A Chronicle

You'd think that, after not blogging for over two months, that I'd have a lot of interesting things to say. Well... you would be incorrect. :)

My wife and I have seen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 four times in the theater, and we both agree that it is the best film in the series. Looking back at the entirety of the eight-films, and it is really quite impressive what they were able to do. Eight films, made over a ten year period with four different directors and only one noticeable casting change. While not perfect (but what movies are?), I enjoy each of the movies quite a bit now. It was a little sad that Harry Potter's big screen adventures have come to an end, but they ended on quite the high note, with a movie that will do quite well on my overall list of movies. I now enter a time where I don't have too much to look forward to for theatrical viewings; that is, until next year, when two of my most anticipated movies in years come out - The Dark Knight Rises, and most importantly, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

I have finally done something that I should have done years ago: I have read the entire Bible. Up until last year, I had not read chunks of the Old Testament, including most of the minor prophets (except Joel, of course). Nor I had a read Isaiah or the entirety of Job, and several other books. But that has now been rectified. In the end, my favorite book continues to be Revelation.

The driving force behind this (other than simply wanting to read it) was my Bible-based card game, Reclamation. I have read all 66 books of the Bible since last October, and I now have a comprehensive list of card titles from the entire Bible. The list contains 22,063 card titles. I am going to work on that list for a little while, cutting it down and cleaning it up, then will use that list to recreate a set of cards for the game, and then use those cards to playtest the game later this year.