That, if you were wondering, was the sound of me this Friday afternoon. See, my sister’s birthday is around the end of the month, but since we won’t be in the same city that week, we decided to arrange for her present now. If you know my sister, you won’t…
Or, “Strange Childhood Obsessions”. Yeah, this is going to be a weird one. Exhibit A:
But first… happy Father’s Day, Dad! Well, if J. K. Rowling’s not done with Harry Potter, then neither am I. (Stop that groaning!) So I mentioned in passing in my review of Prince Caspian that, despite appearing more liberal and progressive, the Harry Potter series gives me the ICKY!s much…
The Hardy Boys (Franklin W. Dixon):
Here’s the scoop: I don’t care about good people who do good things for good reasons and are never heart-wrenchingly tempted by evil. Sorry. This explains a lot of my taste in fiction; I’ve never been able to sympathize very much with Lucy and Peter Pevensie, or Harry Potter, or…
Extra-special shameless self-promotional post! Egad, old chums, Professor Moriarty has stolen a private letter from among the papers of Her Majesty Queen Victoria! Were its contents to become public, the results could bring the British Empire to its knees! HRH has engaged the services of Mr. Sherlock Holmes of Baker…
The Haggadah, or prayerbook for the Passover seder speaks of four children: the wise child, the rebellious child, the simple child, and the child who doesn’t know how to ask. All four of these children are to be told the story of Passover, but each must be told in a…
But first! A teaser: PS. For those of you who have no idea what the heck is going on, your questions may be answered here. If you still have no idea what’s going on, try here. If you still have questions, fear not: all will be explained on this…
Did anybody else eat uncooked packs of ramen noodles as a kid? Or was this just a thing at my elementary school? You’d crush the noodles without opening the package. Once they were in tiny pieces, you’d open it and fish out the now-very-powdery packet of soup mix. Then you’d…
In light of this recent unfortunate news story , it’s important that we root out and record all instances of twins raised apart. I therefore put to you the case of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore and Willy Wonka.