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Tarheel Road
Just another blue-sky day in North Carolina. (I mean, it’s no Awesome Street…)
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged awesome, Beijing:Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh
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Play! A Videogame Symphony
Stick and I went to Play! A Videogame Symphony at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre a few weekends ago. We joined the crazy quilt of blankets, over a carpet of drying pine needles, and unpacked our cheese, olives, Nintendo DS, and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged Books, cary, China, driving, Facebook, games, gaming, General, jeans, nerd, New England, nintendo DS, North Carolina, Play! A Videogame Symphony, Raleigh, Stick, travel, Twilight, WarCraft, wine, World of WarCraft
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The Awesome Party
Last night we went to Awesome Street for a party. I was a little nervous since I didn’t know anyone, but that dissipated when we arrived and saw a couple of backdoor smokers, wearing white fuzzy bunny ears. “If I’d … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, allison, awesome, cary, Cyberlore, mac, North Carolina, packing, Raleigh, Stick, things I'm not good at, unpacking, WarCraft, World of WarCraft, you're that blogger
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Growing
“I got this cucumber seedling and this watermelon seedling because they were on sale,” I told Stick, “60% off! It’s like a little prize for ignoring proper growing seasons! Not like we’d know when to plant them anyway!” “Good thing, … Continue reading
Miss Venezuala
So I’m working on a blog promotion for Thimbler. I’m having such a great time with it… usually I’m on the receiving end of poorly-targeted Dear Blogger sales emails. I really resent those emails, both because marketing teams seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged awesome, bloggers, Don Fransisco, Google, latin, mail, Raleigh, Sabado Gigante, Thimbler
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Xyzzy
I have a new piece up on In-game dating: Not just for basement-dwelling nerds up at TechCoquette. Like online dating on Match.com, eHarmony or other matchmaking sites, couples who meet through World of Warcraft first connect entirely through their words. … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged colossal caves, dating, game culture, gaming, my family is crazy, my other writing, nerd, Raleigh, tech, TechCoquette, WarCraft, World of WarCraft, xyzzy
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Purple State
We passed this house yesterday and I made Stick turn around so I could get a photo of all the American flags at this house and the Stop Obama sign. Do you know why the US is great? We can … Continue reading
Shooting Fish
I’ve been hearing disjointed quotes from the now-infamous Palin resignation speech for a couple of days and I decided to read the whole thing myself. I’m not going to go over the whole thing, because I was much more confused … Continue reading
White On Black, Point Ten, With Flames, Robots and A BFG
Why do gaming sites feel the need to have white text on a black background? Don’t you have any sympathy for my eyes? It’s bad enough when I have to turn up the font size (shut up) but seriously, white-on-black … Continue reading
Playing Quidditch
“Stick? Can you play Quidditch for me?” I recently rented Harry Potter for the DS, and the Quidditch parts are just as annoying as they are in the books and movies. Unlike the books and movies, I can’t flip a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Raleigh
Tagged Books, education, Harry Potter, movies, nintendo DS, Raleigh, reading, Sims, Stick, ThumbGods, why I love Stick
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