Okay, how much of a geek am I?I am obsessed with...wait for it...HISTORY.I know! History???But I just can't help it. I actually think it's genetic. I remember -- as a kid, teenager, young adult -- noticing with dismay the bedtime reading on my Dad's bedside table (yes, Ali, it's called a bedside table, not a nightstand ;) ). Things like The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, and The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and The Boer War (oh, there were many punny jokes about that title).I once said to my sisters, "if I ever willingly read... More »