> this one goes more for my "video-game playing geekness" than my computer geekness...

Oh goodness, that opens up a whole new flood gate. During my Tetris phase, I kept trying to fit pieces snugly over furniture, people's shoulders, and so on. Lately I've been playing Everett Kaser's new game, "Descartes Enigma," and played a few of those games in my sleep. I can't even tell you how many games I've done things like this with.

> Oh, has anyone ever used emoticons while writing by hand? I know I have.

Done that too. :-)