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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.
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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Not My Doing!
Isabelle is my 5-year-old niece. She makes me reconsider my whole childfree thing sometimes, but then I see other kids at the mall, and I remember why I don’t like children. (Actually, I don’t like people, but smaller, fragile people … Continue reading
Grammar In The Projects
I got a couple weeks of work teaching at a GED program run by the local housing authority. The funding situation hcnaged at the last minute, so my starting situation was a bit disorganized, but not so bad that someone … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, China, ESL, General, Raleigh, Stick, teaching
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Thoughts On Twitter
I’ve heard that blogging breaks the barriers between Author and Audience. Well, Twitter breaks the barrier between blogger and commenter. It’s group instant messaging or microblogging for your phone or on the web. Whenever Stick’s dad asks me about a … Continue reading
Exceeds Expectations
Last night while Stick was playing the new evolution game Spore, he announced excitedly “Meg! I’ve become sentient!” Let the record state that I made no response.
Sabado Gigante
I was on Sabado Gigante this weekend! Stick thinks I should probably say that “we” were on Sabado Gigante, but you can probably guess that the guy on his knee, in the Beijing duck restaurant, proposing to me is Stick. … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, as seen in Beijing, Beijing:Raleigh, Da Dong Roast Duck, Diana, Don Fransisco, Eric, family, high romance, Hugo, malavette family, Raleigh, Sabado Gigante, Stick
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The 440 Is Not A Ring Road
I don’t really like to drive. I think it’s that tiny margin of error between commuting and death that really bothers me. I try to accept that while the rest of the world sees “run out to the store” as … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged cars, Don Fransisco, driving, North Carolina, Raleigh, reading, Sabado Gigante, Stick
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Stick Plans For The Future
“When I was looking at job boards,” Stick told me last night, “I found a perfect job for Evil Incarnate.” Evil Incarnate is an ex-boyfriend, the one who bears striking resemblance to my love-hate struggles with Mandarin. I suppose the … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged d+d, Evil Incarnate, gaming, job hunting, mandarin, Meg Vs. Mandarin, Raleigh, Stick
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Gustav Alerts
So I’m doing a blog for my mom’s museum, the Gustav Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. I had this awesome idea to do a series of posts on a “Stickley in the blogosphere” theme, connecting to posts on personal blogs … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged awesome, bloggers, blogging on blogging, craftsman farms, my family is crazy, my other writing, Raleigh, search terms, SM@CF, Stick, stickley museum
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