two: I actually took this one kind of seriously and imagined a cabinet meeting involving each of these two candidates. One meeting had no fart jokes in it. I went with Nye.

three: I went with Doctor Who. While I think that Creative Commons licensing is a fantastic idea(l) and his work is a major benefit to current society, The Doctor is the epitome of Geek in almost every incarnation and he knows people on other planets. Fictional or not, I still vote for the Doc. That’s what’s up….(ok, that was bad, but I’m not deleting it)

four: Joss Whedon, mainly because he has gained his popularity as a writer in a visual industry. With the possible exception of JMS, I don’t know of any other TV or Film writers (the pic above was the first I’d ever seen of Mr. Whedon) who have garnered such fame due to the popularity of the worlds and characters they have made without being in front of the camera (a la Kevin Smith).

five: John Lasseter. I work regularly with the WDI folks, albeit in a very tangential way, so it would be good for job security. I like job security.

six: In very different ways, both of these people provided me with a way to escape from the jock-laden hell that was junior high and high school. But I simply can’t forgive Danica for the godawful titles of her books. Kiss My Math? Seriously? Thhhpppppttttt!

seven: Tom Servo & Crow – the debate regarding the gender of Mr. B Natural alone is enough to win my vote.

eight: Was Kovacs an innovator, a comic genius and an extremely creative man? Absolutely. Was he a geek? Nope. My vote goes to Day.

And yet you voted against Danica McKellar?! Dude, did you see her picture? Even if you didn’t watch The Wonder Years, she is one hot summa cum laude, theorem-co-authoring mathematician nerd!

Amen, Omaru!

I can’t help wondering if it’s just a publicity stunt to get more votes.

I’m only revealing that I voted for Lisa and Danica, because smart girls (real or fictional) should get their kudos too.

1) In a way, I don’t want to vote for JoCo, because it would interfere with his songwriting and touring. But in another way, the position I’d be electing him to does not exist. So JoCo.

2) I’ve never see anything either of them have done, but I have Bill Nye’s theme song on my iPod. So I’ll vote for him.

3) I vaguely remember not liking Doctor Who when I was a kid, but I considered voting for him because I didn’t recognise Larry Lessig’s name immediately. Then I read Lessig’s description, and of course I’ll vote for him. I like Creative Commons.

4) I won’t vote for Joss Whedon for the same reason I won’t vote for Wil Wheaton or that other guy I get confused with them (Will Wright? something like that.) And although the Quick Stop website is awful to navigate, Ken Plume does twitter about pants from time to time, so I guess he deserves my vote.

5) Lasseter. If he can stand up to Steve Jobs (and he’s the only person I know of who can), he can stand up to Obama. Also, I love Pixar movies.

6) Never heard of either of them, but McKellar is a mathematician! Being one myself (at least by training) I’m all for mathematicians getting paid jobs. I think I’ll vote for her.

7) Never heard of either of them, so I won’t vote.

I’ve heard a lot of chatter about Felicia Day on teh internets lately. But the only thing I’ve seen her do is sing Still Alive with JoCo. This is still enough to get her the vote, I think, because I’d never heard of Ernie Kovacs… though I wonder if Kovacs deserves it more, as a comedy pioneer. The show in that list I’m the most familiar with is Sesame Street, which doesn’t really set my geek-o-meter dinging, but if he was involved in Monty Python stuff, he might be worth a vote. Oh, who am I kidding? Felicia Day’s surely going to be winning this by too much for my vote to matter. I may as well just vote for her.

Bill Nye gets our vote. BINARY BITS OF INFORMATION!

Fourth Doctor was the best Doctor ever. Tenth Doctor comes in a close second. Given that each doctor seems to be younger and younger, I’m willing to bet the Fifteenth Doctor will be a foetus.

Joss Whedon is no contest. Which is why I have him batling JoCo in the future.

Stan Lee is my pick for the Penultimate Four. EXCELSIOR!

Felicia Day FTW since NPH is not listed. (Imagine him as the Twelfth Doctor. Rose Tyler would have to watch out!)

2 – Bill Nye. I’m all over science education. Family Guy, not so much.

3 – Larry Lessig. His brain is so big. Truly a revolutionary thinker.

4 – Maybe it’s the fangirl in me, but Joss Whedon. Who’s this “Plumey” guy? Seriously, while, I know he’s got the geek cred (as evidenced by you, JoCo and Hodgman), I haven’t been all that impressed with Quick Stop.

5 – Lisa Simpson. Despite the awkwardness, still a great little geek. While Lasseter may be talented and successful in his field, I’m not so sure he’s qualified to speak on behalf of the geeks.

6 – Danica McKellar, because geek girls RAWK! Especially the real ones.

7 – Tom Servo & Crow. Eddie Deezen may have played nerds, but is he nerdy enough himself to represent us?

8 – Felicia Day, also for the geek-girliness, though I’m second-guessing my choice. While I’m not familiar with Kovacs except by name, I’m certainly a fan of the things that he influenced. Oh, well. Too late.