Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs […]
Movie vs. Book – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone Chapter 12: The Mirror of Erised
Movie vs. Book – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone Chapter 11: Quidditch
This chapter is about Harry’s first Quidditch match, and also gives the reader much more detail about the sport, as well as the school happenings. It was really lucky that Harry now […]
Movie vs. Book – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone Chapter 10: Halloween
As I reread this, I’m seeing more and more how much this book focuses on just the kids being kids at school and less on the mystery of The Sorcerer’s Stone. In […]
Movie vs. Book – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel
The good thing about re-reading the Harry Potter books for the first time in years is that I’m seeing how much more depth there was to the Hogwarts experience, and how much […]
Book Review: The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama – A Thoughtful Book by a Serious Candidate
Originally written in 2007. Posted here with a few modifications. Living in the state with the first in the nation primary means we are subjected to way more political ads and news […]
Movie vs. Book – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone Chapter 8: The Potions Master
The main thing here is more depth to the Hogwarts experience, both for Harry personally and in general for the reader. The movies don’t show a lot of the students just being […]
DVD Review: A Charlie Brown Valentine – I’m Not In Love With It
Written by Charles M. SchulzDirected by Bill Melendez The DVD titled A Charlie Brown Valentine actually consists of three separate animated specials featuring the Peanuts gang as created by Charles M. Schulz. […]
Movie vs. Book – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat
This chapter is designed to give the reader their first impressions of Hogwarts. The film production did a terrific job with the sets – I saw them live when I took the […]
Movie vs. Book – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone Chapter 6: The Journey From Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
The biggest difference here is that contrary to the film, Harry stays with the Dursleys for an additional month before it’s time to go to Hogwarts. They are equally afraid and angry […]
2021 in Review: My Year in Geocaching
2021 was the best year I’ve had since I started geocaching. I finished the year with 1,728 total finds, blowing away my old personal record of 1,090 finds in 2015. I also […]
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