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Not a Review of Harry Potter

Harry, Hermione, and RonIf you are at all like me, you were probably sick of reviews of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows before you even read a single one.

So this is not a review. It is an opinion:

Its good. Very good.

It was delightfully suspenseful, astonishingly emotional, cruelly exciting, and, best of all, deliciously satisfying.

 And that is all I have to say about it. If you want to know more, start on page 1.

The most infuriating part of the whole thing is that I want to discuss every intricate turning of the plot with everyone I know, but of course no-one wants the ending spoiled. Its driving me mad in a curiously fun sort of way.

Have you read it? What is your opinion? (Anything remotely resembling a spoiler will be stunned, chopped up into tiny pieces, and fed to the Crumple-Horned Snorkack, and its owner will be told, on no uncertain terms, that he or she is not a very pleasent person!)

Coming up on TheCrazyAustralian.com:
A crazy aussie turns 18, more summer-loving, moody weather, the ressurection of the joke, and almost definitely more. Stay tuned.

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Hungry for Harry?

Harry PotterI spent most of the day today avoiding a few guys who had read the photos of the stolen Harry Potter (stuffing your hands in your ears and singing loudly also works).

But if you, like me, absolutely cannot wait the 16 hours left until the next book comes out, this site (which is 100% spoiler free) has some interesting ‘conspiracy-theory’ articles about things like:

  • How could Snape use the killing curse if he didn’t hate Dumbledore? (Yet was it the curse that killed him… or the fall?)
  • Is Harry a horcux for Voldemort?
  • Is Fawkes a horcrux for Dumbledore?
  • Is Neville really so clumsy?
  • What’s so special about the invisability cloak?

Also tomorrow: my 18th!

When small is big

The tablet

There are plenty of reasons to think the Old Testament is historical. Another one was added yesterday when The British Museum deciphered a 2600-year-old tablet. (worth a read)

The find is small in many ways: the tablet is just 5.5cm wide, it is just some kind of a receipt, and it names a person of small importance. That last reason is, for me, an interesting one. Quoting the article,
“The tablet names a Babylonian officer called Nebo-Sarsekim who, according to Jeremiah 39 was present in 587BC when Nebuchadnezzar “marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it”….
“Finding something like this tablet, where we see a person mentioned in the Bible making an everyday payment to the temple in Babylon and quoting the exact date, is quite extraordinary.” “

If the tablet provided support for an ‘important detail’, like a king or a battle, it would not rule out an author who, inventing a story, used well known facts to beef it up.
But to find a minor official and the date… thats different isn’t it?

“Dr Jursa… yesterday said the British Museum tablet was so well preserved that it took him just a couple of minutes to decipher.”

It’s not the only time archaeology has agreed with the Bible. Does it surprise you?

Roadmap for a blog

 Where too?  One of my favourite blogs to read is Dave’s. When he began, he set himself some ‘ground rules’. It seems to me to be a good idea.

So, already breaking one of the rules that haven’t even been laid, I am shamelessly ripping off his groundrules (with my own spin):
~ Concise – I tend to ramble. I won’t.
~ Colourful – pictures. pictures. pictures.
~ Original – I’ll try not to rip off other people. Like this :)
~ Insightful – read: thoughtful. I want to think and encourage my readers to think.

And my own:
~ Interactive – I’m not sure how this will work, but I want to interact with you. Send me comments, emails, pictures. I’ll ask questions. Beyond that: improvise.

What do you think? Have I missed anything?

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