Category Archives: Positive Notes

  1. 10 Statements in Error

    October 14, 2018 by Jen

    …at an autumn wedding “It was summer yesterday, so it will feel like summer at 9pm tomorrow.” “Taking this dark …
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  2. How do you solve a problem like millennials?

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    February 10, 2017 by Jen

    (It’s not quite the Von Trapps or Margery McKay, but it’ll do. #nerd) How do you solve a problem like …
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    Category: If Life Had a Soundtrack, Parody Road, Positive Notes | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  3. Things I like: shameless plugs

    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: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  4. A Whole New Scent

    October 11, 2013 by Jen

    A few weeks ago, I discovered a horrifying fact: local stores have stopped carrying the particular scent of deodorant that …
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  5. The Sixth Day of Christmas

    December 30, 2012 by Jen

    On the sixth day of Christmas, my locale (almost) gave to me… Six mountain songsters Five RayLen wines Four to-do …
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  6. Getting on the L Train

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    December 20, 2012 by Jen

    Tonight, I may be feeling a little less snarky than usual, because I get to watch the premiere of some …
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    Category: Locavino, Positive Notes | Tags: , , , , , ,

  7. 10 Signs of Celebratory Success

    December 3, 2012 by Jen

    10. A pine needle trail that would make Hansel and Gretel proud. 9. A bin of empty bottles bearing the …
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  8. I might run with this for a while…

    November 18, 2012 by Jen

    Twinkie, twinkie, little bar How I wonder what you are Up there on the shelf so high Like a logjam …
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  9. Today’s Theme Song

    October 11, 2011 by Jen

    Thousand-word Personal Statements If you miss the theme I’m on, you will know that I am goneYou can hear rejection’s …
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    Category: Grad School, Positive Notes, Positively PhD | Tags:

  10. Open Letter from a Escalatorphobic

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    June 11, 2011 by Jen

    Dear WAY TOO YOUNG TO BE THAT GOOD suit-clad piano player in the department store, Your playing is beautiful. Make …
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