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: February 2013
Oscar Predictions.
It is half an hour before the Oscars — I left this too late. But here are my picks for major categories: Picture: Argo Director: Ang Lee for Life of Pi Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln Actress: Jessica Chastain for … Continue reading
Things I have learned from my children this evening.
What bitcoins are. What “BAMF” stands for. And, courtesy of the Red-Headed Menace, Wario’s Law: In video games, the villain always has better facial hair than the protagonist.* *There is the anti-hero exception, of course.
Tonight as I was driving back from trivia* the music ran as follows: “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her,” Simon & Garfunkel “Shotgun Down the Avalanche,” Shawn Colvin “Save The People,” Godspell “Hallelujah,” Rufus Wainwright “Roll Away Your Stone,” … Continue reading
I need advice.
Last night I went to a panel discussion about the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. It was absolutely fascinating. One of the panelists was someone I knew when I was an undergraduate*, a man who is one of the most … Continue reading
Google Tour of the White House.
Google Tour of the White House. I have been known to be snarky about the things Google does, but this is really wonderful. (Okay, so I do also use Google street views, although they make me uncomfortable, which I guess … Continue reading
You might say that. I could not possibly comment.
“There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong, or useless pain. The sort of pain that’s only suffering. I have no patience for useless things.” opening lines, House of Cards. [Edited to add: Now that … Continue reading
The new place.
I may have been precipitous in moving to WordPress. There are definitely ways in which Blogger is superior. This is not surprising – Google offers wonderful products, and Blogger is no exception. This is how they get you hooked. I … Continue reading
Today’s quotes from the peanut gallery
Both by the Red-Headed Menace (of course? who else?) “Does it mean that I have too much time on my hands if I have made my own individual icons on my computer for all of my classes?” and Regarding the … Continue reading
Tonight’s Colbert quote, regarding the financial industry: “You know why this is a great country? Anywhere else, we’d just line them up and shoot them.”
It’s Valentine’s Day. Time to go read some appropriate holiday fiction: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Nathaniel West’s “Miss Lonelyhearts” spring to mind. At least those of us who are not happy campers today can celebrate tomorrow: it … Continue reading
This is going on my sidebar.
“A human is a system for converting dust billions of years ago into dust billions of years from now via a roundabout process which involves checking email a lot.” xkcd,1173 by Randall Monroe.
The almighty Google advertising dollar.
Like many people, I subscribe to Google Offers. I rarely actually buy them, but occasionally I do. This evening one offer caught my eye, and not because I ever intend to use it. The offer was for RealOptions Abortion Information … Continue reading
Who am I? What am I doing here?
I have eight job applications I have to fill out this evening, and I am sitting here writing this. I am frozen. A friend lost her job today. She is a wonderful, smart, funny woman, but more relevantly in this … Continue reading
I had this exact conversation with the Red-Headed Menace, once. http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/bridge.png
Play on.
“If music be the food of love, play on!” Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 1. William Shakespeare I started to make a list yesterday of of “Music I can’t live without” and it turned out to be “Music I really … Continue reading
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