Kids today!

I'm so proud to be an alum of Lowell High School in San Francisco! When Fred Phelps and his hate group (I refuse to call it a church) came to town to picket schools and Jewish organizations, some schools chose an active, peaceful response.
I can imagine my daughter's friends and school doing something like this. Kids today can be wonderful when they have good models, the support of their elders, and are encouraged to be their best selves.

Sonia Sotomayor, nominee for Supreme Court

Sonia Sotomayor talks about her path as a Latina (Nuyorican!) and a judge in this speech from 2002 (printed in the New York Times)

Listen to her talk about her mother's example "I am who I am because of my mother, and I am only half the woman that she was." Listen to her talk about the influence of Spanish on her writing in English, and how she worked on it. So self-aware, so intelligent.

Here are some pictures. And, I am informed, she saved baseball! All right, then.

There's that song again

Adam Lambert sang "Feeling Good" on Idol. (and no, he didn't copy Muse's arrangement, lazy people! google it!) I will always be loyal to Nina.