Tuesday
Feb202007
Le dauphin et la dauphine
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 10:34AM
None of these things seem to warrant their very own post, so I've jammed them all together into a single update even though I can't find a common thread anywhere.
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I watched Marie Antoinette last night while Brad was gone. I like new spins on historical people and events, so I thought I'd give it a try, and yes, I liked the movie. One scene in particular intrigued my thoughts however: Marie Antoinette giving birth to her first child in a large ornate bedroom, on her bed, while about 40 people look on, anxiously awaiting the heir to the throne. Forty people look on while she's giving birth.
Okay excuse me, but how in the world did we go from 18th century France where the nation's queen gives birth in front of a live audience of dozens of women and men, to the 19th century American south where Scarlett O'Hara is scorned for the very sin of being seen in public while pregnant, to the 1950s when American fathers smoke cigars in hospital waiting rooms or even have a beer at the bar down the street only to return well after their wives have given birth and everyone is all cleaned up and proper, to today when men are regularly present in the delivery room and even assist with the childbirth? It's like full circle and then some. I really have nothing else to say, but just think about it, kay?
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You may have tried to comment here recently and were basically told to turn around and mind the door on your way out. Sorry about that. Someone finally brought the little glitch to my attention, and I promptly put competent people on a mission to have it fixed. Everything should be working properly now, so go on, share your thoughts.
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Did you notice that I'm currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird? I read this novel back in middle or high school sometime, and even though I enjoyed it, I really hating re-reading books. I always figure that there are so! many! books! out there that I can't possibly waste time reading anything more than once. But our little community over here in Michigan received a big ol' grant from some national organization, and so I find myself on a coalition to plan a community-wide read. The book we chose? Right. So I figured I should freshen up on the finer points of the plot line if I'm going to be participating in this thing.
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And that's all I have today. Oh except that my head is spinning off my neck right now and I can't seem to control it. So if you find my decapitated body somewhere and my head is nearby, please reattach me so I can find a way to make sense of my life. Thanks.
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I watched Marie Antoinette last night while Brad was gone. I like new spins on historical people and events, so I thought I'd give it a try, and yes, I liked the movie. One scene in particular intrigued my thoughts however: Marie Antoinette giving birth to her first child in a large ornate bedroom, on her bed, while about 40 people look on, anxiously awaiting the heir to the throne. Forty people look on while she's giving birth.
Okay excuse me, but how in the world did we go from 18th century France where the nation's queen gives birth in front of a live audience of dozens of women and men, to the 19th century American south where Scarlett O'Hara is scorned for the very sin of being seen in public while pregnant, to the 1950s when American fathers smoke cigars in hospital waiting rooms or even have a beer at the bar down the street only to return well after their wives have given birth and everyone is all cleaned up and proper, to today when men are regularly present in the delivery room and even assist with the childbirth? It's like full circle and then some. I really have nothing else to say, but just think about it, kay?
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You may have tried to comment here recently and were basically told to turn around and mind the door on your way out. Sorry about that. Someone finally brought the little glitch to my attention, and I promptly put competent people on a mission to have it fixed. Everything should be working properly now, so go on, share your thoughts.
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Did you notice that I'm currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird? I read this novel back in middle or high school sometime, and even though I enjoyed it, I really hating re-reading books. I always figure that there are so! many! books! out there that I can't possibly waste time reading anything more than once. But our little community over here in Michigan received a big ol' grant from some national organization, and so I find myself on a coalition to plan a community-wide read. The book we chose? Right. So I figured I should freshen up on the finer points of the plot line if I'm going to be participating in this thing.
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And that's all I have today. Oh except that my head is spinning off my neck right now and I can't seem to control it. So if you find my decapitated body somewhere and my head is nearby, please reattach me so I can find a way to make sense of my life. Thanks.
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Reader Comments (1)
I read To Kill A Mockingbird years ago...probably middle school. I read it again just a few years ago and fell in love with it. It's one of my faves now. I guess being grown up and re-reading the classics gives you a new appreciation for it. (Except for Catcher in the Rye...it still pisses me off...I can't stand it!)
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