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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Words to live by ….
“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
Hmmm…
Since I have started writing again, I seem to be stuck in writing about myself. While the unexamined life is not worth living, perhaps there is such a thing as too much introspection. Besides, that’s what I have a Live … Continue reading
Today’s mantra…
Be Here Now. Be present in the moment, and do not fear about the future. Do not ruminate about the past. Find what is good in your life and concentrate on that. I have had a bad afternoon, and a … Continue reading
Things I have learned at work
1. Good coworkers are more important than interesting work. At least in the short term. Especially coworkers who have good senses of humor. 2. I really can go several weeks without swearing. Other than an occasional “goddammit,” I have been … Continue reading
Hunting of the snark
I am naturally a rather snarky person. (“Nooooo,” you say. “We’re shocked, shocked! to find this out.”) I am really working on this. It is, however, a measure of how comfortable I feel with a person or situation — or … Continue reading
Two more things about me….
For an icebreaker at the “Hurrah! NRFU is done” party, a co-worker distributed questionnaires for us to fill out with interesting tidbits about ourselves. Most of what I filled out is found in my previous two posts on this subject, … Continue reading
Well, he finally did it. Echidna boy broke one of our rules for his continued use of the computer. Fortunately, not the one involving the FBI. He downloaded Blender, an open source 3D graphics software package. He was teaching himself … Continue reading
I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call and may not be denied John Masefield, “Sea Fever” Sometimes, there is a story which hits so close … Continue reading
Yesterday was a freaking bear.* A person I was looking forward to having coffee with flaked. I did spend the time blogging and talking on IM, though, so it was not a complete loss. No, the trouble began fifteen minutes … Continue reading
Nobody’s going to die….
I was planning this morning to blog about the BP oil spill, and my reaction to it. But you know what? It is a lovely day here in Northern California (albeit with a promise of serious heat later) and blogging … Continue reading
Twenty [More] Statements about me. Plus one.
I’ve done this before, but what the heck, I’m bored. More things you should know about me (or not, as the case may be): 1. I don’t eat fish. My father fished a great deal when I was growing up … Continue reading
The way to a girl’s heart…
Is through bad puns.* As a public service, we here at WWF would like to pass along the most recent bits of (ahem) humor that we have run across…. First as, seen in a Criminal Minds fanfiction** at Live Journal: … Continue reading
Who Am I?
I have been rereading this blog lately, from the beginning. And I keep running smack dab against an overwhelming question: Who is this woman? I have changed so much in the past two years that in many ways the woman … Continue reading
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 The last two Enumerator Questionnaires rolled into the office today. NRFU (Non-Response Follow Up) is done. It is bittersweet. Sweet, because … Continue reading
The wisdom of Yoda …. yeah, right.
My youngest son graduated from middle school last week. It made me feel old, and odd, to think that from here on out, I will never be the mother of small children. On the back page of their graduation booklet, … Continue reading
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be inclyded within this Union, according to their respective numbers…. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of … Continue reading
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