Celebrating the birthday of Bertrand Russell.
Fabulous Sherlock is dancing.
it’s okay guys season 3 is almost here
Season 3 can’t come soon enough!!
(via thegirlinpajamapants)
at the DAR state conference … girls just want to have fun!
And miles to go before I sleep.
Born in Hartford, CT. Grew up and graduated high school in East Hartford, CT. Attended Western Connecticut State College and Greater Hartford Community College. Employed 11 years by Sonitrol Security in Hartford, then 3 years at District 1199 New England Health Care Employees. In 1989, relocated to rural Nebraska. For 8 years, was editor of two weekly newspapers, writing about and photographing events. In 1999, relocating to Des Moines, IA, was like moving home to Hartford. After working 2 months for a lobbyist, diverged to the public sector and have worked for the state courts ever since. Semi-retired now. Early American history is my enduring passion. Reading and understanding the context of settlement and colonial times through the civil war; researching my family history; traveling to historical sites - presidential homes and libraries and family heritage excursions. From this developed involvement in Daughters of the American Revolution, first as homage to my ancestors then as volunteer and leadership activity. I am secular. Engagement with my community is a personal value. In CT, I was president of my neighborhood organization and an appointee to the city human relations commission. In Shelton, NE, I was the first woman ever elected to the village board of supervisors. Even more satisfying was being a founding officer of the library foundation and local historical society. In Des Moines, I’ve worked with League of Women Voters, Polk County Master Gardeners, and Beaverdale Neighborhood Assoc. Another enduring passion is my marriage to Rick Kozin, director of the Polk County Health Dept. Our connection began in 1984, when he interviewed for a job with a my neighborhood organization. It has yielded a wealth of life experience for a “city girl” transplanted to the heartland. The cultural offerings of Des Moines, from Jimmy Buffett concerts to the Planned Parenthood Book Sale, are pleasures to be savored. We like it here.
"We should enjoy and make the most of life, not because we are in constant fear of what might happen to us in a mythical afterlife, but because we have only one opportunity to live."
— Greg Graffin
Patton Oswalt really says it all here.
Boston. Fucking horrible.
I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, “Well, I’ve had it with humanity.”
But I was wrong. I don’t know what’s going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of…
A speech by Kurt Vonnegut, receiving the Humanist of the Year award from the American Humanist Association, May 1, 1992.
"But I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking. If all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed, and why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of what pro-life is."
— Sister Joan Chittister, Nov. 12, 2004, to Bill Moyers
Remembering Key West 6 weeks ago … as snow blankets Des Moines yet once again. This winter is past its sell-by date. :(
