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Platitude Paradise: I Give You the "Twenty-Thirteeni"

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Platitude . a trite, meaningless, biased or prosaic statement that is presented as if it were significant and original. Wednesday, January 1, 2014. I Give You the "Twenty-Thirteeni". Dec 31st 2013 . I submit for your approval, a new drink proposal: "The Twenty Thirteeni" (or should it be: "Thirtini"? Just like Twenty Thirteen. We survived . and I'm not only referring to the holiday season. *wipes brow*. Hen I lay out the facts in front of myself, we're very fortunate. I know that we are. We even ...I lik...

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Platitude Paradise: It Doesn't End Like You Think.

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Platitude . a trite, meaningless, biased or prosaic statement that is presented as if it were significant and original. Monday, September 16, 2013. It Doesn't End Like You Think. I woke to a full fledged panic attack this morning. They're always fun, right? Especially when they happen only ten minutes before you have to wake the children. The cranky-assed, tension-sensing, guilt factories . to whom you gave birth. I went back to bed after I put the girls on the bus. I know - right? I opened a door today.

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Platitude Paradise: Well ... it isn't "light"

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Platitude . a trite, meaningless, biased or prosaic statement that is presented as if it were significant and original. Saturday, April 11, 2015. Well it isn't "light". There simply must be an explanation forthcoming. Mustn't there? Or would it really matter if we knew? Would it change anything? Are we an experiment of some vastly supreme being? Or a play thing? Some take us gently. With the efficiency of an assembly line, they whip our ego and temper into a froth. Stealing our focus and dispatching ...

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Platitude Paradise: Let's talk smack

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Platitude . a trite, meaningless, biased or prosaic statement that is presented as if it were significant and original. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Ever had one of those days where you imagine yourself walking into a cement wall again, and again, and again . c'mon - don't lie. I know you know what I'm talking about. An effing Pontiac Wave . sweet Mary, mother of God - what am I supposed to do with that? Talk about waste of time and energy . but to have to drag that over two trips - what am I? Oh yes - I w...

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Platitude Paradise: The Dragonfly Effect

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Platitude . a trite, meaningless, biased or prosaic statement that is presented as if it were significant and original. Sunday, September 15, 2013. There is a conversation that is happening in my head lately. It is between two very distinct sides of my brain and each has a passionate stance. We took a vote and we officially hate that side. And then the illogical. This is the side of my brain that is busy having a feeling. Over here and . 'wah! Working full time . wah! It makes me a bad mother . wah!

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Platitude Paradise: August 2013

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Platitude . a trite, meaningless, biased or prosaic statement that is presented as if it were significant and original. Tuesday, August 27, 2013. I always loved that line in "The Mask". This post won't be nearly as cute and endearing as that movie was. I am standing in a room coated in a thick layer of insidious gas . like say, ether . and a couple of flint rocks rolling around together in my hands. It's like I can't be happy unless I have something to obsess about. Something that is dang...I'd say that ...

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Platitude Paradise: January 2013

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Platitude . a trite, meaningless, biased or prosaic statement that is presented as if it were significant and original. Friday, January 18, 2013. Okay where are the hidden cameras? No I'm not friggen around here, peeps! WHERE THA HELL ARE THEY? My girls have lice. I know that doesn't make any of us special. But this infestation that I am battling right now is the THIRD ONE! I really don't think they would. These lice treatments are full of some nasty chemicals - and my kids have now been treated FIVE tim...

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Platitude Paradise: March 2014

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Platitude . a trite, meaningless, biased or prosaic statement that is presented as if it were significant and original. Tuesday, March 25, 2014. And THIS is why I need you to send bail money. I'm going to share a little secret with you. Something people may not know about me. You know . because I am so 'discrete'. Here you have it . I hate realtors. No REALLY. I mean it. So for the back story . Yadda, yadda, yadda, six years later we are about to be foreclosed upon by not one but two lenders . So I email...

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Platitude Paradise: June 2013

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Platitude . a trite, meaningless, biased or prosaic statement that is presented as if it were significant and original. Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Fraught: adj (of a situation or course of action) Filled with or destined to result in (something undesirable). As in: I am fraught with self doubt. If I could make just one wish, I think it would be to have the ability to know the difference between instinct and fear. { Oh - who the hell do I think I am kidding? Can you see where I'm going wrong? I think this i...