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As a proud father three wonderful children, I've been collecting these over the years.
Enjoy,
--tk

Top Ten Signs That Your Kids Are Being Influenced By Your Geekness

10. All of your children prefer to count from zero to nine rather than one to ten.

9. Your child's science project involves a mag strip reader and is entitled "Is Identity Theft really child's play?"

8. Your kids friends know you by your IM/IRC nick.

7. You overhear your 5th grader trying to explain the difference between the name of something and the thing named.

6. Instead of watching movies on long car rides, your kids are trying to get an WIFI adhoc network going with other DS-lites in nearby automobiles.

5. Instead of playing cowboys and indians, your kid is organizing the neighborhood children for a few rounds of Counter-Terrorist and Terrorist.

4. Your 10 year old son invites you to play a video game and he has named the server "I GUNNA OWN U!!!!11"

3. Instead of a magician or clown for his birthday party, your son asks if he can host a LAN party for 7 other friends.

2. Your daughter has her boy friend meet you by sending him a link to your mySpace page.

And the biggest sign that that your kids are being influenced by your geekness:

1. Your 1st grader brings home a creature he made in school for you and asks you to put it on your head because it is a headcrab from Half-Life2.