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Amanda Lipnack

If you truly want to curl my toes, give me a chance to make a difference - for you, for the community, for the world. Few things make me happier than supporting the folks around me to be the best and happiest people they can be. This, of course, winds up taking on a multitude of flavors but generally comes through by being a good friend, a good coach and an excellent paint color picker. I'm a single lady living in the suburbs of Philadelphia with 2 cats named Leo and Toby (after characters on "The West Wing" - one day I will have the ability to recite the entire series by heart. That's a noble goal, yes?). I've had a varied career doing a bunch of technical stuff that isn't that interesting to folks who aren't doing it but my real passion is writing. I also get the fabulous pleasure of coaching people from time to time and that brings me amazing joy and energy. If you want to hang with me there are things you should know: I curse. A lot. I like hoppy beer. A lot. I like big and deep red wines. A lot. I adore my friends. A lot, a lot. I am passionate about politics (or a big geek about them - you choose). I'm an accidental but rather passionate Unitarian and few things make me happier than my dining room table surrounded by people I love. And picking paint colors, let's not forget that. Find me online here.

Unrequited Love Club
Avengers of Sexiness, Love & SexMay 3, 2015

I Quit the Unrequited Love Club

By Amanda Lipnack

Many of us are members of clubs. Some of them are social, some of them are political, some of them are religious, some of them are based on a love of red…

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When Staying is Worse Than Leaving
Avengers of Sexiness, Love & SexApril 13, 2015

When Staying is Worse Than Leaving

By Amanda Lipnack

The day I came home from my honeymoon, I knew I had made a mistake. That mistake wasn’t not buying more Irish Whiskey at the Duty Free. It was marrying a man…

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Slowly, Then All At Once
Avengers of Sexiness, Love & SexApril 3, 2015

Slowly, Then All At Once

By Amanda Lipnack

Last spring, I saw “The Fault In Our Stars”. I haven’t read the book yet because frankly I haven’t been able to bring myself to do so. The movie made me cry…

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The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
Avengers of Sexiness, Love & SexMarch 16, 2015

The Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything

By Amanda Lipnack

For those unfamiliar, the title of this post comes from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams. First, let me confess that I have never read the book. I know…

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How I Got My Groove
Avengers of Sexiness, Love & SexMarch 3, 2015

How I Got My Groove Back…

By Amanda Lipnack

…or got it in the first place. For a very long time, I believed with all of my heart that I was terrible in bed. It’s not that I don’t have a…

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What? You Wanted a Flower Garden?
Avengers of Sexiness, Love & SexFebruary 23, 2015

What? You Wanted a Flower Garden?

By Amanda Lipnack

Recently I sat down with a male friend of mine and we had a long discussion about relationships and dating and where each of us was with that. Fear not, this isn’t…

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Avengers of Sexiness, Love & SexFebruary 12, 2015

Please Don’t Wish Me Happy Valentine’s Day

By Amanda Lipnack

I am a complex woman. Let’s just start there. There are days when I totally feel like I missed that day at school where they taught you how to be a girl…

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