\/old\/97list58.html\">Top Ten Differences between Nerds and Geeks<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 Great list.\u00a0 I especially love #5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From my buddy <a title=\"Stuart Renton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stuartrenton.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Stuart Renton<\/a> comes &#8220;<a title=\"Ten TV Shows I Wish They Would Bring Back\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stuartrenton.com\/column\/index.php\/post\/848\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Ten TV Shows I Wish They Would Bring Back<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 This is a great list!\u00a0 Check out the comments for my thoughts on these particular shows.\u00a0 A follow-up to that post is &#8220;<a title=\"Ten TV Shows They Should Never Bring Back\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stuartrenton.com\/column\/index.php\/post\/922\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Ten TV Shows They Should Never Bring Back<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally from Scott Johnson, creator and artist for <a title=\"Extra Life\" href=\"http:\/\/myextralife.com\/\">ExtraLife<\/a>, comes &#8220;<a title=\"The 56 Geeks Project\" href=\"http:\/\/myextralife.com\/56geeks\/big_poster.php\">The 56 Geeks Project<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 This is a really interesting project.\u00a0 It started out as a doodle or two Johnson did in a sketchbook.\u00a0 He was just jotting down some of his favorite geeky stereotypes and thought, &#8220;why not flesh this out a bit and do a bunch of them?&#8221;.\u00a0 He stopped at 56 geeks because that&#8217;s what he could fit on a 20&#215;30 inch poster.\u00a0 <a title=\"The 56 Geeks Project - Full Screen\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/56geek_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to see the full-size image<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p 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