1. A few last thoughts on Harry Potter: A) I am delighted by J.K. Rowling’s love of language, which comes through in the names of the characters. I think my favorite is Draco – Latin root for serpent. B) I don’t think the whole epic was intended as an allegory for WWII, and I know this topic has been thoroughly wrought on the interwebs, but the parallels (intentional or otherwise) draw my attention to the different way that WWII must live in the European collective unconscious.
2. I spent a few weeks thinking that I want to grow my hair out again because short hair makes me look old. I got some assurance that my haircut is in fact, quite youthful, and after ruminating about things like taking longer than fifteen seconds to style my hair, and always having pieces of hair stuck to me, and always having hair stuck to the floors and in the drains, I decided to stick with the lesbo / tomboy / pixie / Audrey Tautou do. Also, everytime I see Audrey Tautou’s name, I can’t help but think of Tauntauns.
3. Charmuth Road shall henceforth be known to me as Magical Old Fart Road, because I swear, every time I am in a hurry and have to drive down that street, an old fart in a living room sized car magically appears, driving at about twenty-three miles per hour.
4. The same twenty by twenty yard that was recently being mowed by a tractor is now full of children playing a game that I am guessing is called SHRIEKING HELLCHILD!!!, while one of the resident adults practices playing the chainsaw.
