Tag Archives: my family is crazy

Shutter Island

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Meg

When I was back in New Jersey a few weeks ago, I mentioned to my parents that I’d helped a little bit with the spinoff game for Shutter Island. (I didn’t add that my particular brand of helping had a … Continue reading →

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Green Thumb

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Meg

“And how are your plants doing? Are they still alive?” my mom asked on the phone the other night. “Yes!” “Meg, that’s great!” “You didn’t have to sound quite so surprised, Mom.” Tweet this!

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Xyzzy

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Meg

I have a new piece up on In-game dating: Not just for basement-dwelling nerds up at TechCoquette. Like online dating on Match.com, eHarmony or other matchmaking sites, couples who meet through World of Warcraft first connect entirely through their words. … Continue reading →

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Dirty Kitchen

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Meg

A few years ago, my mom got me a magnetic poetry set. It was the seasons and celebrations collection, with haiku words like magic, flower, spring and rain. For Christmas, Andrea and Ian got us a sci-fi/pulp set. This one … Continue reading →

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Quoted

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Meg

My dad is the editor of a preaching journal, The Living Pulpit, and thanks to nepotism, I mean, my dad’s knowledge of my specific talents, I’ve been doing the quotes section for him for about a year now. For each … Continue reading →

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A Nice Family Christmas

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Meg

Stick and I went to my parents’ for the traditional ham and latkes Christmas dinner, which I’d missed last year in favor of our Jenny Lou’s Christmas feast.  My cousins gave us an electric kettle, with the part about “automatic … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Meg

Luke started a group writing challenge to list seven things we’re thankful for this Thanksgiving. I had to go over a little, and I kind of combined some things, because an endless list — while great for me — wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Gustav Alerts

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Meg

So I’m doing a blog for my mom’s museum, the Gustav Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. I had this awesome idea to do a series of posts on a “Stickley in the blogosphere” theme, connecting to  posts on personal blogs … Continue reading →

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The Socratic Method

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Meg

My dad: How did you happen to know < the contact info for a local business > ? Meg: Google. Isn’t that the way we know everything? My dad: Socrates would hate hearing that. Tweet this!

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Screaming Fanboys At The Historical Society

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Meg

I’m doing some work for my mom, making a blog for her museum. It’s a great project, although I’m not exactly  knowledgable about history or art in the last 2000 years, so she has to keep me from writing things … Continue reading →

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