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April 16, 2020 by Jen
When the muggles are taken from us, all that is left is for the wizards to unite.* Day 31 Very …
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Category: Media reviews, Quirky Afternoon Thoughts, Work-from-Home
| Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, quarantine life, solitude, wfh, Wizards Unite
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September 10, 2015 by Jen
I have tremendously talented friends. We’re talking fire-breathing, elephant-herding, shattering glass buildings in a single B talents, here. (Also, they …
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Category: Making a Difference, Media reviews, Positive Notes
| Tags: baby shower gifts, bees?, bluegrass, Brothers Vilgalys, Carolina Jubilee Festival, Cook Out, Durham, Etsy, folk music, handmade, homemade toys, Jabberwock, kickstarter, Krupnikas, Leah Shaw Music, Lewis Carroll, local, Meese, milkshakes, Moose, Murph & Moose, New York City, shameless plugs, The Way Station, Ultimate Frisbee
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April 11, 2015 by Jen
Clipping coupons is dangerous if you are even moderately a feminist. Let me explain. I’ve posted before about my frustrations …
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Category: Media reviews, Spinach in the Teeth of Life
| Tags: advertising, Bic Pens for Women, Communication Skills for Men, Communication Skills for Women, coupon clipping, Ellen, feminism, lady products, marketing to women, scented handle, shaving, women's razors
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February 13, 2015 by Jen
This, in and of itself, advertised yesterday on the radio, is enough snark to last me for at least another …
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Category: Media reviews, Quirky Afternoon Thoughts, Spinach in the Teeth of Life
| Tags: chocolate, Christian Grey, Fifty Shades of Grey, gifts, Snark, teddy bears, Valentines Day, Vermont Teddy Bears
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November 16, 2014 by Jen
While movie sequels sustain the box office, so too, book series are at the forefront of the latest crazes: from …
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Category: Literary Love, Media reviews
| Tags: binge reading, Diana Gabaldon, Divergent, Dragonfly in Amber, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, House of Cards, Hunger Games, Outlander, Pantone Matching System, PMS, popular novels, print production, redheads, Twilight, Voyager
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November 9, 2014 by Jen
Luka and the Fire of Life: a Novel by Salman Rushdie (Random House, 2010) Remember what happened when David Lynch …
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Category: Literary Love, Media reviews
| Tags: book review, David Lynch, fantasy novels, Lewis Carroll, Luka and the Fire of Life, Neil Gaiman, Norton Juster, Paulo Coelho, Salman Rushdie, William Blake
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February 4, 2014 by Jen
My first thought on receiving my grad school’s alumni magazine was, “Only Wake students have such acute performance anxiety that …
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Category: Dealing with Graduation, Grad School, Media reviews
| Tags: alumni, Daylight Savings Time, graduate school, how to build a snowman, magazines, projecting, self-mockery, snowmanxiety, winter
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April 23, 2013 by Jen
Not belonging to the iPhone generation is a real disadvantage sometimes. It’s worse than having a clock that is perpetually …
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Category: Computer Chronicles, Media reviews
| Tags: Gangnam Style, Harlem Shake, The Crickets Have Arthritis, viral videos, YouTube
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March 13, 2013 by Jen
Today, the world witnessed the election of a new pope, Pope Francis. This may be one of the only times …
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Category: Media reviews
| Tags: election of the pope, Habemus Papam, humor and the news, Latin, papal conclave, Pope Francis, Talk of the Nation
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November 20, 2012 by Jen
The last time I watched a movie from Redbox, it vanished mysteriously somewhere between the DVD player and the return …
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Category: Literary Love, Media reviews
| Tags: children's books, mishaps, movies, parody, Redbox, stories, writing
