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I begin my interview series with other geeky parents today with an interview with Rick Stringer, from the Variant Frequencies podcast. We discuss his show, podcasting, parenting, gaming with our kids, and many other topics. Thanks to Rick for the interview!

Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming! And, if you have some time, I would appreciate a review on iTunes!

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums.And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Promos:Variant Frequencies and Podculture

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

Below – Rick’s son Neil with his giant Lego man!

 

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This week I discuss the things other folks said I didn’t get right about parenting. Topics include feeding babies, rolling instead of crawling, bribing your kids, and what not to mix with Slimfast. Thanks to Tim and TJ for calling in!

Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming! And, if you have some time, I would appreciate a review on iTunes!

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums.And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Bumpers: Love Long and Prosper

Promos:Variant Frequencies and The One Tree Hill Podcast

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

Hi hi everyone
I been busy doing some checking around and I found some really good things that will help you guys.
I am just now getting into manga, so its new to me. There is a lot of it out there, a lot of it is more for boys then girls too. And dad was sorta right, there are some that have violent stuff in them, but for the most part the stuff at Borders and Barnes and Nobles are for teens and kids. You just have to pretty much take it and open it up and flip though it to see. a lot easier with a book then a anime.

But I found out some really cool stuff. First, there is a Star wars manga out there! Yeps, from all the movies. Kevin would like that a lot. There is a American style manga series of the clone wars books out too.
Another one that is good, is the legend of Zelda manga.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_from_The_Legend_of_Zelda_series

I picked up the one where he is a adult at the convention and it is really good.

My neighbor Totoro is also available as a manga, I think there are four books of it so far. the movie was really good. Read more… »

From the back of the book: “With parents as professors who spend most of their time on sabbaticals following medieval legend, Ellie Harrison has become accustomed to being moved around. On this latest quest for information, they relocate to Annapolis, Maryland. Although Avalon High seems harmless enough, Ellie finds herself in the middle of a modern-day medieval bout of good versus evil. Read more… »

Anyway here you go, this movie has been out since 2004, and it is not that easy to find; I think amazon still has it. This is one of the most incredible things I have ever seen – it is all puppet work. But after a while, you forget that is what you are watching, the plot is that good and very well done.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374248/

http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/strings-a-puppet-movie/ (video trailer)

did find a place selling for a LOT less than i got it for.

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6900782

I did want to tell you, this has a large war going on between two houses; so there is some violent images. As you can see from the trailer. So you can use your judgement on letting the kids see it or not. Really, if they have seen the Star Wars films, then nothing to worry about here.

Darcy had found a excellent on line review of the movie Strings, thought we would pass it along as well. (They should pay me for all this promoting, lol.)

http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/review.asp?ID=319

Tim

 

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This week we listen to all the voicemail that has poured in about our Women Heroes show and our Anime show. Thanks to Tim, RapidEye, TJ and Arkle for calling in!

The Jodcast

Astroboy Trailer on Slice of Scifi

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming! And, if you have some time, I would appreciate a review on iTunes!

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums.And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Bumpers: Short Cummings Audio

Promos:Variant Frequencies and The One Tree Hill Podcast

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

Hi everyone!

There won’t be a show this week due to us heading out for a little vacation for Spring Break.

Have a great week, and we will talk to you soon!

Susie

I was interviewed by Arkle at the Geek of All Trades podcast last week.  We had a good talk about parenting, movies, some of the other Farpoint Media shows, and the podcasting community in general. The episode is posted here, and you can check it out! I talk a lot, and sound very Southern – my accent was definitely turned up to 11 in this show!

Warning – Arkle’s podcast is not appropriate for young kids.

Enjoy!

Susie

In Memoriam: Joe Murphy

Joe Murphy: 1972-2007

Joe Murphy succumbed to leiomyosarcoma on April 1, 2007. The irony of this is not lost on any who knew him and laughed with him.

Science fiction and (especially) fantasy have always been a part of Joe’s life, whether in movies, TV, or books. After writing a review of Lisa Lee’s and Tee Morris’s Morevi on the original Dragon Page forum, Michael and Evo made Joe the “official” book reviewer for The Dragon Page Radio Talk Show. Later, after moving to Arizona, he became a frequent contributor to Cover to Cover, Wingin’ It, Slice of SciFi and co-host of Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas.

You can hear a special memorial mp3 at Tee Morris’ Blog.

Please visit http://joemurphymemorialfund.org/ for more information.

Mason Rocket, Randy Innuendo, our Missing Ninja – we really miss you!

Susan