Author Archives: Meg
Quick Couple Lines on Palin
Quote from China blogger Matt Schiavenza on Palin, Obama and the media: The Republicans paint the Alaska Governor as the moose-hunting hockey mom the whole party can love. The Democrats seem to be employing a shoot-the-moon strategy, trying to raise … Continue reading
Exceeds Expectations
Last night while Stick was playing the new evolution game Spore, he announced excitedly “Meg! I’ve become sentient!” Let the record state that I made no response.
Sabado Gigante
I was on Sabado Gigante this weekend! Stick thinks I should probably say that “we” were on Sabado Gigante, but you can probably guess that the guy on his knee, in the Beijing duck restaurant, proposing to me is Stick. … Continue reading
My Internet Buddy, Barack
Related: Recent post on how much I love Obama for using Twitter.
“History”
Maybe these books werewritten by “professors” or published by a “university”. I would have included a second shot so you can see which “historians” made this category, but the salesgirl told me I wasn’t allowed to take pictures since the … Continue reading
The 440 Is Not A Ring Road
I don’t really like to drive. I think it’s that tiny margin of error between commuting and death that really bothers me. I try to accept that while the rest of the world sees “run out to the store” as … Continue reading
Stick Plans For The Future
“When I was looking at job boards,” Stick told me last night, “I found a perfect job for Evil Incarnate.” Evil Incarnate is an ex-boyfriend, the one who bears striking resemblance to my love-hate struggles with Mandarin. I suppose the … Continue reading
Gustav Alerts
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
Obligatory Election Comments
I really resented the vote-with-your-ovaries movement among Hilary supporters. A woman president would be nice, but I found the idea that women are a cohesive voting group who should all pick Hilary based on gender kind of demeaning. Not entirely … Continue reading
The Amazing Value of Complete Sentences
I interviewed for a job at reading center today, and the interviewer hired me to edit her dissertation.
