Author Archives: Meg

The Girl With All The Gifts

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don’t like her. … Continue reading

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Specific

Every morning, I put on pretty earrings for work, and then take them off almost immediately when I launch the game and put my headphones on. #blog

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5 out of 5

When I moved to Chapel Hill, I went to career therapy. Career therapy is when you are so deeply depressed that you start going to counseling to deal with it. In counseling, you answer the therapist’s questions and establish that … Continue reading

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Black Bear Lake by Leslie Liautaud

Black Bear Lake by Leslie Liautaud is almost a 1980s period piece, full off cassettes and feathered hair, told in an extended flashback to a family vacation when he was growing up.  Adult Adam is looking back on the summer … Continue reading

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As Cultural Stunts Go

Old China Hand Imagethief, a blogger I followed with dedication during my Yantai and Beijng years, now writes thoughtfully about returning to American life after many years in Asia. As cultural stunts go, China was an epic win. I became … Continue reading

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No Pineapple Left Behind

I was really excited to hear about Seth Alter’s new game project, No Pineapple Left Behind.  When we’d talked last, he’d dropped some hints that his next project had to do with pineapples in school, but this was not exactly … Continue reading

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Connect! (And Get Off My Lawn.)

So ever since Google Reader ended, I’ve been trying out different feedreaders and wishing Bloglines was still around. I’ve mislaid some of my feeds, and spent a while getting different formats and different services to work well together. If This … Continue reading

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Rich Kids of Instagram: Satyricon And The City

Rich Kids of Instagram is a Tumblr of, well, rich kids posing with their expensive stuff. Whether it’s yachts, sports cars, resorts, or dropping $10,000 on cosmetics , the Tumblr recalls late-Roman excesses. It’s hard to tear my eyes away, … Continue reading

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The History of Rome

IT WAS THE WORST YEAR IN the history of Rome. Well, perhaps it wasn’t quite that bad. — Opening line of John Maddox Roberts’ SPQR VIII: The River God’s Vengeance (The SPQR Roman Mysteries) This whole series is great, but … Continue reading

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Cursus Honorum

At our sprint review meeting on Friday, we met two new team members. “I took a pretty unusual path,” said one of my new colleagues. “Before this, I lived in Beijing. I know that moving to China is not the most common path into teaching … Continue reading

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