Dec 17, 2008 10:02 AM

GeekDad Quoted in the New York Times

This is very, very cool! New York Times television writer Ginia Bellafante ran a story yesterday about the Disney-fication of The Muppets, and in her lede significantly quoted our own Matt Blum’s story about that subject! Congrats to Matt! Just one question: does this make GeekDad the geeky parenting blog of record, now?

Just one question: does this make GeekDad the geeky parenting blog of record, now?

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