Author Archives: Rae
Horse Racing, Dog Racing, Cock Fighting, and Rugby
In a masterful display of horrifying foreshadowing Tolstoy writes of a horse race in which one of the main characters, Vronsky, pushes so hard to win the race by a long distance that he causes his horse to fall and break her back. In addition to Vronsky’s horse, more than half of the men racing fell and [...]
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I am thankful 8/22/2010
For peaches. Fresh juicy peaches. For a world filled with babies. Sure, none of them are mine, but it still makes me quite happy to see several babies every day (something new for me) and even to read about blog-friends’ pregnancies and births.
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Cheating Online
Yes, the plot of Anna Karenina revolves around infidelity. And if you consider that a spoiler, then I am sorry. You should still read the book! How do you determine what does and does not count as infidelity? Once you’ve determined what counts as unfaithfulness in your marriage or relationship, how do you avoid it [...]
A New Me
What do you do when you feel like you finally know what to do with your life? When you know how to really live, how to change things and be the person you want to be? What do you do when you know exactly who you want to be… the new you? I know who [...]
I am thankful 8/15/2010
For the ability to walk. And even run without pain. For internet at home. Finally! For sleep. And the fact that I almost always get enough. What a lovely phase of life!
Don’t Read the Book Before You’ve Watched the Movie
I used to have a rule for books made into movies: I would never watch the movie until I had read the book. It was that simple. So I watched The Fellowship of the Ring but still have not seen The Two Towers or The Return of the King because I only ever made time [...]
I am thankful 8/8/2010
For happiness. I know that it is fleeting. I know that you cannot depend on it, much less shape your life around it. But I still like it and am thankful for it. For shoes. I am not a “shoe” person. I do not own that many pairs. But I do have a high appreciation [...]
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All Families
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Thus begins Anna Karenina with one of Tolstoy’s most famous lines. Ignoring what I know of the rest of Tolstoy’s work, it makes me think that perhaps all families are different, and thus each must be unhappy in its own way. [...]
I am thankful 8/1/2010
For wooden floors. I hate vacuuming more than any other household chore, and now I do not have to do it (or feel guilty about making Josh do it) for the foreseeable future. For the availability of multiple daily masses and reconciliation. It is so much easier to get to Church when there are options! [...]
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I am thankful 8/29/2010