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Category Archive: Random Stuff

I Never Played an Ingenue

When I stepped away from actively doing any theater I also stopped attending the kinds of plays I […]

Amanda Shaffer 20/05/2014 Random Stuff, The Past

Willpower

There is a years long construction project near where I work. It has been fascinating to watch the […]

Amanda Shaffer 23/04/2014 Random Stuff, The Past

Fast Awake

I don’t think the words Wide Awake really capture the feeling of not sleeping at night. Wide awake […]

Amanda Shaffer 03/04/2014 Random Stuff

Dad Music

I woke up humming the chorus from a song my Dad used to sing when he was happy […]

Amanda Shaffer 14/03/2014 Pages, Random Stuff

Book of Life

Searching desperately through 99,000 emails for one that I know I saved, I discovered something a friend sent […]

Amanda Shaffer 10/03/2014 Random Stuff, The Past

Mixed Marriage

My husband and I have a mixed marriage when it comes to our attitudes about our books. I […]

Amanda Shaffer 07/03/2014 Domestic, Philosophical, Random Stuff

Pandora’s Jar

Every once in a while when I am coaching a client I get to witness a moment when […]

Amanda Shaffer 06/02/2014 Random Stuff

Mashup

I love word mash ups. One of the best in recent memory is the explanabrag. I don’t know […]

Amanda Shaffer 22/01/2014 Random Stuff

I Always Wanted To Be a Tenenbaum

Not many successful directors emerged from my film school class. Certainly I didn’t go on to direct, but […]

Riff & Rant 03/01/2014 Random Stuff

Riff

There are too many beautiful things in the world, not to discuss them at every opportunity. Up until […]

Amanda Shaffer 01/01/2014 Random Stuff

Super Sniffer

The way things smell is very important to me. I have a super sensitive nose. I can only […]

Amanda Shaffer 03/12/2013 Politics, Random Stuff

Progress

Sometimes the future arrives when you aren’t even looking. The other night we attended the fall concert at […]

Amanda Shaffer 28/11/2013 Philosophical, Random Stuff

Concentration

A A Read More

Every now and again I come under attack from my family because of my bad memory. It’s usually […]

Amanda Shaffer 11/11/2013 Random Stuff

Extreme Sports

I am proposing a new category for extreme sports : Competitive Overwork. The Beginner Level of Competitive Overwork […]

Amanda Shaffer 31/10/2013 Random Stuff

Pick a little

I know the Pick-A Little song from music man is really about women gossiping in a small town […]

Amanda Shaffer 28/10/2013 Random Stuff

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