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
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Author Archives: Pat Greene
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
Love.
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the … Continue reading
By all rights, I should be unhappy. I have been struggling on my own for four weeks now, with another two and a half before the Rocket Scientist comes back from Antarctica. (You know those studies that say you need … Continue reading
There are days when the world is too beautiful to be believed.
Observations from the game…
I am sitting here at a local dive bar watching the Super Bowl. I decided that I wanted to watch the game with people I have not given birth to. The Sandy Hook choir is making me cry. Jennifer Hudson … Continue reading
Oh, dear…
Hanlon’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” Or carelessness. Or overwork. Or simple mental fatigue. Or distract…ooh! squirrel! Via Facebook (where I sadly get too much information that is interesting in my life), I … Continue reading
It’s a simple message and I’m leaving out the whistles and bells…
So the room must listen to me Filibuster vigilantly “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” They Might Be Giants If you came here from the Blogger “Wild Winds of Fortune” site, welcome. (And hey! Thanks for actually clicking on a link rather … Continue reading
Ten years ago today…
It is one of those dates. For most of the country, there is November 22, 1963, and September 11, 2001. Where were you? What do you remember? And in the case of 9/11, did you know anyone in the Towers? … Continue reading
I suppose it should make me less unhappy that the woman who told me I wasn’t getting the job (because another candidate showed up with six years more experience at the same job than I had ) seemed to feel badly … Continue reading
Watch this space.
For those who read my “Hey, Alligators,” post, I just wanted to say that I will be resuming blogging here. No one I know reads me here, so I will not spend my time obsessing over who my audience is. … Continue reading
Hey, alligators.
Hiatus: A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break. I have been posting on this blog off and on for seven years. In some years it has been more off than on, admittedly, but for the past three … Continue reading
Sad. So sad.
In July, 2011, I wrote about the Aaron Swartz case. It was with sadness that I read that Aaron Swartz had committed suicide. From all I have read, Swartz was a sweet guy. He was only twenty-six, having done more … Continue reading
Now if I can just win that stupid Powerball thing…
Remember when I promised a list of the U.S. hotels* I want to stay at when I win the lottery? This is it. I chose hotels I am personally familiar with; there are many just as exclusive places — certainly much … Continue reading
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