I have a new favorite person. At last week's UUA General Assembly the Ware Lecturer was Van Jones and let me tell you, this man is a person to watch. See the video of the lecture here. Wow!

An old High School pal Ollie is making a name for himself out west... Fantastic!

Viceroy of Hilltop - The Weekly Volcano, Puget Sound's Arts and Entertainment Authority

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Katy Finch: Scarface and 40’s on CASSETTE FROM MY EX

Jenner's Award from Yale
Rock on Jenner!!

What America looked like, 40 years ago, from a slain candidate’s funeral train. View Original NY Times Article

I watched the Interactive Feature and at the very end the Photographer and Narrator Paul Fusco says that the people who were there to watch the train "saw Hope pass by". At that very moment I realized that exactly 40 years later we are watching the return of that Hope. It's baffling think that it took US 40 years to get back to where we were then. And now there is a real possibility that the dreams of so many, still with us and of those who have passed on will finally be realized. Keep that Hope alive!

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From Strollerderby.....

According to a "study" released by salary.com, stay-at-home moms would make close to $117,000 a year if they were compensated for their work. That figure was calculated based on the salaries of 10 jobs -- including housekeeper and CEO -- whose duties share something in common with motherhood.

Working moms, on the other hand, only earn $68,405 for their kid-rearing efforts. Because, you know, they're just mothering "part-time." These figures are slightly higher than the ones quoted in Brett's recent blog post about New York moms, who apparently are only worth $70K per year even when they're working the maternal shift full-time. (Don't they know how high the cost-of-living is in New York? Momma needs to pay the rent and buy a new pair of shoes, you know.)

It's fun to speculate about how much money each of us could earn if only we got paid for running a family.But it's also a depressing reminder that women in general, whether they are mothers or not, still aren't compensated at the same level as most men. And as a society, our attitude toward ambitious women is still pretty conflicted. (No, I'm not referring to Hillary Clinton, overtly or covertly, with these comments. But someone will probably assume I am, so whatev.)

It would be nice if SAHMs, working moms or even working women period actually were paid the money they deserve. Until that day comes, well, we always have another survey from salary.com to look forward to. Next time, I'd like them to look into how much money moms deserve to spend on their non-existent corporate credit cards. I think we have another pretend-$10 Grand coming our way.

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