Tag Archives: New York City

World War Z

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Meg

From the people who brought you non-fiction Terry Pratchett: Naturally, Stick’s now the proud owner of this copy of World War Z, which is a novel about, um, when zombies take over the world. Subscribe to Violet Eclipse by Email

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Sven The Monkey

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Meg

The real reason for YouTube’s inaccessibility doesn’t have anything to do with that place with the mountains, it’s actually due to this video of my new co-teacher Sven impersonating a monkey. Subscribe to Violet Eclipse by Email

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Olympic Regrets Podcast

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Meg

I’ve having trouble linking directly to the episode (seems like some parts of the BBC’s site are accessible but others are 404), but if you go to their podcasts page, you can get the March 27th episode, called “Is China … Continue reading →

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Olympic Regrets?

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Meg

World Have Your Say is discussing China and the Olympics tonight. The show asks the question, will China regret hosting the Olympics? I’ll be on talking about why China won’t regret it and how an Olympic protest could actually be … Continue reading →

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In Today’s Mail

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Meg

…spell check doesn’t like Neuromancer. It wants me to change it to Necromancer. I think spell check has been playing too much D&D. … — Allison Subscribe to Violet Eclipse by Email

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Postal

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Meg

In September, I took a picture of the post office down the street from our house, because it was pretty and had more character than the grey blocks nearby. Sadly that post office is gone, and has been replaced by … Continue reading →

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Odd News

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Meg

We turned on the TV for a few moments while we were setting up an episode of House, and we ended up watching CCTV9 for quite a while as the newsanchor read a list of countries who support the middle … Continue reading →

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The Lion, The Witch, and The… German Fighter Pilot?

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Meg

Stick and I picked up the Narnia movie from Gua Ye (now that I know her name, I should probably stop calling her DVD Lady) the other day. Neither of us had seen it, and I was hoping to use … Continue reading →

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The Flip Side Of Spitting

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Meg

On the bus today, I blew my nose and then looked about for a trashcan to get rid of my tissue. There wasn’t one, so I pushed my tissue into my pocket to throw it out at home. I noticed … Continue reading →

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Today’s Mail

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Meg

I was going to send you an e-card, but the stupid company doesn’t have Dead Caesar Day cards. -Eric

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