Tag Archives: travel

Ironforge Travelogue

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Meg

Turned this up while working on my portfolio. Usually when I re-read things I wrote a long time ago, I cringe, but I’m still pretty pleased with this one. The assignment, for Azeroth World News, was an in-world travelogue in … Continue reading →

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Not Terribly Reassuring

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Meg

Harold and I are sitting in the coffeeshop, sorting out travel plans with all the moving parts of family days and work deadlines and transportation. “You’ll be on a little Buddy Holly Killer to Raleigh…” He says. “Oh, sorry, you … Continue reading →

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Withdrawal

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Meg

My bank likes to shut off my account for potential fraud. This is for my protection,  it’s usually set off when I do potentially fraudulent things, like travel, buy expensive things, or shop online, and it probably happens to be … Continue reading →

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Security

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Meg

As my friends begin to have children, I figure their daydreams about future babies involve the part where their child will appears in their living room, at thirty, asking how to get a bridesmaid dress on a flight to Denver … Continue reading →

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Apps That Need To Exist: Been There Map

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Meg

The last time I was in Los Angeles,  Figment and I were on Sunset going to Meltdown comics, and I magically started to recognize places. Places in Los Angeles are becoming familiar to me, which sort of blows my mind … Continue reading →

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Problems Only I Have

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Meg

My mom: How’s work going, Meg? Meg: Space travel completely redefined interplanetary trade today. My mom: Um… Would you like some dinner? Tweet this!

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Guessing

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Meg

“Guess what I did while you were away?” Harold asks, when I get back from E3. “Read a Star Trek novel on your iPad?” “Um. Well, yes. But I was going to say something else.” Tweet this!

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Between New York and Los Angeles

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Meg

I wrote this piece, Wanting, for TheSmartly a few months ago, but traveling between the two cities reawakens the same feelings. LA and New York make me want. That’s not a transitive verb here, I don’t have something in particular … Continue reading →

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Linguistic Circuits

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Meg

I sent my parents my travel plans for conferences and conventions I’m covering this summer, and my dad wrote back: Well done, Meg! Now add these phrases to your vocabulary: (1) “Stop the presses!”* (2) “But the people have a … Continue reading →

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Awesome

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Meg

Alt-tabbing between writing a personal message (Hi Figment! How are your zombie muppets?), reading a work email (…availability of space transport and time travel relies on…) and working on a tutorial (…to best handle killer monkeys…). Awesome. Tweet this!

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