{"id":760,"date":"2008-07-08T03:59:01","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T03:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/08\/im-interviewed-at-enter-the-octopus\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:37","slug":"im-interviewed-at-enter-the-octopus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/08\/im-interviewed-at-enter-the-octopus\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m interviewed at Enter the Octopus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Staggs interviewed me<\/a> for his blog Enter the Octopus. We talked about geekdom, my grandfather, my new SF Site column, and other related topics.<\/p>\n

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Matt: Is there a history of \u201cgeeks\u201d of different sorts in your family?<\/p>\n

Rick: Sort of\u2026 my uncle is a huge film geek. Matter of fact, about once a month or so, we\u2019ll have a conversation about various monster movies. He goes to serial conventions.<\/p>\n

My sister treats \u201cgeek\u201d like it\u2019s a dirty word or there is something wrong with it. I\u2019ve taken great pride in making my nephew (her oldest son) into a geek. By the time he was five, he knew all the Godzilla monsters and the related mythos. He called me the other day and was discussing the philosopher\u2019s stone and homonculi with me. He\u2019s 11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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This may be the first interview I’ve ever done with no mention of gorillas or apes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matt Staggs interviewed me for his blog Enter the Octopus. We talked about geekdom, my grandfather, my new SF Site column, and other related topics. Quote: Matt: Is there a history of \u201cgeeks\u201d of different sorts in your family? Rick: … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n