Michelle DiPoala
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Michelle DiPoala
@superlowbudge.bsky.social
I write a Gen X blog called Diary of a Low Budget Superhero, and have been at it for 25 years. Former Boston music writer. Anti-MAGA, artist, writer, Brady Bunch trivia expert. Stroke survivor.
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You guys. This open position I just found on Glassdoor. Video producer. It’s a BIG job, probably more than full-time. For (double and triple checks)
$200-$300 a month? Is there another way to read this that I am missing or…
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Oldest selfie on your phone

Also 2015–in the bathroom on the 2nd floor of the Westin Waterfront in Boston, which had some kind of mysterious lighting—I look nothing like this.
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
You know what magazine I miss? Premiere. I subscribed to it, that was so much fun.
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Hey, I got one of those piles!
October 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
That’s how I feel about my instant decaf coffee. I am shocked that I am making a single cup of INSTANT coffee, but seriously, I looked at reviews online and found a really good one.
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This is one of my favorite photos of my gorgeous husband. Rock star.
October 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
There’s not going to be many more days of porch sittin’. Got my coffee, some tunes, and the next book I’m reading, The Night Circus. I’ve heard good things.
October 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My father (80) at #NoKings. Grandma and Grandpa have had enough. #LitchfieldCT
October 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My mom just FaceTimed me from the rally in her small Connecticut town where she (74) and my dad (80) are out with their #NoKings sign.
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Another mean, awful white b-word. But how is it always the same “kind” of white woman? Know what I mean? It’s like they’re churned out of some b-word factory.
October 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My parents, 74 and 80, are ready to speak out against this nonsense.
October 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” —Oscar Wilde
October 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It’s Sunday! Rainy day in Boston. Let’s share our TBR piles. I know you have one, come on…
October 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is my favorite thing I ever drew. It’s from 2013, pastel pencils on paper. I called it “It Girl #1.” There was no #2 or anything…
October 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM