Catch 22

Curiously enough, when I finished my post, I viewed it and clicked the Google Search button and it told me exactly the etymology of the phrase “Catch-22” on the very first search hit According to WordOrigins.org for the Letter C…Catch-22 This phrase, meaning a situation where one bureaucratic...

Jul 28, 2004 3 minute read.

My Birthday

Well today was my birthday, I spent the vast majority of my day listening to Microsoft spokespeople telling me how great Microsoft is… But hey, it was a TS2 event so I get a free copy of Microsoft Office for giving them my time, and the seminars were quite enlightening. I learned several details...

Aug 10, 2004 2 minute read.

525,600 minutes, how do you measure a year

My how time flies. I went to my blog today and noticed, low and behold, that I hadn’t updated it in over a year (15 months to be more exact) and a lot certainly has happened in that year. With this new post I have also replaced my old blogging software (I was never quite happy with Blog:CMS) with...

May 01, 2006 11 minute read.

Deathly Hallows Deathly Near

The final book in the Harry Potter Series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be released on July 21st, 2007 in English Speaking countries (just one week after the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Movie comes out). Barbara and I recorded a short WizardCast this morning with the...

Feb 01, 2007 1 minute read.

Is the book better than the movie?

It is no secret that I’m a fan of the Chronicles of Narnia series of books and movies, and as a loyal fan, I follow news related to Narnia, and one of my favorite news sources for Narnia-related news is NarniaFans.com. I don’t normally bother to post Narnia-related news here, because I feel that...

Jan 15, 2009 3 minute read.

Pottermore to finally open up on April 1st, unless it's a cruel joke

I’ve talked before about Pottermore, the website by J.K. Rowling and TH_NK. Well according to the Pottermore Insider blog, the site will go live on April 1st, it isn’t clear if this means that the ebooks will finally be available on that date too, although I hope so. Of course, April 1st is well...

Mar 20, 2012 1 minute read.

Perhaps it isn't April Fools day after all! Pottermore Shop now open

I mentioned last week that Pottermore is set to open to the public on April 1st unless it is a cruel April Fool’s Day joke to Potter fans. It seems the Pottermore team is hoping to dispel the fears that it might be a joke by releasing part of the site (a part that wasn’t previously even available...

Mar 27, 2012 3 minute read.

On the claim that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is anti-feminist

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a bit of an unusual entry into the Harry Potter canon. Not being a novel makes it a completely different reading experience than the core 7 books that we love, being written by multiple people (rather than just J.K. Rowling) makes some of the characters have a...

Oct 10, 2016 2 minute read.