Month: July 2007

Preserving vital information

One of the many ways I use this blog is as a dumping ground for information I might need again later. Sometimes, it’s helpful to other people; other times, it’s just for me.

So I was shocked to discover that I hadn’t blogged about the most important datum I acquired on my trip to Scotland back in July/August 2005: the name of the brand of sherbet lemons I’d been hunting for a decade.

The subject came up in conversation today with a friend who’s about to leave for two weeks in Scotland; since he lives in Massachusetts, it’s not really convenient for him to bring me a couple of pounds of candy, but it would be impossible without the name. I checked my blog, and couldn’t find it. Eventually, I dug it out of my Lotus Notes mail, but that was by sheer happenstance.

So I shall blog it here. I strongly recommend Tilley’s Sherbet Lemons, as found in Woolworth’s in Glasgow.

*whew*

Beginning the week of Harry Potter

OK, now that I’ve had an iPhone for a week (and have even had my first full crash, requiring a home+power reset), it’s time to resume talking about other interests.

The IBM Club bought out a good bit of the AMC multiplex in Saratoga for a special showing of Harry Potter V — we went, of course, since it was the easiest (and cheapest: $3) way to see the movie without having to put up with the usual hassles of long lines and uncertain showtimes. The movie was pretty good, though rather dark, and well worth the investment of time and money.

I was amused to note at the end of the credits that Harry Potter is copyright by Warner Brothers, though J. K. Rowling does have publication rights.

Good thing, considering what’s happening a week from today; I just checked Amazon, and my copy is listed in “Shipping Soon” state, so it’s too late to cancel my order. I wonder how many copies will leak out before Saturday.