This is a touch late since Gorman and Weapon XI have already posted, but hopefully they (and the others so-far-quiet bloggers here will post).
I’m MisterBixby, I’m married to Bat-Mom and the proud father of two gifted, geek-in-training daughters, Lana and Lois. I am a geek, and a proud one at that. I read science fiction and fantasy. I read and collect comic books (mostly of the DC variety). I play console games (but not enough to legitimately call myself a gamer). I play table-top role-playing games when the opportunity arises. I am a blogger (you can see my current projects here and at Tube of the Day). I work in Telecommunications (as a Call Center Engineer) for a major online travel agent. Geek cred established, I’ll move on.
As a geek parent, I have to admit to nurturing my kids’ geeky interests and tendencies. They have seen me reading comic books from the time they were old enough to notice, and have even begun a collection of their own. I will address kids’ comics in another post sometime. Bat-Mom and I adopted a philosophy of child-rearing very early on. We strive to “Provide an environment of Satisfied Curiosity.” When I was a kid, I was, as all kids and especially geeks are, naturally curious. My dad, bless his heart, would answer my “why”s and “how come”s and “what”s to the best of his ability, but his tolerance only went so far, and we didn’t have the Internet (*gasp* Can you believe it kids?). Too often, my question was met with “Why do you ask so many questions?!” and a somewhat exasperated sigh. It has been a personal goal of mine to never utter that phrase to my kids and, to the best of my recollection, I have been successful for the last 7 years.