Author Archives: Meg
Mackay Street & The Complications of Anglicizing Chinese
Part 1: From Far Formosa My first challenge in my trip to explore George Leslie Mackay’s history was actually finding the city… The town name is Anglicized as Tamsui, Danshuei, Tanshui and pretty much any variation around those. It was Cousin George‘s description … Continue reading
From Far Formosa
So when I was planning to come to Taiwan, I read George Leslie Mackay’s From Far Formosa. The author is a very, very distant cousin, from a branch of the Mackays who went to Canada after the Clearances. (I believe … Continue reading
New In Egg
A photo posted by Meg (@simpsonsparadox) on Jan 26, 2017 at 5:21am PST This tiny Taoyuan shop has a million toy vending machines, with all kinds of little keychain cuties and unfamiliar action figures, so of course I stopped by … Continue reading
Laowai Man Is An Outlier And Should Not Have Been Counted
Hello Man, who lives in a backwater and shouts at 10,000 foreigners per year, is an outlier and should not have been counted. Continue reading
Posted From Departure Gate
Previously on ‘Simpson’s Paradox’: Passing my HSK, Taiwan runs on Dunkin’s, teaching more, and 始. Now the post: Tomorrow, I’m heading to Taipei for a month to teach a class. When I originally found this position, it seemed like everything … Continue reading
80 Days
Let’s talk about how freaking great 80 Days is. In this iOs game, you play as acrobat-turned-valet Passpartout in a steampunked version of Jules Verne’s Around The World In 80 Days. (I read this novel when I was in middle … Continue reading
Bad At Normal Things
I screwed up a deadline for grad school, actually I screwed up a few deadlines. First, if you live on the East Coast, your course calendar of midnight deadlines on Midwest time may appear as due the next day. And … Continue reading
The Original Ginny Moon
You guys, are you reading this? Get this book right now. It’s been a while since I read something that I could not put down. This is a one-sitting book because I had absolutely no idea how it was going … Continue reading
She Wears Black Every Day
Mrs Meg is so fun — the best teacher in the world. She wears nail polish. She has glasses just like me. She wears black every day. She is very smart. She is the best teacher. One of my eight-year-olds … Continue reading
始
One of the first things I could read was the name of my first city, 烟台，and whenever I see it on departures boards, it always looks like a little guy coming home to his little house Continue reading
