People who equate truth with fact are missing the point.
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By Adrienne, on February 27th, 2011
As predictable as sleepless nights with a newborn…
As predictable as spring winds in Albuquerque…
As predictable as taxes on April 15 in the US…
That’s how predictable I am.
My sons are both nearly perfect physical replicas of their fathers, what people have called, ever since those weird Austin Powers movies, a “mini . . . → Read More: As Predictable As Rain In Seattle
By Adrienne, on February 23rd, 2011
This post by Alex at Late Enough led me to this post by Neil at Citizen of the Month which led me to this piece by Neil Genzlinger at the New York Times Sunday Book Review.
Genzlinger’s piece is called “The Problem With Memoirs” and opens with the memorable line, “[a] moment of silence, please, . . . → Read More: Isolation, Connection, and the Infinitely Recurring Memoir Controversy
By Adrienne, on February 18th, 2011
If you live in an age of social media, and if the most powerful woman in television does a show about something you are experiencing in your own life, you will get a nice, long look at exactly what the world thinks of you.
Which is…….shall we say…….enlightening.
Oprah featured Zach, a young boy . . . → Read More: Oprah Takes On Pediatric Mental Illness
By Adrienne, on February 17th, 2011
 I don’t usually give advice. Even if you ask me for advice, I might shrug because really, why would I think that I know more than you about anything?
But grief…I know a lot about that. It’s a shitty thing on which to be an expert, but that doesn’t mean I should let that . . . → Read More: Aftermath
By Adrienne, on February 15th, 2011
My head hurts.
Actually, I have pain from my forehead, up and around the back of my head, down into my neck, and spreading across my shoulders and down to my back.
Why? Because I don’t like my kid much these days, and that’s a shitty way to be feeling.
If I had a . . . → Read More: Under Siege

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