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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Artists in residence.
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Clarence? Are you there?
While reviewing all my posts to compile my “Pat’s Gratitude Posts,” I realized that I had never finished the assignment given me by my therapist to find fifty reasons the world was a better place because I was in it. … Continue reading
Strike?
I usually read political blogs. This morning I started to, and just couldn’t. Reasoned political analysis can fail in the face of stomach-churning fear. I no longer feel the same shortness of breath, back of neck tightness stress about women’s … Continue reading
Things are…. Okay, not so hot. Work has been occasionally problematic, and life in general kind of sucks. A friend of mine has a motto, “Nobody died, nobody is going to jail.” We’ve adopted it in our family, too. Normally … Continue reading
A few thoughts…
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Bits and pieces.
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College daze.
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Adventures in retail.
Note to Canon: If you presume to sell the public a “combo pack” of ink and paper, do us all a favor and include ALL the cartridges the printer needs? Otherwise we have to ask obnoxious, ignorant salespeople to price … Continue reading
I don’t understand this.
I got a rejection letter for a job that I had really, REALLY wanted this morning. It was the standard, “although we are impressed with your credentials, your skills and experience are not compatible with our current job opening,” which … Continue reading
Storytelling.
I am working on two different yet similar writing projects currently. They present me with a dilemma. Each of these pieces require me to tell my life story. They will be for different audiences, and therefore will have different emphases, … Continue reading
I just screamed at the cat, poor thing. She had stepped on my leg. I strained the medial collateral ligament in my left leg in December. It did not heal, so in February I started physical therapy. I got better. … Continue reading
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Today is my birthday. But much more importantly, it’s Daffy Duck’s birthday. As I have gotten older, I have grown to really appreciate Daffy. Bugs knows all the answers, is always right, and always wins in the end. Daffy doesn’t … Continue reading
Memories of Boston.
I thought of writing this yesterday, then thought it might be better to wait a day until my thoughts cleared. Another act of terrorism on American soil. Domestic, international… nobody knows yet and in the short term it doesn’t really … Continue reading
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