I was recently interviewed for a piece in the Dayton Daily News about the Harry Potter series and faith. I just found out that the article is available online here and will be in the print edition either Saturday (9/22/2007) or Sunday (9/23/2007).
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No spoilers here just yet. In case you haven’t already found it, for your consideration, I offer up JIMM 089 – Harry Potter and the Anticipation of the End (spoiler-free), containing the audio I mentioned here earlier.
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Summary
Join us as we celebrate the arrival of the last book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
Listening Options
Music from the Podsafe Music Network (PMN) and other places.
| Title (with link to iTunes, if available) | Artist (with link to the artists’ website, if available) | Album (with link to CDBaby.com, if available) |
| The End | Polaradio | Polaradio (iTunes) |
| In the End | The Bulldogs | The Subsonic Reel |
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Daniel Johnson, Jr.
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Borders
Spy Riffs Radio
Electric Sky
This Week in London
Harry Potter Prognostications
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
Update: I corrected the Post time
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It was a very Harry Potter weekend without a lot of sleep. Keisha and I went to Borders Friday night and waited with several hundred others to pick up our copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
Initial thoughts on the book… In two words: Oh my. In one word: Wow.
I captured some audio from the event, which will be on the next or a future episode of the Journey Inside My Mind Podcast. No spoilers will be revealed in that audio, which will be released in the next day or so.
If you’ve read the book and would like to join the conversation, you can do so over here, or you can go to one of my favorite Harry Potter podcasts, Harry Potter Prognostications. As of today, though, their site is no longer spoiler-free.
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My scar is hurting. Could Voldemort be near?
(by the way, how do you like my wicked cool MS Paint skillz?)
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Mood: hilarious
Eating: chocolate chip cookies
Watching: the video you see on this post
In this video Keisha and I talk about what she did this morning at the YWCA, her upcoming birthday week (yes, I said week), and Harry Potter. Hilarity ensues. Click play to watch.
If you want to comment, you can leave it here, email it, or call it in to (206) 666-5466.
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Mood:
Listening to: Keisha sharing her “made-up” dreams
Reading: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
Eating: donuts (hopefully?) and coffee
I had a really interesting dream last night.
I was standing in the open area in our apartment building. I had heard from some of the other people around that they and some other people were going to come attack our apartment some time later that night. As I stood there listening, I started to put a key in between each finger, to make some homemade brass knuckles.
Next scene… we’re inside our apartment. Jennie and Keisha are in the back rooms. Maybe with a baseball bat? Whatever… we’re ready for the home invasion.
Then it happens. Don’t remember specific details, except that I fought the invaders and protected my family, and won.
That’s an excellent way to end a dream.
Mood: sleepy
Listening to: fan in the window, crickets outside
Eating: Subway Italian BMT on wheat
How cool is it that Keisha and I are interested in the same sci-fi/fantasy stories? We both are really into Harry Potter, and tonight, we watched Star Wars Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Several months ago, I started reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1)
A month or so ago, I checked out some of the Star Wars movies from the library, and tonight we finished with the last movie in the saga (chronological). We probably could still watch Star Wars – Episode I, The Phantom Menace
Well, I’m pretty tired and need to go to bed.
Mood: excited
Listening to: The Cheetah Girls 2
Reading: still reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
Eating: not yet, but it will be from Chez Johnson this morn
Watching: 2 nights ago we saw Taxi (Widescreen Edition)
Today Keisha officially begins 3rd grade here at home. The plan is to do bible study, math, language arts, a trip to the library (not necessarily part of homeschool – but needed sometime today bcuz we’ve got items due), a field trip (to the Freedom Center?), a preliminary grocery list (for Jennie and me to do or Keisha? need to dbl chk), and daily chores.
And I’m on “vacation”. Whatever that’s supposed to mean. Seriously. Not used to having time off. I’m sure I’ll find something to do.
For some reason, I thought this was a good idea. Especially as I continue to add custom IM status messages over time. I’ve been using GoogleTalk and Windows Messenger as my IM clients over the past several months, and they provide the ability to use a “custom message”. Here are some that I’ve had recently, in no particular order:Available
Face and turn the rain
Turn and face the rain
The Dream Police, they live inside of my head…
I Want You To Want Me
Library and hang time with the fam
“I LOVE getting up in the morning! I CLAP my hands together and say, ‘THIS is going to be a great day.”
Message in a Bottle, yeah
Do I have to tell the story of a thousand rainy days since we first met?
Loose talk in the classroom, to hurt they try and try
There has to be an Invisible Son, that gives hope to everyone
With one breath, with one blow, you will know synchronicity
Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes
Bring on the Night
It’s my destiny to be the King of Pain
The telephone is ringing, is that my mother on the phone?
Reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to Keisha
106 miles to Chicago, a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.
Code Monkey drink big cup of coffee
Hot summer goodness and black coffee wishes
Go Bengals!
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