(my comments on “The Character Development of Ginny Weasley” by u/goodlife23)
For me the main idea of everything written (originally, I have this from an excellent book by Walter Kerr “How Not to Write a Play”) is that the plot (and character development and many other things in any …
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Read More(my comments on “the thread on reddit”)
I have been thinking about this thread for the last couple of days, and I am sorry I let myself to be side-tracked into a stupid argument about the Christianity and religion and stuff. Right now I read “Harry Potter and the Knight …
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Read More(my comments on “What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?” by angua9)
As I wrote elsewhere, I am not a big fan of Harmony stories (stories, where the main pairing is Harry/Hermione), but when they happen, I usually don’t discount them automatically, and some of them are …
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Read MoreNěkde v nějaké diskusi jsem zmínil, že přece každé malé dítě ví, co je Geiger a tak jsem neodolal a přepíšu sem příslušnou úvahu Karla Čapka (ze sbírky novinových sloupků „V zajetí slov“, Svoboda, Praha, 1969, str. 135):
To přece ví každé malé dítě. To mi řekl jeden automobilista, když …
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Read More(my comments on “Canon and the Moral Dimensions of Killing in War” thread on reddit)
This is no question of agreeing and disagreeing with me. What I wrote was not exactly my opinion (which I specifically emphasized), but what I consider the prevalent notion among Europeans. Discussion here is very …
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Read More(my comments on the thread “Probably gonna catch some hate for this. Religion and Mythology and its place in fiction.” on Reddit by RhysThornbery; edited for this blog)
The question is about the role of religion [1] in the HP universe, and it is very interesting one. I am a …
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Read More(my comments on “Terms of Matrimony” by Galad Estel)
First of all, this story has broken link on Fanfiction.net, so I have had to look up and down all over the Internet to find that only working copy known to me is at ff2ebook.com link shown above. Even …
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Read More(my comments on “A magical love affair” by charmed9292)
I have to admit reading of this story was an exercise in frustration for me. I think the general idea of Petunia and Severus crying over one another’s shoulder is a great. Both of them are nicely complicated and somehow …
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Read More(review of Must Have Changed A Lot)
This certainly works as a one-shot, but as many (most?) fanfics it is necessary to distinguish between exposition and story. There are zillion fanfics with at least interesting exposition (OK, so not only "what if Harry was a girl/has a sister"), but …
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Read More(komentář k diskusi na Facebooku k včerejší diskusi prezidentských kandidátů panů Drahoše a Zemana)
Byl jsem z té včerejší diskuse upřímně nešťastný (tedy z pěti minut, které jsem vydržel sledovat).
Ne, proto, že by novinář Primy byl neschopný minimální novinářské práce a jenom se snažil přivést diváctvo co nejvíce do …
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Read More(a comment to the blogpost by Robert O’Callahan)
I think the truthfulness among Christians is overrated. Here, I said it.
OK, before saying anything else, I have to say that being honest is very important, and I know what I am talking about. I had my brush with an …
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K obavám z roztříštěnosti:
Pokud v prvním kole bude mít Zeman více než 50% hlasů, bude zvolen. Pak je úplně jedno, kolik hlasů dostane Drahoš a Fišer. Pokud v prvním kole nedostane více než 50%, a předpokládejme, že do druhého kola se dostane, pak záleží na kandidátovi …
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Read More(Update later: this review was written in December 2017, when the latter story was somewhere around chapter 24; it would be probably too self-centric to think, that the author read my review, but the fact is that the later chapters of the story seem to address some of my objections …
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Read More(originally written as a comment on the blogpost by Gregory Szorc)
Some comments:
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Read More(somebody asked me in email about my opinions on vim v. IDE for Python programming, I think it could be worthy of being available to others as well)
Obviously you are interested in Python and Vim. Therefore I'd like to ask you whether you use a Python IDE. If so …
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Read More(Comment to the article by Dave Schmelzer on a Christian and politics)
Hi, Dave,
let me add couple of comments from this side of The Pond.
First of all, of course, I blame completely confused American terminology, especially in the political matters. Here Socialists are not afraid to call themselves …
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Read More(This has been comment on the episode of EconTalk)
It seems to me that however this interview was awesome (and it was) it is still in the danger of being the same kind as the prediction about colourful faxes.
I think we are standing on the edge of the end …
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Read More(written originally as yet another comment to the blogpost “How Many Theologians Does it Take To Define Infallibility?” by Melinda Selyms)
First of all: thank you, these are very good questions, which actually made me think (doesn’t happen that often on blog comments).
Certainly, some rules are necessary even …
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Read More(written originally as a comment to the blogpost “How Many Theologians Does it Take To Define Infallibility?” by Melinda Selyms)
I am a Protestant, so I am not entitled to bring much to this discussion, but we were yesterday with my wife in Wittenberg, so I cannot resist to add …
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Read MoreRecord of my comment to another nice article by Melinda Selmys.
This is one of those sad places where I am afraid my voice will be completely ignored, because exactly the people who will most dogmatically insist on NFP will be the ones who will be the least likely to …
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Read MoreSome thoughts on the fan fiction Aftershocks.
We need to know without a shadow of a doubt that Padma did not kill Parvati before we can move on.
I am extremely confused about this whole work. On the one hand there are some parts which are really trully excellent. Whole …
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Read More(unfortunately, FanFiction.net allows only one review per chapter, so I was not able to add this to my review of chapter 90 of The Missing Moments by Ash-and-Vine).
When I was something like fourteen I was in hospital for surgery which made me for a week unable to move …
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Read MoreSo, it happened. I read “The problem of Susan” by Neil Gaiman and I am completely disgusted by it. Not because Aslan did the White Witch proper, or because he ate all those lovely little children. Serves them well, and it is certainly the author’s prerogative to decide that …
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Read MoreDan Drápal napsal do dnešních (7. února) Lidových novin velice hezký článek „Co chybí Junckerovým scénářům.“ V zásadě mi nezbývá, nežli s ním souhlasit, ale přece jenom bych rád přičinil několik poznámek na jeho okraj.
Jednak je asi třeba zdůraznit, že je velice dobře, že nějaká Bílá kniha vůbec vznikla …
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Read MoreWhile listening to the episode 30 of the Eastern Border podcast (a very touching one, thank you, Kristaps), I was touched by his notion of the post-Communist conservatism. The idea is that many nations in the former Eastern block seem to be a way more conservative than people in the …
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