Category Archives: Massachusetts
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
Trolls Aren’t Like The Rest of Us / Ex-Twitter
Without even realizing it, many internet users mistakenly assume that cyberattackers follow conventional rules of behavior. People try to reason with trolls or appeal to their better nature. These responses are similar to how you might approach a friend who’s … Continue reading
Imagine Sisyphus Happy
So I feel ridiculous complaining about this apartment in any way, because we’ve wanted to own something for ages, and it’s been a long, excessively stressful process to save, and then a long, excessively boring process to get a mortgage. … Continue reading
Cute Casual Game in “BBQ Roast”
BBQ Roast is a cute browser game with a tasty food theme and a BBQ twist on the usual match-3 gameplay. The graphics in BBQ Roast are cute and fun, reminding me of a Cooking Mama challenge (and I still … Continue reading
Escape Room: Adult Ed
Escape Room Concept: The players work at an adult-ed program and need to print something in 1 hour before students arrive, but the toner, paper, and printer access code are stored in different locked-away, hidden cupboards, so teachers aren’t wasting … Continue reading
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
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
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
