Here's one for the I'm A Big Geek files:

I'm prepping for the new GIS class I'm teaching this fall, with a spiffy new version of ArcGIS.

It is absolutely amazing what this program can do. It is absolutely astounding how much easier it is to get things done than in the old version of ArcView that I used back in '98.

So I'm sitting here in my office, cackling like a demented character from a Molière play, as I work through it.

(My latest comment to myself: "Make a new folder called 'My Tools' for subprograms I'm going to use many times! Cool. hehehehehehe.")