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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Category Archives: My life and times
Before I went to work, I was sitting in a McDonald’s – one of those retro ones that pretend to look like the “original” – eating my Sweet Chili Premium Snack Wrap and Oreo Mcflurry and drinking sweet tea and … Continue reading
Well, well.
I had a very productive day yesterday. I straightened the house so the housekeeper could come in. I did a load of laundry. I went to my Thursday afternoon group. I went to the post office to mail off the … Continue reading
I do not think I am the droid you are looking for. Sadly.
I did a skills test earlier this week for a position at the Coolest Place Ever. After I turned in the computer portion of the test, they handed me Tom Rath’s Strengths Finder 2.0 with instructions to take the assessments … Continue reading
Sunday afternoon.
So, I am lying on my bed under the influence of Vicodin — which I am not supposed to take because the acetaminophen in it is contraindicated with some of the other meds — because the strained ligament in my … Continue reading
Reality bites, sometimes.
I had a job fair this morning: bleh. Both the guys I talked to looked completely bored and like they would rather be anywhere but there. I had a later “informational interview” at 1:00 at SJSU. I was a bit … Continue reading
Herding cats.
I had an interview of sorts with a SAT prep company. We were requested to upload an instructional video. Here’s mine. They said be creative. My only regret (and the thing that will probably cost me the job) is that … Continue reading
Tonight’s Colbert quote, regarding the financial industry: “You know why this is a great country? Anywhere else, we’d just line them up and shoot them.”
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
Today, the Rocket Scientist has Antarctic “Survival School.” He’s excited. I’m not. Before scientists are allowed to go into the interior to do their research, they have to demonstrate that they can handle the conditions. They are tossed on the … Continue reading
Goodbye 2012, and good riddance.
I sit here on the last day of 2012, looking at the past 366 days. Thank God that’s over. It’s been a bad year. None of my immediate family or closest circle of friends died, and no one ended up … Continue reading
Clothing observations
Wearing my pretty wine-colored velvet calf-length dress from Coldwater Creek to a holiday party seems to invite people I’ve just met into asking if they can stroke my arm. That’s a bit unnerving. It’s also hot to dance in.* Of … Continue reading
Well so much for *that* job…
[I decided that, on the whole, this paragraph was unwise.] Rats. And I really liked this job (at least according to its Craiglist description).
I wish my brain would just shut up, sometimes.
[Warning: this post is going to be a whine. I am blogging this because it’s too long for Facebook and I want a reminder of the first part of the post. I am disabling comments because, while reassurance is always … Continue reading
Well of course, silly. She’s a *cat*.
Penwiper strolls through the living room into the dining room, where I am sitting. Me: Good morning, sweetheart.The Rocket Scientist, from the kitchen: I assume you were talking to the cat, not me.Me: That’s right — how did you know?RS: … Continue reading
If you don’t care where you are, you’re not lost
Last Tuesday, I went to Grace Cathedral to walk the labyrinth. Afterwards, I felt calm and centered, and decided to engage in a favorite activity, ignoring Google Maps and just driving around the city. Although I generally really dislike driving … Continue reading
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