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...often criticized, their method of meeting forced them to make the conscious decision to wholly commit themselves to each other without fleeing at the first sign of imperfection. For all the reverence that Western culture has for the romanticized notion of “love,” it somehow fails to recognize that love is something we often have to work to maintain. Growing up, I’ve always faced these two opposing views of marriage—one that demands love before the vows are taken, and one that promises that love will grow with time...
...Over It” by OK Go. An irrepressibly fun song. Somehow ended up seeing these guys live three times freshman year, once at the now defunct House of Blues in the Square...
...really won’t do, you know!”—as “proof” that Lewis is all wrong. Tolkien was, of course, a devout and serious Christian believer who succeeded in converting Lewis from militant atheism. Somehow, critics imply, this should mean that Lewis’ work is sub par or meaningless. Why Tolkien’s critique should disqualify Lewis’ work is not clear, unless one expects Christians to have identical worldviews and opinions, and to march in a rigid theological lockstep. One could, of course, advance this argument...
...film, the friends promise to call each other; the viewer is immediately shown a giant “One year later” inter-title. At a party, they discover their mutual love of tennis, and end up playing in a series of charity tournaments. But between tournaments, Danny somehow manages to lose his gig on a TV show; Gary never really has a job, and handles his unemployment with a kind of eastern “guru-ness” reminiscent of Thomas Haden Church’s well-meaning sidekick character in “Sideways...
...said. “There were more than 30 e-mails a day just about the conference and lots of long phone conversations.” But even as she ran around trouble-shooting, she had another thing on her mind: business school apps were due that week. She somehow succeeded in balancing an overfilled Gmail box, hundreds of ambitious pant-suited college businesswomen, a frustrating rainstorm, and dreaded grad school essays. All of her applications were in on time, and, she said, “The conference was a success.” Borden’s success...