If Angela Chase taught me that not being cool in high school is okay, Daria taught me that the kids who are cool deserve, not my envy and admiration, but only scorn and derision. Both lessons were ones that I needed. jezebel.com | finally: daria to be released on dvd
Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad
Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad
Today is my parents’ 35th wedding anniversary. Every day of my life, they’ve taught me everything I know about love. They were high school sweethearts. Every year, my dad gets my mom two anniversary cards—one on June 30, and one on March 12, the day they went on their first date, in 1971.
Girls who rock
Girls who rock
Imagine you’re a teenage girl, and you want to be a rock god: who are your role models? Who’s there to look up to? Who can you respect?
On #amazonfail
On #amazonfail
When I was in high school, the American Taliban took over my town’s school board.
One of their first moves was to create a policy banning the school from “encouraging, or supporting homosexuality as a positive lifestyle alternative.”
a missive from the far north
a missive from the far north
I’m in New Hampshire right now, assisting with preparations for my sister’s wedding shower.
And I present to you reason number 87 why I will never, ever consent to get married in a long white gown.
Ada Lovelace Day — start drafting your posts!
Ada Lovelace Day — start drafting your posts!
In ninth-grade science class, we watched a documentary about the discovery of the double helix, and it left me blazing indignant with anger. James Watson and Francis Crick, the two men who won the Nobel Prize for this discovery, had stolen essential research from the offices of an x-ray crystallographer [...]
On Celebrity Baby Names
On Celebrity Baby Names
A HuffoPo blogger affiliated with nameberry.com just released her list of the craziest celebrity baby names. All of the usual offenders are on there, but I’d have given Robert Rodriguez’s brood a special mention. But what about awesome celebrity baby names? Maybe they’re a little off, but pretty.
Christmas morning
Christmas morning
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 [...]
more changes
more changes
Some readers have no doubt noticed that the layout of this blog changed dramatically a few weeks ago, from the old pink-and-green. That’s not the only change. My portfolio website, positdesign.com, is about 70% flipped to a beautiful brand-new template that I built for it.
Girl in exile
Girl in exile
Male protagonists, when alienated or alienating, are righteous. Are pure, and noble, and the world is unworthy of them. Flight is their only hope and salvation. Female protagonists who challenge societal norms must be destroyed by society.
misguided pretension
misguided pretension
So, I guess the general rule on dating sites is towards the highbrow so you look deep, but this guy just looks like a moron.
Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one?
Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one?
My boyfriend and I were waiting for a green line train this weekend, and noted this juxtaposition of a pair of spectacularly ill-conceived advertisements; each seemed determined to turn off its audience from their products/services in a singularly aggressive way. First, let’s look at AirTran. They’ve had some seriously bad [...]
Boston represent!
Boston represent!
I’m digging the typographic city neighborhood posters by Ork Posters!.
stylist by day; diplomat by night?
stylist by day; diplomat by night?
A copyediting gaffe from the Boston Globe.
