Author Archives: Meg
She’s Everything. He’s Just Doug. – The Atlantic
She’s Everything. He’s Just Doug. – The Atlantic Three decades after Hillary Rodham agonized over taking her husband’s name, absolutely no one seems to care that Kamala Harris isn’t an Emhoff. Underneath all the sound and fury, an idea that … Continue reading
Time Travel, Aging, Artificial Intelligence
Current me, bringing news of the future to myself in, say, the mid ’90s: I have terrible news for you, Past Self. When you get older, you’ll lose some detail vision. Past me, a sweet summer child: Oh no! Am … Continue reading
Goals
What if someday I made a cool indie game, that would be amazing! What if then I finished it and released it, and then I had a game out in the world? What if I did it again and I … Continue reading
Contain Multitudes, Y’all
It’s a typical day at school, where I’m observing a junior teacher and helping her with her ESL lesson plans. I’m giving her some suggestions, some conversation prompts, some easily-modified printables for activities, and other general resources that I happened … Continue reading
Boring and Stupid
When we bought a fixer-upper, we knew it would require work, and so it was kind of funny when one day in the fall, the closet collapsed and all my clothes fell down. I packed up everything that I wasn’t … Continue reading
LFL Finds
Found this in the Little Free Library by the beach near us. Harold: That’s perfect for you! Me: Yeah! Wait… how do you know that? Do you know this Roman mystery series*? Do you know what a Vestal is? Harold: … Continue reading
Lies & Weddings ARC
Lies and Weddings, by Kevin Kwan, contains the same kind of frothy lifestyle fun as the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. Basically everyone in this novel is constantly wearing something beautiful and constantly eating something delicious. There’s social climbing, secret relationships, deep love, manipulation, … Continue reading
What You Are Looking for is in the Library
What You Are Looking for is in the Library, by Michiko Aoyama, and translated by Alison Watts, is a book of sweet and gentle interlocking short stories around a library where the reading recommendations are always just what each reader … Continue reading
In Motion
Part 1 A few weeks ago, I strained my back moving furniture, and man, if you ever want to set off a midlife crisis, hurt yourself doing something completely ordinary, so you have to spend the next couple days lying … Continue reading
The Impossible Fortress
Jason Rekulak’s The Impossible Fortress is full of fun ’80s game-programming nostalgia, but that’s not the only reason to read it. This world of mix tapes and floppy disks definitely unlocks retro memories, but the overall story is fresh and original, with … Continue reading
