The Cult of Geekdom

I saw a preview for Wordplay last weekend and my head nearly exploded from the excitement. There was definite quivering. Finally, a movie just for me and all the other wordgeeks out there who pray at the shrine of Will Shortz and would have trouble breathing were someone to pry our crosswords from our eager, pen-clutching fingers. Plus Jon Stewart and Bill Clinton are in it!

I never knew, until I saw the Wordplay preview, that there exist such mythical things as crossword-puzzle competitions. Oh, the geekery of my people! Of course, I'm light-years away from the ridiculous level of these inhuman puzzle-doers. But then again, I do practice my craft a LOT more than I'd care to admit.