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Claire’s Happiness Project: Fortune Cookie Psychology

While Carrie Bradshaw ascribed thoughts of karma to the fortune cookie school of psychology, I’ve always been a big believer that you get what you give. It’s been the driver behind everything I’ve done, and I’m starting to wonder- is life really a boomerang? Is there really a driving force that brings

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Giveaway: Avenger Controller Mod

Something funny happens when you move. You realize how much stuff you have. And how much you don’t use a lot of that stuff. And that you really want to get rid of some of that stuff you don’t really use. As I was straightening out my media console the other day,

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Let It Go: My Personal Soundtrack as Written by Disney

In the midst of midterms and finals, I’ve taken some time for relaxing with the Geekling (because if I don’t my head will explode). Her favourite form of entertainment these days is dancing to Disney music, and the discovery of a Frozen itunes channel has been the highlight of her week. After

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Claire’s Top 5 Things on the Internet

The internet has been full of awesome things lately! How many of these did you catch? 1. Seth Rogen’s congressional testimony brought attention to a growing issue in our society: Alzheimer’s disease. His mother -in-law struggles with Alzheimer’s and he and his wife have dedicated their time to raising awareness through their

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Press Release: Darth Vader Coming to Cincinnati

Dave Prowse to Attend 2014 Cincinnati Comic Expo Science fiction fans and Sith Lords in Cincinnati have cause to rejoice with the announcement that Dave Prowse, the actor behind the mask of Darth Vader, will be coming to The Queen City for the 2014 Cincinnati Comic Expo being held this September at

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Makeup Review: Philly Loves Lacquer – Avenuers

As much as I love the idea of indie polish, it’s not something I buy a lot of. Most of it tends to be very sparkly, and I am not a sparkly type girl (I actually gave Claire my bottle of Be Excellent to Each Other. Claire loves sparkle.). So I was

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What Netflix Paying Comcast Means

Yesterday something terrifying came to my attention. Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast to give their customers better streaming service. And I can hear some of you cheering right now. “This is great, my Netflix quality has been crap lately!” It’s not great. This is the beginning of consequences from legislation being passed

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Musical Monday: In Praise of the Ten Year Reissue

I’ve never done one of these “writing prompt” type of posts before, but with my recently refreshed interest in music, Musical Monday seemed appropriate when I saw it pop up in my feed from Something About Esther. Plus, I had a crazy week at work and didn’t get any posts queued up for

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Star-Crossed: Nothing Special, Not A Bad Thing

WARNING: This review/synopsis contains spoilers from the pilot of Star-Crossed The new CW show, Star-Crossed, was not even on my radar until I saw a review of it on io9 asking if it’s the new Roswell.  I always thought Roswell was a highly under-rated show that was much deeper than the “Aliens

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5 on Friday: Five Ways to Track Your Media

I have problems tracking all the things I want to read, play, and watch. Which seems like it shouldn’t be that big of a problem, until it’s Saturday night and my husband and I are playing the verbal Ping-Pong of “no, what do you want to watch.” It’s extra frustrating when you