Just got the urge to pull up Wil Wheaton's blog after a good year or two of not reading it...sorry dude.
I found this tale of woe about our inability to turn off the geekspeak sometimes and it had me in stitches. I can totally relate.
Yes, the glazed, far away look...or the "hey, what's that over there" look. But....it's just so cool sometimes! :)