This week, it was my turn to choose where Ponzi and I would go for our “date night.” Sounds a bit silly, but it’s the only thing we can do to kick ourselves out of the house – if only for a few hours at a time.

It’s a great new tradition.

My choice for last night’s date was the Build-a-Bear Workshop in Bellevue Square Mall. We’re not pregnant, but when we do finally welcome a child into our home – no matter the gender – we’ll be two stuffed animals ahead.

She assembled what is now “Angel Baby Bear” (on the left) and I assembled “Qwerty” (on the right):

Yes, I made a nerdy teddy bear – you gotta problem with that? The funniest thing about Qwerty is his astronomy t-shirt: Pluto isn’t there. My friends Phil and Fraser will get a kick out of that. :)

Some of you watch my Flickr feed with any amount of regularity (sorry about all those cross-posted photos from Blip.TV, but it’s another way to easily discover what we’re recording on a daily basis). The other day, I uploaded a couple of photos from last week’s date night adventure – when Ponzi decided to take us to University Village in Seattle to paint ceramics together. While her penguins still await their glazing, my mug is complete and has already seen a fair amount of Peet’s this week:

So, are we the only married couple who does a “date night” every week?

Date Nights with your Spouse

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http://live.pirillo.com/ – Ponzi has some great tips for the geeks out there currently in a relationship.

• What looks good and what feels good are two totally different things
• Men and Women have different internal body temperatures. Women like warmer temperatures and men like cooler temperatures.

And Chris has one piece of advice for a successful marriage: don’t install Windows Vista on your spouses computers.

Do you have any tips?

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http://live.pirillo.com/ – When you’re a geek it can be pretty difficult to relate with your significant other, especially when they don’t share the same passions that you do. But Chris and Ponzi have some suggestions to help develop your relationship further.

Try getting her involved in what you do, making it a fun event. If you’re streaming video live, then get her on camera and have a discussion about something. Also, try explaining what it is you’re doing. Basically, keep her in the loop: she doesn’t want to feel like she’s not a member of your "inner circle."

So, do you have any relationship advice for the hopeless geeks out there?

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