Author Archives: Meg
But Don’t Blog About It, Ok?
Sorry I’ve been updating kind of sporadically recently. My free time has been sort of feast or famine these last few weeks. I had quite a bit of free time today, but it was while I was at the auto … Continue reading
From Tom Friedman’s column The Silence That Kills:
On Feb. 20, The A.P. reported from Afghanistan that a suicide attacker disguised as a health worker blew himself up near “a crowd of about 150 people who had gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open an emergency ward at … Continue reading
Fatal Attraction
Cory just sent me this story about a Chinese man who spent all of Lunar New Year holiday playing online… and died from it. An obese 26-year-old man in northeastern China died after a “marathon” online gaming session over the … Continue reading
Java Script
Just in case you’re somewhere there isn’t a Starbucks on every corner, you can text your current ZIP code to MYSBUX (697289) and you’ll receive the addresses and phone numbers of the three nearest Starbucks locations. No, I’m not kidding. … Continue reading
Caught Parking
No, not me! There’s this guy in Palmer, a total WoW addict, and he drives to the local public library, which has wireless internet, where he sets up his laptop to play World of WarCraft in his parked car. The … Continue reading
ROFLMAO
Does this picture live up to it’s name?
What Not To Say
Frag Doll Valkyrie has blogged about Top Ten Least Original Things To Say To A Girl Gamer. Female gamers are subject to harassment every single day, every single minute, while playing online games. Although voice communication is a wonderful thing in … Continue reading
Dress Shopping!
On Saturday morning, I went bridesmaid dress re-shopping with Katie. Apparently the one we picked out last time came in a periwinkle that isn’t the same periwinkle the other bridesmaids have. But we found a new one that works, and … Continue reading
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Things were better in Chinese class today. I still giggle everytime my teacher says xiaojie, although she insists that it means miss. I’m not saying she’s wrong, but I’m pretty sure I would have gotten into big trouble using that … Continue reading
Who’s At Fault?
In Wisconsin, three teenage boys beat and killed a homeless man, and later described the fight as “like a videogame”. I hate hearing the videogame defense, because it seems like a normal teenager should have the ability to distinguish between … Continue reading
