Harry Potter Revisited

I was tough on the Harry Potter movies when they first came out (not a patch on the books I said) but I notice I tend to settle down and watch them whenever they come on TV. Last night it was Order of The Phoenix. "What's this?" asked my mother. "Harry Potter." I said. "No wonder I don't understand a word of it!" she replied.

There were several attempts to replicate the success of the Potter franchise but none of them caught on. For instance I caught a few minutes of something starring Nicolas Cage the other day. Sorcerer's Apprentice it was called and it was crap. There was a kid in it who whined. Then ten years passed and he'd been transmogrified into an equally whiney adult. No, no, no, no- that's not the way to do it!

Over 60

My sis wanted to have a discussion of the Labour party leadership contest the other day and I shut it down by saying all the contestants were rubbish and the Labour Party was rubbish. Ailz told me off afterwards.  "You're very intolerant," she said, "Perhaps it comes of being over 60."

Well, perhaps it does...