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I’ve never made it to the top of the Gardening skill track in the Sims, but I’m pretty sure that the top proficiency is “Meg’s Granny” skill level. At this proficiency level, you use a stick to stake an amaryllis, … Continue reading
Chana Masala
It’s really all Sanchaita’s fault. When I was visiting my sister Bethie, her friend Sanchaita invited us to dinner. She cooked the most amazing chickpea curry — as part of a feast of other amazing dishes, I should add — … Continue reading
Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting To Danger
Resorting To Danger, by Her Interactive, is the second in the Nancy Drew Dossier series, following Lights, Camera, Curses!. This time, Nancy is investigating a series of bombs at the Redondo, a rejuvenation clinic for the stars. The bombs are … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged casual games, classics, e3, Game Reviews, games, garden, Google, greek, Her Interactive, mail, nancy drew dossier, reading, resorting to danger
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Harvest Moonlighting
Last weekend, Stick and I went out to pick strawberries. We ended up at Buckwheat Farm, where we filled a tray and our mouths with hot red berries. It was summer-day perfection. After half a tray, we started to get … Continue reading
Bradford’s Ordinary
I once had an English professor who told us that foreshadowing, symbolism and irony are literary terms, and by definition, can not happen in real life. It is our desire to see our life as a coherent story, he believed, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged cary, China, e3, Eric, garden, Grace, moving, New Jersey, reading, tech, Twilight
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 8111-137 Creedmoor Rd Raleigh, NC 27613 Last week was Triangle Restaurant Week, when an assortment of local restaurants run a special set menu. We were meeting up with Lynn and some of her friends. I ended up narrowing … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, North Carolina, Raleigh, Yantai
Tagged adventures with Stick, chinese, garden, latin, Lynn, Raleigh, restaurant reviews, southern food, Stick, wine, Yantai
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And Whatever It Is Farmers Raise
My friend Lynn works in a flower shop. She called about a week ago to tell me she was on her way over with a present, a little potted lavender, because when I said I always kill my plants, she … Continue reading
Faerie Solitaire Review
I have a review of the new Faerie Solitaire up on ThumbGods. I’m a bit late posting this because every time I went to get another screenshot or check a fact, I got sucked into playing a few hands of … Continue reading
Posted in game culture, Game Reviews, my other writing
Tagged e3, Faerie Solitaire, Fashion Solitaire, Game Reviews, games, garden, indie games, ThumbGods
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Garden Party World
The new online kids’ game Garden Party is almost ready, and Victoria from Asylum was nice enough to send me an email introducing me to the beta. I checked out the game, which is billed as a safe, multiplayer world … Continue reading
Posted in game culture, Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged Asylum Entertainment, beta, British, game culture, Game Reviews, games, garden, Garden Party Game, Garden Party World, glasses, Hugo, mail, wee ones, Wizard 101
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N.
Barbie just introduced me to N., a Stephen King story, about a psychiatrist and his patient, who might be saving the world or just garden-variety insane. The story is intriguing and it’s been turned into a series of short, comic … Continue reading
