Hurry Potter

That is not a typo. I mean "hurry Potter".

Well, yes Harry Potter hype is so thick you could cut it into greasy chunks and fry it in a pan. It comes in slimy bits, crispy strips, and the soft-center chewy variety as well. There is a lot to read in Harry Potter and I did not get to start until yesterday.

With 4 reading kids (5 kids in all, but the youngest is not there yet) we had to develop a reading schedule to coordinate reading Harry Potter in the house and prevent accidental slip of spoilers. And with my kids, they would release spoilers to each other just for spite when they feel a little mean. But being the oldest, an adult, and because I don't like child prison riots, I knew I would have to wait for kids to finish first.

Now we could have solved the problem by buying one copy per reader. Uhhhhh NO! Nope... No way... Stars... Can't do it... Not today.

So we planned on buying one copy and then my step-daughter's biological dad paid for hers for her birthday which is in a few weeks. So we planned on buying one, and that made two. Actually a much harder scheduling algorithm than when there is only one but I digress.

Anyway, there my step-daughter was Friday night waiting to get her copy at a cozy little bookstore near where we live. This place is kind of small but seriously cool in its smallness. So around 1:00 a.m. she comes back home with her copy from her dad and the one my wife and I bought additionally. And we did not allow reading that night. We made them wait until morning.

By Saturday evening I know the two oldest had finished and my step-daughter was either finished or very nearly. So I decided that when I headed off for the week away from my wife and family for work that I would take one of the copies with me as the scheduling algorithm had simplified itself and I could do so.

But Mr. Forgetful forgot to take it! So I bought another one at Target for $18 and started reading it last night. Since I have to work, staying up through the night and reading it straight was not an option. I needed to sleep. I did read 11 chapters last night though.

My conclusion? This is a good book so far and I can't wait to get further into it. I was "hurrying" last night to read through as much as I could.

So hurry Potter! Lead on, I will read along.

Oh and I have a buyer for my 3rd copy when I am done with it. Handy that.


Copyright 2007, Kevin Farley (a.k.a. sixdrift, a.k.a. neuronstatic)

14 Things I Will Never Do

1. I will never butter the nose of a panda.
2. I will never eat the moon.
3. I will never spin cotton candy in the Taj Mahal.
4. I will never lick King Tut's mummy toes.
5. I will never transform into a gigantic killer robot from space.
6. I will never play kickball with Captain Kirk.
7. I will never start a global movement to lobby for the emancipation of leeches.
8. I will never carry a suspension bridge in my pocket.
9. I will never count to infinity.
10. I will never drill a hole through the earth with a platypus.
11. I will never polish the rings of Saturn.
12. I will never paint the Washington Monument with neon green highlighters.
13. I will never cross the galaxy on the back of a harmonica-playing otter.
14. I will never regret not doing stupid things.


Copyright 2007, Kevin Farley (a.k.a. sixdrift, a.k.a. neuronstatic)