You did not pay attention, because it does have the magic pixie dust!
Oh, my bad! Just as a test, I removed the pixie dust from your code like below, and ate some salted peanuts instead. The code made 17 successful passes, so salted peanuts work too! 
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };
IPAddress server(74,125,227,16); // Google
EthernetClient client;
int totalCount = 0;
int loopCount = 0;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
//pinMode(4,OUTPUT);
//digitalWrite(4,HIGH);
Ethernet.begin(mac);
delay(2000);
Serial.println("Ready");
}