Sunny 9 for 2005 March 8

A comment that Sumana made about Anna Karenina started me thinking. The book is about infidelity and I was wondering what the difference was between these so-called ‘Classics’ which seem to hold their own on immorality, and daytime TV soaps and other such shows. The TV shows certainly aren’t Classics, so why are the ‘Classics’ revered and immortalized? Is it all smut?

Then a comment was made in church on Sunday about in today’s society agency and choices are divorced from accountability and consequences. In the vulgar TV shows (I admit I watch occasionally) there really isn’t a correct portrayal of reality and how people can spend, spend, spend, but no one declares bankruptcy. Or they have affairs and inappropriate relations, yet it can’t really expose the true unhappiness and sorrow it leads too.

I couldn’t believe in Anna Karenina how nonchalant the character went about the affair, and how it was all about pretenses for their peers so they aren’t disgraced. But then I realized in the end, it got the best of the character and led to their demise. There’s a bombshell of a consequence for ya.

Tonight for dinner I am making fried Halibut, with the halibut that Aaron caught in Alaska, with Caesar salad and onions rings. One of my favorite but not to often dinners. I am going to miss the halibut when it is all gone. I made Stroganoff last night with these new Barilla pasta twirls. It was really good, but I was especially impressed with the pasta. It is called Barilla Plus, and it is made with ground flax seeds, so it has Omega 3 fatty acids, and wheat, and something else that gives it lots of protein too. And they aren't all grainy like wheat pasta usually is. Have you tired Barilla Plus, Aly? I recommend it.