Tag Archives: awesome

Miss Venezuala

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Meg

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 →

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Shooting Fish

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Meg

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 →

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Now Boarding

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Meg

For my trip back to Raleigh, I had an awesome check in at the Continental counter. When the woman at the check-in desk spoke clearly, in complete sentences, and then cheerfully wished me a good flight, I wasn’t sure how … Continue reading →

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Checking Out At The Library

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Meg

As months go by, I’m getting more and more soured on the endless parking lots here, opening into shopping or office complexes and strip malls without sidewalks, a city designed for a life like that of the old Peking emperors, … Continue reading →

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All Artichoked Up

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Meg

It’s been years since I ruined dinner badly enough to scrap it and order take out. Look, I’m not saying I’ve never had trouble boiling water, and there was that time in college when I set off Eric’s smoke detector, … Continue reading →

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Ada Lovelace Day

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Meg

Have you heard about Ada Lovelace Day? If you’re a girl who likes programming, who are your role models? Too few and far between, says UK-based freelance software consultant and tech blogger, Suw Charman-Anderson. Which is why she’s named March … Continue reading →

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Awesome Street

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Meg

If I knew it was possible to live on Awesome Street, I would never have settled for a normal address.

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Greyhound Form Letter

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Meg

When I went to the Arts&Crafts Conference a couple weeks ago, I took the bus from Raleigh to Asheville. I tried to buy tickets on the Greyhound website, but every time I did, it returned an error and asked me … Continue reading →

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Unaabi Grill

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Meg

Unaabi Grill http://www.unaabi.com 914 Kildaire Farm Rd. Cary, NC 27511 We were intrigued by the new restaurant Unaabi Grill, but honestly, we were not impressed with the outside. Unaabi Grill is in a converted Pizza Hut, and from the street, … Continue reading →

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Quoted

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Meg

My dad is the editor of a preaching journal, The Living Pulpit, and thanks to nepotism, I mean, my dad’s knowledge of my specific talents, I’ve been doing the quotes section for him for about a year now. For each … Continue reading →

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