Category Archives: Western Mass

Morrowind

Posted on October 26, 2005 by Meg

About two years ago (long ago, in pre-Stick history), I was at Eric’s, lying on the couch and studying. With characteristic focus on my homework, I looked over Eric’s shoulder and saw Morrowind. “Oooo, that looks pretty. And you have … Continue reading →

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LoveStickness

Posted on October 10, 2005 by Meg

Stephie and her new boyfriend are walking around in a perfect haze of love and adoration. I’m afraid to listen too closely in case I hear “I love being stuck in traffic with you!” or “Isn’t this hailstorm just beautiful?” … Continue reading →

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Going Flat

Posted on September 28, 2005 by Meg

So I was driving down Route 9 the other day, looking at the Rocky’s Hardware sign and wondering if I should write an anonymous letter on the use of the apostrophe, when the driver behind me honked at me. I … Continue reading →

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Princess Maker

Posted on May 4, 2005 by Meg

I’m a little insulted by the top ten girlfriend-friendly games list on www.1up.com. It’s a good concept, girls tend to like like different games than boys do, and there are a bunch of great games that girls love. The Sims, … Continue reading →

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Wanna See My Spaceship?

Posted on May 2, 2005 by Meg

Stick has sworn to watch the next six million, forty-seven thousand, three hundred and ninety-two bad Star Wars prequels in the hopes that one of them will be half as good as Return Of the Jedi. Speaking of trilogies that … Continue reading →

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Squeaky & the GREs

Posted on March 25, 2005 by Meg

So I drove to East Longmeadow to take my GREs. I left at 8:30, with my Gatorade, MapQuest directions and one hour of extra time to get lost. This isn’t actually a criticism of MapQuest as much as my driving … Continue reading →

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A New Resident of Castle Von Hoffmann

Posted on January 23, 2005 by Meg

This is what Yucatan, Kristine’s newest frog, looks like! She says he got him from a reptile show but I think she stole him off a “Come to the rainforest” poster. This is why he is my favorite animal in … Continue reading →

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Cyberlore

Posted on November 16, 2004 by Meg

On Saturday night, Stick wanted me to go to the Cyberlore 12th anniversary party with him.  It was in the Cyberlore offices, they have a cool loft-y space anyway. One room was blacklit DDR, another was just booze in coolers, … Continue reading →

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Halloween at Castle Von Hoffmann

Posted on October 31, 2004 by Meg

This is Stick’s Greek helmet and my Minoan octopus pumpkin. Bio geek Kristine topped us both with a hanging-upside-down possum, but the pictures didn’t turn out. 11/1/08 Crazy link from WebUrbanist’s nerdy Halloween list. The internet is weird! Tweet this!

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Top 10 Things I didn’t Like About Troy

Posted on May 13, 2004 by Meg

1) Troy wasn’t burned in a day, you know. 2) How about putting some gods in this movie? 3) What’s up with making Chryseis, Brieseis, Cassandra and Klytemnestra into the same person? What, there were too many women in the … Continue reading →

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