Category Archives: Boston

Lovecraft Country

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Meg

The Lovecraft Country book has the same characters I liked in the show, but with more scifi nerdery, more character development, more of a subtle creeping horror and less bloody-body-parts horror. Continue reading →

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The Virtual Teaching Seance

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Meg

@lisarina6 Zoom meeting or Seance??? ##fyp ##foryou ##foryoupage ##teacher ##teacherlife ##teachersoftiktok ##2020 ##virtual ##zoom ##google ##school ##facts ##reallife ##true ♬ The Creepy Music Box (Psychological Thriller / Horror) – Film Music Experience From WorkBro, who probably needs a new name … Continue reading →

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Ghosts of Night School Past

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Meg

Boston’s early voting began at 11:00 this morning, so I was in line outside the polling station at 10:40. We’d requested mail-in ballots, but they mysteriously haven’t arrived, and I’m not taking chances with the fake dropboxes and the mysteriously … Continue reading →

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Reply Hazy, Try Again.

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Meg

It’s true. Our Wonderful Zodiac Fortune-Telling Cards cannot accurately predict the events of 2020. We hope you’ll still have fun telling your friends’ fortunes.

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Imposter Syndrome In Covid Times

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Meg

Some of the complete insanity with online classes this year has actually been good for my impostor syndrome. Instead of worrying that I’m secretly no good at my job, that I was hired by accident, everyone else is breezing through … Continue reading →

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Things I Love About This Picture

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Meg

These are taken over a few years, and you can tell that by my friends’ clothes and my hairstyles. But my outfits? Apparently I wear my space scarf and purple cardigan to every class day, and I wear my BostonFIG … Continue reading →

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About That 94%

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Meg

Posting a link here to the 94% comorbidities story, because I dream of a future in which a reader might say “What? What 94% thing?” in a distant-history kind of way, and not in a distracted-by-even-worse-news-tomorrow way. Still not gonna … Continue reading →

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Only Our Destiny | ManyBooks

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Meg

I have a new book review over on ManyBooks: Only Our Destiny by A. G. Russo takes readers through the tragedies and setbacks of one Italian family from the small fishing village of Punto Roccioso. Although the family and the town … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Articles I’m Tired of Rereading

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Meg

1. This person who said coronavirus was fake got coronavirus and died. I don’t want to read this as a snarky tragedy-in-two-acts quoting their social media conspiracies and then their covid obit.  I don’t want to read this as an … Continue reading →

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The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Meg

WorkBro ran Zoom trivia the other night, and he made a category called “Literature” which was just posting one-star Amazon reviews and asking us to identify which classic novel was being reviewed. Obviously, I got them all, plus the bonus … Continue reading →

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