This week’s show will be a little late, since my wonderful daughter is home with a virus today. Poor thing, she has had it all weekend. So today I am on SuperMom duty, to try to make it all better.
Maybe I will have some help this afternoon, if she feels up to it. Talk to you all soon!
I hope everyone is having a great Mother’s Day!
I read this great column on Slice of SciFi celebrating the geeky mom, and thought I would pass it along to you! Enjoy!
We now have a forum at the Farpoint Forums. Come and discuss anything about parenting or geeking, and check out the other Farpoint shows as well!
Better late than never, this episode is about my favorite (and mostly family-friendly) websites and podcasts, and my favorite sci-fi convention. In this episode I discuss the following sites and podcasts
The Dragon Page Cover-To-Cover
And my favorite sci-fi fantasy convention, Atlanta’s Dragon*Con.
I end with promos for The Dragon Page Cover-to-Cover and What the Cast, and the lovely song “My Beige Bear” by Jonathan Coulton.
Please email us at howtogrowyourgeek - at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number 206-202-7309.
I would also love your comments, family stories and questions!
Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton
Sound effects and other music courtesy of pacdv.com
Hi everyone! The next podcast will be a little late, due to some dental work I had today. I should be feeling better tomorrow, and will be able to talk more easily. Thanks for listening!
Hi everyone! I wanted to do a review of one of my favorite computer games for you, and it turned into a whole episode! I discuss The Sims 2, highlight all of its expansion packs and stuff packs, and explain custom content. I wrap it all up by playing a promo for The Babylon Podcast, where I joined an all-girl discussion about Episode 1 of Season 4 of Babylon 5.
Here is a list of some of my favorite sites for downloading custom content for The Sims 2:
If you love controlling your own little world, then The Sims 2 is for you! Find it wherever you find your video games!
Please email us at howtogrowyourgeek - at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number 206-202-7309.
I would also love your comments, family stories and questions!
Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton
Sound effects and other music courtesy of pacdv.com
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Hi everyone!
This week we have a patchwork quilt of a show. I present an article from Parenting.com about parenting styles, then my husband John comments on his theory of getting young kids to game. Next I review one of our favorite games to play with older children and adults, Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game. Then I interview my 5 year-old son Kevin about his favorite games, which include Lego Star Wars, and I review the Discovery Channel’s outstanding DVD set Planet Earth.
What do you think is the biggest challenge to being a geek parent? Please email us at howtogrowyourgeek - at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number 206-202-7309.
I would also love your comments, family stories and questions!
Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton
Sound effects and other music courtesy of pacdv.com
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In this episode, I present the new hands-only method of CPR. More information is available at the American Heart Association.
Then my husband John joins me to comment on last episode’s topic of what to do when you bring your little geek home. Then I review one of our favorite Discovery Channel shows, “Dirty Jobs.”
Finally, I present four of my favorite board games for playing with my little geeks, starting at 4-5 years old. The games I present are Apples to Apples Jr., Uno Attack, The Amazing Labyrinth, and Battleground: Crossbows and Catapults.
Please send in your recorded comments and emails to Howtogrowyourgeek -at- gmail.com or call 206-202-7309 and leave me a voicemail! I would love your comments, family stories and questions!
Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton
Sound effects and other music courtesy of pacdv.com
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Our first show is up - Hooray! Enormous thanks to Summer at Farpoint Media for doing all the hard stuff!
In this episode, I introduce myself, the podcast subject matter, and then talk about ways to continue to do geeky stuff when you bring your baby home from the hospital.
Then, we have a lovely song by Jonathan Coulton, followed by my review of the Discovery Channel tv show “Mythbusters.”
Please send in your recorded comments and emails to Howtogrowyourgeek -at- gmail.com or call 206-202-7309 and leave me a voicemail! I would love your comments, family stories and questions!
We are working on the audio quality, so bear with us - it should be better by next episode!
Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton
Sound effects and other music courtesy of pacdv.com
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How To Grow Your Geek, or HTGYG for short, is a podcast created to share a love of geeking and parenting, and to provide advice on how to combine the two. There will be reviews of movies, board games, books, television shows and video games on their fun value as well as their family appropriateness, and discussions of geeky topics and parent issues. Audience participation, both parents and children, is encouraged, and email and voicemail questions will be answered if at all possible.
FarPoint Media (FPM) has scifi media and genre literature shows featuring news and interviews with the actors, producers and writers creating your favorite TV programs and books, and has discussion shows that true fan geeks can immerse themselves in. FPM also showcases quality audio dramas to fire the imagination of its listeners, specialized sports news and information shows that take the enthusiasts beyond the box scores, comedy and variety shows that will have fans laughing out loud, and shows with experienced advice that can help improve listeners and viewers tech skills, or sharpen their writing skills.
