I am thankful 8/29/2010
For myself. This morning I was thinking about whether I could honestly say that I am thankful for myself. It seemed rather silly, for I simply must be thankful for…
ReadmoreHorse 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…
ReadmoreI 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…
ReadmoreCheating 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…
ReadmoreA 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…
ReadmoreI 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…
ReadmoreDon’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…
ReadmoreI 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…
ReadmoreAll 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…
ReadmoreI 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…
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