Geek

Overall profits have to be looked at deep within the financial statement of any company, but the bottom line always remains the bottom line. Within Best Buy, we see that the company's total liabilities are 60% of total assets. Liabilities have increased from March 2003 at 177,000 to February 2004 at 765,000(Quotes & Info- Best Buy Co Inc (BBY)). This puts their liabilities at a high risk for investors. Their top competitor, Circuit City, holds only 30% liabilities to assets. This creates a…

Video gaming, what was once a niche hobby generally only enjoyed and played by people who were seen as geeks has had a radical popularity. In 2016, the games industry has managed to become worth billions of dollars, the games themselves have become more mature and have appealed to wider audiences and communities of millions of people have formed around specific games. My personal experience with gaming comes from my time playing World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role playing game…

Did you know that one of the most popular pet peeve is people who constantly talk and won’t be quiet? That can get pretty annoying. There are millions of pet peeves. What are some of yours? Many people consider me a geek or nerd with fantasy so I know almost everything but other people don’t know everything there is to know. The worst thing is when I am trying to talk about how this person just did this in a movie or book and they just nod but don’t understand one little thing. I love Harry…

I recently got to sit down and talk with my two siblings, Oliver Cartagena and Sandy Cartagena. A little while back they both had a conversation on what they were both were going to perform, Oliver had said that he thought it was “weird” for a girl to be in band. This ended up causing some tension between both siblings. Then they realized that many people who are not in band had certain stereotypes with the way band kids are looked at. Personally this puzzled me. I wondered, why would he say…

specifics and technicalities more so than the actual retail portion of my job description. I soon came to the realization that I was better suited as a computer technician then a salesman; unfortunately upon applying for a permanent position in the Geek Squad I was told "I was selling too well and was too valuable an asset on the sale floor to be considered for relocation." Being that Mr. Luzader is a dear friend of mine, I shared my disgruntlement about the situation. Upon hearing this he…

limelight of society. Instantly, Fridman states his thesis which is strongly platformed on the central idea of society’s view of the “intellectually curious and academically serious.” In addition, when Fridman writes, “Derogatory terms like nerd and geek,” the reader senses a passive aggressiveness in the negative connotation he uses to describe the general idea of intelligence in society. Additionally he brings up the comparison between a “someone dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge”…

students at school. Instead, the teachers are the bullies of the school. There are four groups the blonde beauties, the creepy geeks, and the good ole’ boys, and the worker bees. The leaders of these groups are the nasty and the most frightful of all, well except for the worker bees and the good ole’ boys. The blonde beauties; Mrs. Bright, Mrs. Flo, and Mrs. Beth. The creepy geeks; Mr. Kind, Mrs. Love, Mr. Green, Mr. Mathew, and Ms. Sweet. The good ole’ boys; Coach Taylor, Coach Blue, Coach…

Grant Penrod makes the argument that academic achievement should be rewarded just as much if not more than athletic achievement. Penrod believes that nerds are disliked because of their intellectualism, yet the reason they are excluded from social activity is due to a self-fulfilling prediction. He shares with us that today’s society tends to glorify non-intellectuals, such as athletes and celebrities, while the intellectually skilled individuals get left on the sidelines with little recognition…

Toys for Anxiety help people with anxiety to focus and better manage the emotional regulation skills, sensory processing skills, , and social skills needed to remain calm and composed. If you’re looking for the Best Fidget Toys or other Gadgets for Geeks to…

Advisors are authentic, genuine, real, individual people, who give sound advice, help everyone, and get genuinely involved. [Here at Intraway, we make software. And as is the case at most software companies, a lot of us are what one might call ‘geeks’… and we geeks love ASCII art.https://workwiththebest.intraway.com/blog-post/our-core-values-in-ascii/] Believe in your…