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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Author Archives: Pat Greene
Random thoughts.
I was trapped in my room for over a week with Covid. I’ve read some, binge-watched a bunch of different shows, just generally done nothing. So thoughts that have crossed my mind…. Everyone seems to want the administration to release … Continue reading
Sigh.
Last Friday, I developed significant weakness on the right side of my body. It was obvious from the fact the my smile was completely lopsided, among other things. It was so bad that when the Rocket Scientist saw me he … Continue reading
Every week — day, sometimes — something new comes out from the Trump administration that makes me feel sick to my stomach. Today’s item makes me feel more afraid than I have yet this year. According to Stephen Miller, the … Continue reading
The barbarians are inside the gates.
American culture is in grave danger. Worse yet, its knowledge of its history, its very understanding of what America is and has been, is under attack. It started with Donald Trump taking over the Kennedy Center, firing most its board … Continue reading
Coping.
It’s tough out here right now. I’ve been working on a list of ways to cope with the current insanity. I’m posting it here so I can find it easily. Here goes: What to do: Stop avoiding the news. Ignoring … Continue reading
Hug a federal employee.
[It is 1,444 days until the end of the second Trump presidency.] [Note: full disclosure — I’m the wife (and dependent) of a federal worker.] I knew things would get bad. I never expected they would get this bad, this … Continue reading
[It is 1,452 days until the end of the second Trump presidency.] This video by Heather Cox Richardson is extremely important (if a little lengthy). She sketches out where we are and the nature of the constitutional crisis we are … Continue reading
Silly games.
[It is 1,455 days until the end of the second Trump presidency.] I have a new strange obsession: British “game shows.” The ones I love are not really game shows, but more akin to CBS’s After Midnight. The competition aspect … Continue reading
When heroes fall.
[It is 1,457 days until the end of the second Trump presidency.] I can remember the first time that I fell in love with Neil Gaiman. In 2007, when I was going to London for the first time, the Not-So-Little … Continue reading
Countdown.
It is 1,458 days until the end of the second Trump presidency.
Down the rabbit hole.
As I have talked about in this blog before, I have bipolar disorder. There have been times when I suffered from delusions. Sometimes, my relationship with reality has been an uneasy one. I often use the analogy of a snow … Continue reading
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu Summer sucks. Summer has sucked for me as long as I can remember. Part of it is that there is no school, and … Continue reading
Music of my life.
[Note: I have not been writing in a long time, and I am out of practice. This is a long and rambling post, just to let you know. You have been warned.] My brother-in-law recently tagged me on Facebook in … Continue reading
Thanksgiving.
It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving. I used to do these posts on Thanksgiving, but I was otherwise occupied. 50 Things I am thankful for, in somewhat random order: Here’s hoping you had a lovely Thanksgiving, and wishing you a happy … Continue reading
Why I have not been writing
I have not been writing in this consistently for several years now. First, the posts slowed to a trickle, now they are drops. Why the change? Many of my early posts were about my children. They are all grown now, … Continue reading
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