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Sometimes a day goes by...
Jun. 30th, 2003 03:57 pmI ran into this beautiful art. The artist takes flowers and places them on a scanner bed. The result is incredible.
And for all the bicycle enthusiasts out there: hockey spokes!
... I knew that large groups of fundamentalists didn't like Harry Potter, but I didn't realize how they were ignoring the process of writing and analysis in order to support it. this article. Unfortunately, the web site looks legit and it lacks the humor that satire often does. The illogic of this person's argument (that Harry Potter is initiating people into witchcraft) is made from the beginning. Berit Kjos, someone sited by the author of this article as "an excellent author", cites the five points of "Hogwart's theology of the sorcery school" [sic] which "best describe the basis of this series of books." The first is a quote from a character introduced as a villainous type (Snape), the second is part of an argument over the nature of choice verses divine will (the Centaur argument over whether they should act against what the stars say will happen), the third is a quote from the actual villain (Quirrel - about Voldemort no less!), and only the fourth and fifth are from sympathetic characters that Harry (and thus the reader) trusts (Dumbledore and Hagrid). Of those two, one is Dumbledore's line about a man who has lived for over six hundred years, and the other is Hagrid's explanation for Harry's scar. None of these can be easily argued to be central themes to the series. One could argue that the most recent book heavily implies that unity between the four houses despite their differences is a major theme. Death, loss and bereavement is certainly another. A third could arguably be that no moral choice is unambiguous. I find it fascinating that a person could base an argument on the fact that a story contains an evil villain and that the author's characters have a life of their own in her head! [Berit Kjos's web site; Kjos Ministries website]
Someone should tell our GM about these slime moulds. Why do I get the feeling we'd run into some of them in our next game?
[Most of these links complements of H. S. Kim]
( Deo's Quiz City )
Yay for the UMCP online course schedule. Now all I need to do is pick out the class I want to take, find out how much it costs and have Uncle Bob release the money from my Crummy Trust, work out transportation issues with my flatmate and meet with the registrar/professor/dean to get myself in the class. Whew. Just.
( Political Rant; Enforced Conformity )
And for all the bicycle enthusiasts out there: hockey spokes!
... I knew that large groups of fundamentalists didn't like Harry Potter, but I didn't realize how they were ignoring the process of writing and analysis in order to support it. this article. Unfortunately, the web site looks legit and it lacks the humor that satire often does. The illogic of this person's argument (that Harry Potter is initiating people into witchcraft) is made from the beginning. Berit Kjos, someone sited by the author of this article as "an excellent author", cites the five points of "Hogwart's theology of the sorcery school" [sic] which "best describe the basis of this series of books." The first is a quote from a character introduced as a villainous type (Snape), the second is part of an argument over the nature of choice verses divine will (the Centaur argument over whether they should act against what the stars say will happen), the third is a quote from the actual villain (Quirrel - about Voldemort no less!), and only the fourth and fifth are from sympathetic characters that Harry (and thus the reader) trusts (Dumbledore and Hagrid). Of those two, one is Dumbledore's line about a man who has lived for over six hundred years, and the other is Hagrid's explanation for Harry's scar. None of these can be easily argued to be central themes to the series. One could argue that the most recent book heavily implies that unity between the four houses despite their differences is a major theme. Death, loss and bereavement is certainly another. A third could arguably be that no moral choice is unambiguous. I find it fascinating that a person could base an argument on the fact that a story contains an evil villain and that the author's characters have a life of their own in her head! [Berit Kjos's web site; Kjos Ministries website]
Someone should tell our GM about these slime moulds. Why do I get the feeling we'd run into some of them in our next game?
[Most of these links complements of H. S. Kim]
( Deo's Quiz City )
Yay for the UMCP online course schedule. Now all I need to do is pick out the class I want to take, find out how much it costs and have Uncle Bob release the money from my Crummy Trust, work out transportation issues with my flatmate and meet with the registrar/professor/dean to get myself in the class. Whew. Just.
( Political Rant; Enforced Conformity )
