{"id":4357,"date":"2010-10-12T06:45:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T10:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4357"},"modified":"2010-10-10T11:42:45","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T15:42:45","slug":"let-your-geek-flag-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/12\/let-your-geek-flag-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Your Geek Flag Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I picked up a new bumper sticker this week &#8211; LET YOUR GEEK FLAG FLY!\u00a0 I love it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Let Your Geek Flag Fly bumper sticker\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/geekflag.jpg\" alt=\"Let Your Geek Flag Fly bumper sticker\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I bought the sticker at <a title=\"Lofty Pursuits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loftypursuits.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lofty Pursuits<\/a>.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t seem to find it for sale on the internet, but if you go looking it was produced by &#8220;Duck and Cover&#8221;.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still deciding whether to slap the sticker on my new Jeep or my laptop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The phrase is a play on words from an old Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song, &#8220;Almost Cut My Hair&#8221;, in which they sang the line &#8220;Let your freak flag fly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4357\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/12\/let-your-geek-flag-fly\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4357\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/12\/let-your-geek-flag-fly\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/12\/let-your-geek-flag-fly\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/12\/let-your-geek-flag-fly\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-4357\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/12\/let-your-geek-flag-fly\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I picked up a new bumper sticker this week &#8211; LET YOUR GEEK FLAG FLY!\u00a0 I love it! 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