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  • Anna Karenina

    Do you remember your favorite book from childhood?

    Tolstoy

    When I was a kid, Russia was the great big boogie monster.

    I still remember the first time I started reading real books. It’s no different than myself right now as I start reading books in German. First you recognize words, then sentences, then paragraphs and for a while you don’t even know what’s going on. They’re all words sentences and paragraphs.

    So It is like us adults reading.

    Anna Karenina’s narrative is split between two protagonists: glamorous society woman Anna and idealistic farmer Konstantin Levin. If A Tale of Two Cities is just that, then Anna Karenina, with its famous opening line (“Happy families are all alike; unhappy families are each unhappy in their own way”) is a tale of two families: the ones made, or unmade, by Anna and Levin respectively. The novel compares their attempts to find happiness by way of their mutual pursuit of romantic passion and familial joy.

    Oh, I remember reading books and the adventure I was going on. I love Russian novels however Anna was OK but not great. There are some interesting discussions in the book. Communism versus capitalism is for one.

    But to move forward and read is the adventure in itself and it is there for you to enjoy. Have a great day.

  • DMV

    Is a depressing place. Driving the same

    Why can’t we as as a country travel by train

    My number is 232

    I wait in line banally

    If I had a clip board

    I would be important

    And get asked questions

    And tell people to

    Go by train.

    To some it’s like telling them

    go to hell.

    It’s a shit show

    Traffic jam in the DMV

    America the beautiful

    Home of waiting in line

    Like Russians waiting

    for bread.

    DMV

  • The Wisdom of The Dumbfounded

    I am amazed by those who speak so confidently and they have no idea what they’re talking about and nothing they say is based on.

    Fact

    Opinion

    Quotes Emphasizing the Dangers of Ignorance and Speaking Without Knowledge:

    • Socrates: “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” 
    • Lao Tzu: “He who knows, does not speak; he who speaks, does not know.” 
    • Plato: “I neither know nor think that I know.” 
    • Quote by Adam Grant: “If knowledge is power, knowing what we don’t know is wisdom.” 
    • Quote by Adam Grant: “The purpose of learning isn’t to affirm our beliefs; it’s to evolve our beliefs.” 
    • Quote by Adam Grant: “Recognizing our shortcomings opens the door to doubt . . . if knowledge is power, knowing what we don’t know is wisdom.” 
    • Quote: “The curse of knowledge is that it closes our minds to what we don’t know.” 

  • Stellar Luna

    Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.

    I watch its phases month by month.

    Our son was born on a sliver

    Our daughter the full

    Riley the half

    Sometimes there is a morning moon

    Others hidden by clouds

    Joined by Jupiter

    Confirming the passage of

    time with A furtive nod to

    yesterday and tomorrow