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: November 2011
Another important decision…
What wine? We do not have my (and Ted Allen’s) wine of choice to go with turkey, which would definitely be a Gewurtztraminer. We do have some other wines, though. In fact, we have a fair amount of wine, which … Continue reading
Decisions, Decisions…
[Cross-posted to FB] Thinking aloud, or maybe an informal poll: I am making or buying a pumpkin pie for those person(s) in my house who like pumpkin. I am making a key lime pie for those who like key lime. … Continue reading
A jug of wine and thou, alone in the … country
The Rocket Scientist and I spent the weekend in Cambria, California, a quaint (as in the cutesy and somewhat overpriced sense) seaside town about 10 miles south of San Simeon. And, for all of you who may be in that … Continue reading
The best laid plans of mice and men…
…collapse when one has had simply too much wine. I was going to spend a little time tonight (while the Rocket Scientist was involved with other business) running down a list of current cases before SCOTUS and why they interest … Continue reading
Calling Christopher Moore
I had a wonderful drive down the California coast through Big Sur today with the Rocket Scientist. The weather was cool, crisp and brilliantly sunny, with the late afternoon sky turning that gorgeous golden color that looks like it should … Continue reading
Pleasant events, or maybe not.
I have mentioned once or twice that I am taking a class on Thursdays which revolves around mentally healthy habits for adults. I missed last week, due to the cold (or whatever it was) from hell, and was reviewing last … Continue reading
Because you never know when you’ll meet a knight with a white horse.
I was in the downtown Starbucks, which I like because it has long tables which allow me to work without feeling that I am hogging a table all to myself which other people would want. (Said tables all have power … Continue reading
Hitting too close to home.
I like you people too much to link to Cracked.com. I recognize that you have lives, and that some of you are like me and possess too little self-discipline to refrain from clicking on articles such as “6 Badass Kids … Continue reading
Oh, the horror!
I have to leave this Starbucks. Firstbecause the wireless is down (I am writing this in Open Office,intending to post it later) but more so because… They are playing exclusively Christmasmusic on November 16. No Venti Decaf Skinny Peppermint Mochais … Continue reading
Time like a river, and filled with rapids.
Saturday, it will be the fifteenthanniversary of my father’s death. Sunday will mark my eldest son’stwenty-first birthday. Both of those are painful, though fordifferent reasons. The first hurts because there is somuch I left unsaid (and unasked) to my dad. … Continue reading
Whaaaaa????
Normally, this blog gets, oh, around 30 page views a day, according to my Blogger stats. Lately, that has increased to between 45-60 a day, as I have been writing more. (Of course, at least 50% – some days many … Continue reading
It’s a hat trick!
In 2008, my work was featured as a full-color back ad for Beadwork magazine. In 2010, the same work was featured in a full-color back cover ad for Bead Unique magazine. I have just been notified that the same picture … Continue reading
Discovery of the week.
I was looking through the Politifact website, and found a link to Poynter News University. Poynter is dedicated to increasing journalistic excellence. It was created by the people responsible for running the St. Petersburg Times, the best newspaper in the … Continue reading
Yes, I know I did not post anything yesterday. I wrote a post, but lack of Internet in my doctor’s office kept me from posting. The Rocket Scientist suggested I post it today and back date it, but that seems … Continue reading
Fighting the monster.
In a prior post, I spoke of the social anxiety and imposter syndrome to which I seem to be increasingly prone. Over the past five years, I have gone from introverted to at times damn near reclusive. I’m working on … Continue reading
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