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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Movie Quotes
I actually have two substantive political posts in process. I am too brain-dead to work on them right now, so I decided to write fluff. Tonight, on FaceBook (I have been spending a lot of time on FB lately, so … Continue reading
Because I’m bored, but too brain-dead to do anything useful
I almost never cross-post from my LJ to here*, but you know what? It’s 1 a.m. and I am very much awake. (Note to self: Coke has caffeine, stupid. Drinking it at 11 p.m. and expecting to get to sleep … Continue reading
Rats.
I have been trying to comment to blog posts here, and the stupid Blogger won’t let me. Pooh. Other people have complained about this in the help fprum but I have yet to see a satisfactory answer.
Who you gonna call?
I may be going to hell for linking to this….. My one hope in life is that whatever God there may be has a sense of humor, or I am totally screwed.
The wonders of Photoshop
(Sound not necessary, video absolutely)
Congratulations…
To my LGTB friends — may you have the chance to marry before the opponents of same-sex marriage can get a higher court to agree with them. I have yet to read the District Court’s opinion, so I can’t talk … Continue reading
I don’t feel like discussing context, at least not yet, but I wanted to post the following, if for no other reason than to look at it in moments of self-doubt: Damn, I’m good.
I have taken it very easy today. Pain levels are the lowest they’ve been in a very long time. I have done nothing but hang out, blog (a lot!) about inconsequential things, and nap. Even the discovery that Google Reader … Continue reading
I have added a new quote to my “Words to Live By” sidebar: “ Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” Reinhold Niebuhr (Niebuhr is best remembered by most non-theologians as the … Continue reading
Another classic xkcd cartoon….
Another I love (too big to be embedded here) is about tvtropes.org Still another is about dreams (warning: warning, strong language). Randall Munroe is a genius.
Okay, so this is sort of cheating…*
I would just like to note that, as of this post, I will have posted just as many times in 2010 as I did in 2009 and 2008 combined. I think this is a very good thing, and hopefully will … 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
So this week, in his first week in office, President Obama* signed an executive order stating that the detention center at Guantanamo Bay was to be closed in a year. There were immediate protests. A few, from the very far … Continue reading
Decisions, Decisions…
To work on my beaded Christmas/wedding presents…Or do my necessary resume distribution for the day…Or blow off both of those and go see Milk at the Castro Theatre with friends. I need a Magic 8 Ball.
The other reason I’ve not been around as much is my new time sink: beading. Including things I’ve made for myself and those made for others (all my female relations got jewelry this Christmas), I’ve made probably a couple of … Continue reading
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