Who I am…
I am a lawyer, former mother of teenagers, and a quixotic seeker after and champion of factual truth.
I make the best damn brownies you have ever had that are not regulated by the federal government.
I love movies, Broadway, and intelligent conversation.
I think in song lyrics and movie and television quotes.
I believe in the use of proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar even in text messages. I am willing to debate the use of the Oxford comma, if you know what the Oxford comma is. It also makes me very happy if people use the subjunctive mood when appropriate.
I have been told I intimidate people. I am really just a fluffy-centered teddy bear. Really.
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“He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8.
“Pray for the dead, fight like hell for the living.” Mary Harris (“Mother Jones”).
“Don’t boo. Vote.” Barack Obama.
“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” Reinhold Niebuhr.
“No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We’re always one of Us. It’s Them that do the bad things.” Sir Terry Pratchett.
“Damning facts are still facts.” Steven C. Holtzman.
“If you don’t stick to your values when they’re tested, they’re not values — they’re hobbies.” Jon Stewart.
“Darkness never sustains, even though it sometimes seems it will.” Doctor Who.
“Writing is a form of mischief.” Stephen Sondheim.
“An idea is not responsible for the people who believe it.” Don Marquis.
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.” Joseph Campbell.
“Truth is our strongest ally, our biggest weapon, and our best defense.” Me.
“Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” Stephen Colbert.
“The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s creation.” Jonathan Larson.
“We live through times when hate and fear seem stronger.
We rise and fall, and light from dying embers
Remembrances that hope and love last longer.
And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love;
Cannot be killed or swept aside.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda.“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” Emma Goldman.
“No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett.
“I believe that the God who made (among other things) light, and space, and number, and time, and the spiral curve of Fibonacci numbers, must be acknowledged to understand more than I do about why there’s pain in the world.” Teresa Neilsen Hayden.
“No, it’s not fair. You’re in the wrong universe for fair.” John Scalzi.
“Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, ‘Liberal,’ as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won’t work, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor.” Lawrence O’Donnell
“So keep fightin’ for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t you forget to have fun doin’ it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin’ ass and celebratin’ the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.” Molly Ivins.
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Political Odds and Ends.
I have not been writing much. No, that’s inaccurate. I have not been posting much, at least not here. I thought I would just check in. Part of it is that I have been involved with issues elsewhere in cyberspace, … Continue reading
Heh. Poor Applebee’s. Not.
I play trivia at several different venues. The Loft in San Jose, Applebee’s, St. Stephen’s Green in Mountain View. Different venues, different formats, different games. I’ve done pretty well this week. Although my team tanked at the Loft, our dinner … Continue reading
That’s great, it starts with an earthquake
It’s very odd to see all of my friends on the East Coast freaking out a bit about the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Virginia this morning. As someone who lived through the 1989 Loma Prieta quake, part of me … Continue reading
Hurricane Irene is strengthening into a Category 3. To my friends and family in Florida and along the East Coast, keep an eye out. I know she’s only a Cat 3, but I have a really bad feeling about this … Continue reading
Oh, no.
A First Air 737 crashed just short of the runway in Resolute, Nunavut, Canada. Although the scientists and staff who go to Devon were home, the Rocket Scientist and the NASA people he work with most probably know one or … Continue reading
School Daze.
One way to know that school has started? I am getting more hits from people Googling the words “little known heroes” or “little known American heroes.” Guys, you really need to go elsewhere than some blog by some person you’ve … Continue reading
Be worried. Really.
According to writer John Batchelor in the Daily Beast blog, the Republicans do not stand a chance in 2012. Right. Remember how all of us (all of us liberal Dems, that is) laughed about the possible election of GW Bush? … Continue reading
I know I wasn’t going to blog so much about my family, but…
The first day of school…. Chem Honors teacher: Any questions?Red-headed Menace: Kirk or Picard? It is going to be one of those years, I can just tell. The teacher actually gave a thoughtful answer (“it depends who you’re fighting — … Continue reading
Vacation. Oh boy.
Yesyerday, I returned from several days in Mexico. Rah. I have had better vacations. Much better vacations. There was a fair amount of crankiness on people’s parts (and I’m not exempting myself in this), and not enough time to do … Continue reading
I know I have a small (but hopefully dedicated) audience… Perhaps because of the Russian LJ issue, and because of some cases I have heard recently of Google being overly aggressive in freezing people’s accounts, I have taken to backing … Continue reading
LiveJournal makes the world a more interesting place…
My first introduction to the world of online writing was through LiveJournal in February, 2002. Even with all the other social media outlets which have come (Dreamwidth, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) and gone (MySpace, Vox), I still have maintained my LiveJournal … Continue reading
My first introduction to the world of online writing was through LiveJournal in February, 2002. Even with all the other social media outlets which have come (Dreamwidth, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) and gone (MySpace, Vox), I still have maintained my LiveJournal … Continue reading
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