April 12th, 2012 → 6:12 am
“His complexion is perfect gallows.” – The Tempest
First it was the Trayvon Martin shooting. Now it’s the Tulsa, Oklahoma shooting. I’m starting to fear I won’t be able to tell my son (who is African American) that he is growing up in a better world than I did. A person’s skin color should not be a reason for the gallows.
April 10th, 2012 → 6:27 am
“Mislike me not for my complexion.” – Merchant of Venice
The special prosecutor announced yesterday that there won’t be a grand jury investigation into the Trayvon Martin shooting. It’s my understanding that his shooter, George Zimmerman, can still be prosecuted, just not any longer by a grand jury. All I know is that he shouldn’t have pursued the boy after the police dispatcher told him not to, and that it appears to me as though he judged Trayvon primarily on his looks and his hoodie. For the love of god, why can’t we as a society get past such behavior?!?!
April 8th, 2012 → 6:53 am
“I count myself in nothing else so happy
As in a soul remembering my good friends.” – Richard II
I had dinner last night at a good friend’s house. The kind of friend who is generous, kind, clear-headed, and honest. It’s so important to have good people in your life – they help to balance all the a**holes.
(Happy Pesach and/or Easter Everyone!)
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
April 6th, 2012 → 6:14 am
“We shall see
If power change purpose, what our seemers be.” – Measure for Measure
For years the right has complained about judicial activism in the courts – that rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, for example, have been wrong and an overuse of power. Now the U.S. Supreme Court is contemplating Obama’s health care law. If they rule to overturn it, by what possible measure can that be anything but the very judicial activism they claim so vociferously to dislike?
Filed under: Blog & Politics/Politicians
April 4th, 2012 → 5:21 am
“Sweetness, whereof a little
More than a little is by much too much.” – Henry IV
So of course I came back from our vacation having eaten too much. Room service, restaurants, ice cream by the pool…sigh. I’m trying to diet this week and not eat too many sweets, but it’s hard. Normally, my blood content is made up of about 50% sugar/chocolate. Cutting down is like taking life support away. 😉
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April 2nd, 2012 → 5:52 am
“Like a nymph, with long, disheveled hair,
Dance on the sands, and yet no footing seen.” – Venus and Adonis
We’re back from spring break in Hawaii! Eight days of salt encrusted long, disheveled hair; eight nights of dancing on the sands. Our little baby was a real traveler trooper. I don’t usually include photos on this blog, but heck, this one is too cute:
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