Wednesday, June 27, 2007

That's some whole in the wall

Cruising Slashdot, I found a posting that world's first ATM, installed in Enflield, London, forty years ago this month.

I was a little astounded, because I've seen that ATM. There's a little plaque. I remember Clare pointing it out when she gave us a tour of her hometown. Cool.

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Another Andy Theory

Andy,who has not read a single Harry Potter book, yesterday morning told me he knew the location of the last horcrux.

Really?

"It's Nevil Longbottom Rememberall."

"That the dumbest thing I ever heard," I said.

However, at the end of the day, I changed my mind.

One, we know that Nevil's Rememberall doesn't particulary help him, suggsting it's not really a Rememberall, much like Scabbers wasn't really a rat but Peter Petigrew.

Two, Rowling said it last horcrux was something a "careful reader" would spot.

Three, Nevil's parents were aurors and could very well have gotten the horcrux like Dumbledor or the mysterious R.A.B.

Four, if the Rememberal was something Nevil's parent's had, his Gran would make Nevil use it, as she made Nevil his father's wand. Gran Longbottom seems to be at once a frugal woman and always making Nevil live in the shadow of his parents.

But the clincher is on the back cover of the British edition. On the back is a crystal like orb with a snake inside. A Rememberall containing a snake?

So, as much as I hate to admit it, Andy is probably right. Hasn't read a damn book and pulls good theory out of the aether. I hate it.

This morning Andy wanted to know if I posted his theory yet. "No, not yet," I said.

"Did you ever notice that Longbottom's name is an anagram of 'I killed Harry Potter'?"

"Shut up! That's not funny."

My vote for the last horcrux: the wand on the faded pillow in the window of Ollivanders.

Last One to the Party

Well, my sister has informed me that blogs are so 2006 and all the cool kids have My Space pages. I should get one. I won't. I like my passe blog. My Space strikes me as style over substance, but that's just me being snotty. But one nice thing is my sister has pictures of the kids posted, which is sweet. I know I'm rotten to the core, but the photo of Brandon with his pirate-like eye patch after his surgery is hilarious! Yes, I'm a bad aunt, laughing at my nephew. But come on, he looks like a pirate, which is my third favorite thing, after time travel and mummies.