Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Anyone who hasn’t followed the series must be heartily sick of it by now. The other hundred million or so of us who *have* followed the story will have just read the final chapter… for now. Even so, loads of people haven’t read it yet, I’m not giving spoilers … More Well… I'm back!
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Radio 2UE ‘shock jock’ Mike Carlton has found himself in deep doo-doo over remarks he made about the late Stan Zemanuk who died last week. In response to a callers enquiry if he (Carlton) would be attending the funeral he is said to have quipped “only to make sure he was actually dead”. He is … More Carlton vs Zemanuk
Sorry for all the to’ing and fro’ing. I like being online… and I like using the blog as a reminder of what’s happening in the world. But I’m not sure now that I can carry on even writing in here. Why? Well the release of ‘spoliers’ for the Harry Potter series is reaching epidemic proportions. … More No Harry Potter spoilers!!
No word yet on whether this girl has been executed by Saudi Arabia or if her life has been spared. The case which highlights the lack of justice in the Saudi Arabian Shariah justice system is one being watched closely by Amnesty Internationals and human rights organisations around the world. It’s also being closely monitored … More Rizana Nafeek
The TimesOnline people are running a competition to see if someone can come up with which one of the major characters will die… and *how*. My entry was in like Flynn… but will it be right… is it good enough?? I’ve kept my entry and will publish it after the competition closes on 20th July … More Potter Competition
The temperature this morning was -3ºC so even worse than yesterday! I hope things pick up soon. It’s currently colder here than in the UK and that’s saying something 🙂 Actually… having looked at the weather chart for Cardiff (UK) where my parents live, they have a maximum in 18ºC indicated for the week and … More Cold again.
Sometimes it’s easier just to give in than to fight. I think when it comes to the computer… I’ll just have to give in. There are things I want to say… and this is the only place I can get some of this down somewhere it might be read by a wider audience! For a … More Back again
Broke yesterday’s resolve just to pop in and let you know the current temperature outside is -2ºC which is probably the coldest I can recall since we’ve been here. It is seriously *not* warm for this part of Australia. The wife had to get in early for work so she took the train… luckily… I … More Nippy!
As promised… short opinion on the new Potter film the Order of the Phoenix. Got to be fair, I really enjoyed it. How short is that?? 🙂 Ok… it wasn’t 100% strictly by the book… in fact loads was left out, changed… reassigned… wrecked even… however… this *has* to be the best one of those … More Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix critique
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