In responce to the mass amount of (hate)mail Jeff recieved in his inbox these past 2 days (and Quickbeams article no doubt), Jeff Wells has posted what can only be called a non-apology-apology for calling us 'Geeks'. Check out the article:

Hundreds of angry J.R.R. Tolkien fans stormed my e-mail inbox yesterday, throwing knives, spears, hatchets and epithets. It was all more or less over my having used the word "geeks". [More]