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In Which I Promote Myself
Here’s my IndieCade post over on Indie Game Mag. There’s a longer version coming out in the print mag, including reactions to Maum, B.U.T.T.O.N. and my general thoughts on indie games at E3. I also talked about playing Rock Band … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged e3, games, General, Indie Game Mag, indie games, indiecade, packing, Raleigh
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In Transit
Packing (verb) — Throwing the absolute minimum amount of wash-in-the-sink-and-hang-dry t-shirts in a bag, so I can leave maximum space for hair products and books. Once again, I forgot to take my shampoo and conditioner and lotion and mouthwash and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Los Angeles, Raleigh
Tagged Books, e3, huh?, Los Angeles, packing, Raleigh, travel
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Severed Heads
Halloween is coming, which means our local grocery store has put out bulk candy and decorated for the holiday. I’d usually focus on the M&Ms, but the severed head hanging over the candy bags got me thinking. It seemed, suddenly, … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged candy, China, Civilization, Eric, Halloween, LOST, packing, Raleigh
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Leaf Subsides To Looseleaf
Reading poetry with teenagers can be such a random encounter, sometimes there’s a blank stare and complaints that no one really talks like that, sometimes they vibrate with the shock that someone from a dusty old century ever wrote a … Continue reading
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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Record-Breaking Uno
A few nights ago, we had our newish friends Monty and Lynn over to play Arkham Horror. Monty works with Stick, and I’ve hung out with his friend Lynn a few times outside of our D&D game. I guess they’re … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged Arkham Horror, e3, ESL, family, game culture, games, Lynn, Monty, North Carolina, oops, packing, Raleigh, random, Stick, Uno, unpacking
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Famous Narragansett Beer
Today’s found-while-unpacking picture is a Narragansett shirt from when I worked as a beer promoter in college. This job mostly consists to assigned places, giving out samples of beer, and avoiding the creepy guys… While wearing the t-shirt, of couse. … Continue reading
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.
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, Cyberlore, packing, Raleigh, reading, Stick, unpacking
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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:
Posted in Books, Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, Books, game culture, games, packing, Raleigh, repatriation, Stick, unpacking
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Essentials Of Life
The Beijing air grime that settles on everything has caused some issues with our DVD player, CD drives, laptop fans and probably our lungs, too, but they don’t give error messages. Stick’s CD drive has been extra tempermental recently, and … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Gaming Culture
Tagged China, Chinese life, mac, mail, packing, Stick
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