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Hogwarts, Hogwarts,
Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling,
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare
And full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff.
So teach us stuff worth knowing,
Bring back what we forgot,
Just do your best
We'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot!
1: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2: Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3: There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4: Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5: Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6: His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7: The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8: The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9: The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10: More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11: Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
12: Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
13: Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14: Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Comments on "Look Out"
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Lucas said ... (October 31, 2005 5:12 PM)
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Merlin said ... (November 01, 2005 12:15 PM)
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Merlin said ... (November 01, 2005 12:19 PM)
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post a commentaww, you're so sweet. I think I have been overdoing the Potter a little lately, as I wake up in the night thinking about how he'll do it this time (although...I clearly already know...)
Speaking of movies - just saw the scene in the new "Hitchhiker's Guide" movie where they turn into sock puppets - that is way too funny!
That is a hilarious scene but actually it is yarn puppets - I mention that only because I thought the funniest part of it was the "yarn hurling" ... I know it is crude and earthy but it looked so damned funny.
For the uninitiated to Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, the reason they turn into yarn puppets is the sam reason Ford and Arthur turn into sofas (which I also found hilarious) ... the ship travels through hyperspace using a technology known as the "improbability drive." Through the counting and actualization of the most improbable things it is possible to accomplish the highly improbable of traveling at teh speed of light. Hence in the book when Ford and Arthur are first picked up by the Heary of Gold ship (reminiscent of Potter?) they hear the drive counting down to more and more probable ratios as it nears stabalization in "reality" or "actuality." During this countdown they experience things such as somebody knocking on the door and telling them that there are a number of monkeys outside with a Shakespeare script they have managed to type up by random pecking etc.
Another spaceship technology that is used in one of the later books is that in Slartibartfast's ship, where the engine room is an Italian Bistro because the "science" of space travel is akin to the mysterious and enigmatic calculations on the check pad of a waiter at an Italian Bistro.
I think one of the reasons I like Douglas Adams' brand of "absurdist humor" so much is that it is not really about absurdity. It is more about the wonderful mystery of the universe ... so many things in reality seem so absurd at times but it is just this quality that makes it interesting and humorous and enjoyable and meaningful.
The most obvious example that comes to mind is also the most wonderful ... the relationship of male and female. I obviously cannot bear witness to the female experience of it, but from the male persepctive of it, to my male mind the female mind seems sometimes mysterious to the point of frustration ... but that is precisely what makes women so wondeful and intoxicating, so sublimely beautiful in a very down to earth way.
"so many things in reality seem so absurd at times but it is just this quality that makes it interesting and humorous and enjoyable and meaningful"
IE ... the old addage of, "you have to laugh because if you don't you're gonna cry."
Blondie,
yeah ... but sleep is a funny thing anyway ... my dad told me once that he used to sometimes solve complex math problems in his sleep ... ie he would go to bed not knowing the answer and wake up knowing it
Maybe you'll solve all the puzzles and riddle of HP in your dreams (if you do you have to promise to put it up on our blog first ... just kidding ... sort of -lol)