Category Archives: North Carolina
Ciao Bella Review
I got to review the resource-management life sim Ciao Bella on Casual Gamer Chick: Ciao Bella opens with the protagonist, Elena, getting a call from her would-be mother-in-law, asking her to hurry up and get started on the grandchildren. So, … Continue reading
The Wonders Of Technology
“Can you get on Facebook and give me Josh and Terri’s address?” I asked Stick a week before Christmas. We were sitting in the living room right before Christmas, with a gorgeous fire going, as I prepared our very first … Continue reading
Search Terms
Watching Twilight for the second time, I noticed all sorts of things I missed the first time. Edward was even hotter, and the dialogue was even more stilted. And the second time through the Google montage, I started to wonder … Continue reading
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennett
I have mixed feelings about Colleen McCullough. On one hand, she wrote the well-researched and racy Caesar’s Women and other novels set in ancient Rome. On the other hand, I haven’t quite forgiven her for Thorn Birds. Now, I love … Continue reading
Repeating Decimals
For some reason, we’ve been having a problem in the apartment where we can’t both use wireless internet at the same time. Maybe there’s not enough room in the tubes for both of us? This is a crisis in a … Continue reading
Princess Bride Game
Although I was super excited to get my review copy of the Princess Bride game, I wasn’t sure whether I would automatically like this game because it’s based on the Princess Bride, or hate it because it’s based on the … Continue reading
Sparkly Like A Holiday
Stick is on the phone with his stepmom Char, telling her his pre-Christmas plans. “Tomorrow I’m going to bring Meg to work, and then I’m going to take the car to finish shopping and get her Christmas present.” He pauses … Continue reading
Rated E For Everyone (but especially me)
Guess what I got in the mail today? A review copy of a new game! It’s an actual hard copy, on a CD, in a case with a picture on it and everything! It’s a game you can buy in … Continue reading
Fail
I wasn’t going to post about this — actually, I was just going to clean up, throw away all the evidence and pretend that we’d never had a kettle, but I couldn’t get the fumes out of the house before … Continue reading
Victory Milk
Coupons depress me. If you summed up everything I loved about our expat adventures, clipping supermarket coupons would be the opposite. It seems to sum up the repetitive mundane side of life in the US, which is of course made … Continue reading
