Category Archives: Raleigh

Garden Party World

The new online kids’ game Garden Party is almost ready, and Victoria from Asylum was nice enough to send me an email introducing me to the beta. I checked out the game, which is billed as a safe, multiplayer world … Continue reading

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Getting Older

Stick: … and we should get some coasters. Meg: I don’t think we’re really coaster people. Stick: Yes, but I’d like to be.

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Things I Love About The South, Part 1

1) Hushpuppies 2) Biscuits 3) If you turn on the radio, you can always find Creedence Clearwater Revival playing on one station or another.

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Our House, By Isabelle

My mom asked to see a picture of our new apartment, so here is one by Isabelle.

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No Points For Creativity

I am as tired of hearing “for Main Street, not Wall Street” as I once was of hearing “China’s coming-out party.”

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Voter Registration

Today I called to find out where I go to register to vote (there are voter registration drives all over the place but I always see them when I’m in hurrying to class or to pick up Stick) and I … Continue reading

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P-Chan

This is P-Chan from Ranma 1/2. My high-school friends Matt (of Pie2K fame), Jon and Willem went to Otakon in ’98, and brought P-chan back for me. I wanted to go to with them, but when I asked my mom … Continue reading

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More Unpacking

Something else I found while unpacking. Stick won this at the Cyberlore party a few years ago for reading more Playboys than anybody else, I mean, successfully answering Playboy trivia questions.

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On Classicist Romance

We have 2 copies of Winnie The Pooh in Latin.

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Unpacking

Most of our boxes look something like this: …or this: But some times Stick was a bit more honest in his labeling:

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