Author Archives: Pat Greene

I haven’t forgotten you guys, really.  All, oh… six of you.  Although that’s not fair — I know more people who read me on RSS feed, which isn’t tracked on Sitemeter. Life is what is what it is.  Which means … Continue reading →

Every so often I stumble across something I should have heard years ago but somehow managed to miss. Like this morning… I love Weird Al.  I especially love some of his original works — nobody does a better breakup (or … Continue reading →

Conversation with the Red-Headed Menace, concerning his track coach, who in addition to being a former Olympian attended Stanford Law and graduated a couple of years ahead of me. RHM:  There are sports lawyers?!?!?Mom: Of course there are sports lawyers.  … Continue reading →

My two younger children are arguing about the ethics of assassinating leaders.  One is studying W.W. I, the other W.W. II. At least they are not discussing Halo or Pokemon.

So the 83rd Annual Academy Awards have come and gone.  Herewith, a few notes: Dear red-carpet commentator:  given the term’s origins, calling a 14-year-old girl a “nymphet” is not really a nice things to do. No egregiously bad dresses this … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court just handed down their decision in Snyder v. Phelps.  They got it exactly right. From John Roberts’ eloquent majority opinion: Westboro believes that America is morally flawed; many Americans might feel the same about Westboro. Westboro’s funeral … Continue reading →

I have a loaner laptop.  Huzzah! I may get around to actually posting things I’ve written over the past two weeks as I have been away. This weekend was “Psychotics in Media” weekend:  on Friday night the Rocket Scientist and … Continue reading →

“I’m a teenager.  Half of my motivation for anything is impressing girls.”  The Red Headed Menace (discussing why he’s doing track).

There is a reason I have not been posting the past few days.  I’ve had limited net access — the AirPort went kaput, so the only computer with access requires standing for a while, or sitting in painful (to me) … Continue reading →

I was going to write something for the anniversary of the Columbia disaster, or at least link to what I wrote at the time, but my friend Bill Gawne pointed me towards the best tribute to Columbia I’ve ever read.  … Continue reading →

When is it rape? That’s the question raised by a bill currently in committee in the House of Representatives, H.R. 3.  And the answer the bill gives is pernicious. The bill itself purports to be about eliminating “federal funding for … Continue reading →

For…. Francis R. Scobee Michael J. Smith Judith A. Resnik Ellison S. Onizuka Ronald E. McNair Gregory B. Jarvis Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Rest in Peace. High Flight by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of … Continue reading →

On this day, twenty-five years ago, the world changed. It is one of those “Where were you when…” moments.  Where were you when the planes flew into the World Trade Center?  Where were you when Kennedy was shot?  Where were … Continue reading →

I am freaking coooooollllllddddd.  If I wanted to freeze to death I would have stayed in Massachusetts after I graduated Wellesley.  The next time I think, “Baltimore-D.C. in January, how bad could it be?  It’s not like it’s Chicago or … Continue reading →

Eating at the bar in a hotel — especially a nice hotel — is freaking expensive.  Even if you did forego having breakfast at the hotel this morning in favor of Starbucks. Being in a pissy mood is no reason … Continue reading →