I really enjoyed these chapters of The Goblet of Fire. In the previous books, after the students arrived at Hogwarts, things really slowed down for a while. But between Hermione’s calls for justice and the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, things at Hogwarts have been pretty exciting. Here are some thoughts from chaptersRead more
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Alycia and me in Hawaii. She’s prettier than I am. I write a lot about the fourth commandment because it’s one of the ones with which we struggle most. Hopefully most people aren’t out there murdering someone or stealing candy from a baby or anyone else. Not only do a lot of us break theRead more
It’s been really hot all over the country and southern California is no exception. Here in the Golden State we’ve had 10 straight days of triple-digit temperatures. While that’s nothing compared to places like Texas, it has been really hot. There should be some relief coming in the next few days but, until then, hereRead more
There are a lot of god-like characters throughout science fiction. While not an actual character, the Force had some god-like qualities. The Marvel universe is filled with different god-like characters: Thor, Ares and the Watcher. Q was definitely a god-like character in The Next Generation and Captain Kirk ran into a god that needed aRead more
The 2012 Olympics came to a close last night. Over the past two weeks I have watched a lot of Olympic coverage. Almost every night I watched tape-delayed coverage of the Olympics, even though I often knew who won. There were 302 events at this year’s Olympics and a majority of them never see theRead more
I’ve started my journey into Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. After not getting a lot of reading in over the summer, it’s nice to get my nose back in a book, even if some think it will steal my soul. The Goblet of Fire probably won’t produce a tremendous amount of spiritual growthRead more