“If I get a mention in someone’s blog, it’s the best feeling”, Felicia Day says in an interview by WoW Stratics, so I thought I’d write a small post about it. Felicia Day is the writer, producer, and star of the new and popular sitcom “The Guild“. I started watching The Guild a few days before the second episode was released on YouTube, and immediately fell in love with all the characters.
The interview also mentions the other very popular sitcom Lonelygirl15, and after a quick comparison, The Guild is certainly better, perhaps because I can relate to The Guild as I’m one of many addicted World of Warcraft players. I wish for the best of luck in the future for Felicia Day and The Guild.
I have finally adjusted to the new school, and it seem to be going well. I have trouble with the teachers from time to time. Within politics, education is one of my favourite subjects, and apparently they don’t like my untraditional way – and still being taught that traditions is barely visible in the western world.
The teachings of this school is much alike my previous school. The only difference is the words. It’s basically the same stuff, just new and more complex words to describe things, however I do learn new things, especially in mathematics, but definitely not because of books or long boring speeches. I just tried to use my head, putting bits and pieces together, and much made sense. Well, not sense in particular, it isn’t exactly logic, but I was able to figure out some results.
I think many teachers ask themselves, “Why don’t they bother learning this?”, and I simply don’t understand how those teachers has missed the question, “Why are we being taught this?”. Do you know why I need to calculate a triangle? I want to become a journalist or lawyer, not mathematician or scientist in particular. I don’t want to know these things, and neither teachers or government can tell us exactly why a journalist need to calculate triangles.
Our educations system sucks!
The final book of Harry Potter has arrived. J.K. Rowling should be proud of herself, as she wrote the most popular series of books in human history. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold approximately 8.3 million copies just in the United States., and takes the place as the fastest selling book, and could easily beat the record sales of the Bible this year. I enjoy reading the Harry Potter books, and I can’t possibly question why the books are so popular. However, I think that this time, it went over the edge. Rumours has told me something quite strange. Unfortunately, I can’t do any research before I’ve read the book as there’s spoilers everywhere. One rumour told that $110 million was spent on security for the books. Another said that they opened trauma-phone lines in case little children couldn’t deal with the death of either Harry, Ron or Hermione. However, that’s rumours. A few things, we do know for a fact is that people actually stole copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and published it on the Internet. A simple search on Google, and you have the “best” book in history, or at least readers choice. Even though, these books was guarded 24/7, and none were allowed to enter the guarded rooms except those who had to deal with them. Then there’s the Pottermania, revived from the Beatlesmania, a so-called frenzy that unleashes in young girls heads whenever something big happens regarding the mania. Have you ever seen a Beatles concert, where they every now and then showed the audience? You can’t even hear the music for all those screaming girls. If you search for Harry Potter on Google, you get 191.000.000 hits. This is a large amount, even for Google. But why Harry Potter? There’s many enjoyable books, just as good as Harry Potter, but never reached this level of fame. Philip Pullman’s “Dark Materials” trilogy is just as good, and the first book, The Golden Compass, is going to the movies in December 2007. Then there’s Tamora Pierce, who written many books, some better than Harry Potter. According to analysts, they say that it’s because of the Internet. Harry Potter just had a great deal of luck and good timing. The Internet, as you may know, is a great place to share thoughts, and if we both seen the films or read the books, then we might have a good conversation. Like sheeps, just following what’s up a head.
The most breaking news is that Harry Potter didn’t make it first everywhere. In Beijing, the new film “Chuck and Larry” sold for $34.8 million, while Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix got number two, and only made $32.2 million. Also Harry Potter won’t reach the NYT Bestseller list – at all.
I just read that a Teenage girl killed herself because of fake spoilers. The news reporter said that her room was filled with toys, models and other Harry Potter merchandise.
Steli Efti, the founder of Supercoolschool, has written a very interesting ebook.
It begins like this:
7 Lessons You Learned @ School That Could Possibly Ruin Your Life
How the public school system tried (successfully or not) to inhibit your development and seven simple remedies for your personal freedom. Read, reflect, discuss and take action – that ́s what it’s all about. To start a conversation with you and make some positive changes [...].
Read more here.
This some of the most revolutionary words I’ve seen in a long time. My exam objects tells me to do one thing, but I do another. I failed the test, but I’ve written something that matters, something out of order, something others call unrealistic, but it expanded what truth is.
Did you thought that “Weird Al” Yancovic was nerdy in “White and Nerdy”. You got it all wrong. Wearetheweb.org fights for net neutrality and Internet freedom, and I suggest that you do it too.
“We love the Internet”
A Net Neutrality Message for Everyone: We Are the Web
The issue of net neutrality is reaching a boiling point, and the results will affect every Internet user in the US. We Are the Web is here to raise awareness with the help of some of the web’s biggest names: Leslie Hall, The Tron Guy, and Peter Pan.
This is happening in Europe too!
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"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion," - Steven Weinberg
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