If you have a low tolerance for sappy, you probably really don't want to read this.I'm 30 years old, and I'm about to spend my very first Christmas away from my family. In fact, I'm about to board a plane in five hours, and will be almost as far from my family as it's possible to be without leaving the country; they are in New Hampshire, and I'll be in… Continue reading

Tis the time of year when people start making best of/my favorite things/holiday must-have lists. I've been plotting a post like this for a few years—or at least since I discovered Mindy Kaling's Things I Bought that I Love blog a while back (an idea that I'm jealous I didn't think of first). So, this list is of the top ten items that I literally could not survive without—setting… Continue reading

I'm struck by the fact that News Anchor Hair really hasn't changed at all in the past 25 years. Via mental_floss, "Five Dangerously Popular Holiday Toys." Continue reading

The last time my brother came down to the city, I got a text at 11pm inviting me to meet him at the Purple Shamrock, or some other similarly godawful Quincy Market student-tourist date-rapey cattlecar pit. I actually went. I spent 40 minutes waiting in a line outside before giving up. I spent most of that time texting him to leave and come with me to Lucky's Lounge, a… Continue reading

My brand-newly redesigned portfolio website is up!positdesign.comPlease take a peek. If you find any problems with it, email me ASAP at hello@positdesign.com. I'm aware of a few issues with some older versions of IE, and those should be resolved by the end of the calendar year… Continue reading

No, Stephie, not Britney Spears.An article called Samantha Power Working On Obama's State Department Transition Team came across my desktop last week, and makes me absurdly happy.I assume if you've been reading my blog for any length of time, you've figured out that I'm a bit of a nerd. I mean, I have an unmockably impressive music collection and dress really well (in fact, I have fashion acolytes!)… Continue reading

The Dresden Dolls have been sort of on the fringes of my life for a good seven or eight years. And I've developed a sort of tacit hometown loyalty. So even though I'm not the huge fan that so many people see the potential for me to be, I was pretty sickened when this news item came across feministing.com today. Continue reading

I frequently use this corner of the web as a forum to mock particularly bizarre or ineffective advertisements. However, while it's one thing to go all Photoshop of Horrors in producing weight-loss ads, it's another thing entirely to not even bother with digital manipulation, in a really blatant and really, really dumb way. Continue reading