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And Whatever It Is Farmers Raise
My friend Lynn works in a flower shop. She called about a week ago to tell me she was on her way over with a present, a little potted lavender, because when I said I always kill my plants, she … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged family, garden, Lynn, mac, Raleigh, Stick, things I'm not good at
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Visiting Strangetown: Sims 2 on the DS
You’re on your way from someplace much cooler to someplace much cooler when your car breaks down in Strangetown, and the Sims 2 game begins. A local yokel says he can fix that, but while you’re waiting (it goes without … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged Game Reviews, games, General, Google, nintendo DS, Raleigh, random, Sims, Sims 2, Stick, Strangetown
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Checking Out At The Library
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
Posted in Books, North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged awesome, back in the US, Books, cary, driving, ESL, Isabelle, North Carolina, oops, Raleigh, reading, Stick, teaching teenagers
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He’s Also A Vampire
Stick asked if I wanted to go see a movie with him. His recent movie choices have included a subtitled documentary about skyscraper tightrope-walkers, so I was a bit cautious. “Um… what’s it about?” I asked. “It’s a secret Harry … Continue reading
The Chocolate Bean
The Chocolate Bean 280 Meeting St Cary, NC 27518 I’m lucky enough to do a lot of my work via my laptop, so I’ve been looking around for a local coffeeshop with wifi. I’ve been shopping around, and discovered that … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged cary, chinese, coffee, Eric, North Carolina, Raleigh, Rome, Starbucks, Stick, Western food, wo ai xi can, Xidan
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Armchair Coaching
Today’s Captcha must be about when Stick watches football.
No Surprises
“Hey, Stick, do you know what the day after tomorrow is?!?” “The day after Ea—The day Cadbury eggs go on sale.” “Oh. Guess you already knew then.” “Meg, we’ve been dating for five years.” Related: Last year’s post on Cadbury … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, cadbury eggs, dating, Raleigh, Stick
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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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All Artichoked Up
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
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, awesome, cooking, Eric, food?, Google, Raleigh, Stick, things I'm not good at
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March Madness
Yesterday Stick and Cory were talking about their March Madness pools. I always pick Villanova to win, solely because they such have a good ancient civ name. I don’t usually get very far in the pools though. I guess early … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged classicists, Cory, dead romans, Raleigh, Stick, things I'm not good at
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