Some people think there's a fine line between "nerd" and "geek." Yes, sometimes the line is narrow, even microscopic, but for me it's not easily crossed. There is no demilitarized zone between them (another pesky military metaphor), no colorfully overlapped Venn diagram. It's more like an emergency changing of clothes, sometimes with body hair caught in the zippers.
The following is an example of the daily conflict between the two halves of my brain (yes, it's drawn on Post-It Notes):
