Author Archives: Meg
Gaslamps Gas Giant in “The Mimicking of Known Successes”
The Mimicking of Known Successes, by Malka Older, was the kind of book where I wanted to read faster to discover the mystery (and Pleiti and Mossa’s relationship mystery), but I also wanted to read more slowly to stay longer … Continue reading
My Double Life
“Oh, since you’re here,” my supervisor said, “Could I ask you something about your resume? Actually, I’ve been meaning to ask you this since we first hired you.” At this point, naturally, my head exploded. What could it be? Does … Continue reading
I Remember Snow Crash
I don’t usually yearn for Books As Physical Objects. I don’t have great detail vision, so I usually like the large-print, high-contrast of an ebook for comfortable reading. I can read a typical paperback, but it’s enough effort that it sometimes keeps me from drifting off into the bookworld. Continue reading
And Here’s The Copier Code
In 2007, I was the newest staff member at LCC, and I shared a classroom with a teacher who let me know that she’d had the room’s supply closet organized this way since 1999 and she had no intention of … Continue reading
The Office: Somehow We Manage
Haven’t done a gaming post in ages, but I have to tell you about the idle game I’m playing on breaks these days. The Office: Somehow We Manage is an iOs idle clicker about everyone’s favorite dysfunctional paper company. Send … Continue reading
Just Thinking About How Fake and Stupid This Sounds:
At our Christmas party in 2019, my then-bosses gave Workbro and me a hard time about nothing. It made me feel really unappreciated at work, so I decided to start looking for a new job. So when I went back … Continue reading
Beijing Ghost
If You Could See The Sun, by Ann Liang, uses a supernatural invisibility power to tell a moving, realistic story about class, money, and adolescence in Beijing. When teenage “Study Machine” Alice Sun discovers her invisibility power, she immediately puts … Continue reading
Online Learning, Again
Dept of Ed: To improve online teaching quality, we’ve decided that teachers need more paperwork. There’s now a new form for lesson plans and you have to submit then in new places and there are new, required PD sessions where … Continue reading
Sad Zoom Graduation
My year teaching of ESOL 3 at my new job, back in adult ed, ended today, with Sad Zoom Graduation. I was kind of dreading this morning because I’m so completely burned out on Sad Zoom versions of all our … Continue reading
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
I accidentally read Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin, over a game convention weekend, while I spent the rest of my time demoing my games, playtesting a new game, and talking about game design. We also did a panel where my husband/co-creator … Continue reading
