Tag: harry potter

• June 13, 2015

  Return of the King: I got my Middle Earth Groove Back

  A couple of months ago I wrote a post about how I’d started re-reading Lord of the Rings for the first time in close to a decade. I’d gotten burned out on them, and the ubiquitous nature of things related to the movies (which, to be clear, I love dearly, but maintain they are their…
• April 19, 2013

  Butterbeer at Home

  Recently J and I discovered something kind of amazing, and I wanted to share it with you, gentle reader. A few years ago, Hogsmeade opened for touring to the Muggle population, in an outreach effort and demonstration of goodwill to the non-magical community. Until recent times, the only place a wizard (or visiting Muggle) could purchase butterbeer was…
• July 18, 2011

  Harry Potter Movie Commentary: Deathly Hallows pt 2

  Last night I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 2, and I think it’s been long enough for me to have processed a few things. My observations are below the “more” cut to contain the spoilers.