I'm a Mac.
Are you a mac or a pc? What a wonderfully clever campaign. I mean, who would wantto be a PC? Mac’s are cool, and they wear jeans with trackie-tops. I’m a mac. Which is ironic, because I don’t own one. Would buying a mac make me any more mac? I’m guessing not, but I can’t deny secretly harbouring a desire to one day own one. It doesn’t help that a good friend of mine who’s got a mac – a nice one – has nearly had a nervous breakdown because his beautiful Powerbook has died. RIP.
Still, just because I don’t own a mac doesn’t mean to say that I can’t live the mac dream. In fact, with Huey Lewis ably assisted by The News anything is possible. ‘The Power of Love’ really doesn’t age, much like Michael J Fox.
We’re just hours away from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows hitting stores. Excited? I wonder if it was written on a mac? I’m guessing so. The New York Times has ruined things by printing an early review. It made the rather good point that it reviews books when they are on sale (which it has been in certain scrupulous places) and that it is not in the business of supporting book publishers marketing campaigns. But that’s a load of Hogwarts. Scholastic really doesn’t have to do anything to market the book other than publicise the date. Children and adults will buy it in droves. I applaud the efforts to keep the plot a secret, so that everyone can have their own magic moment as they read the opening lines of chapter one. Why ruin that? It’s like printing a front page article about Santa Claus’s true identity. There is very little real magic left in the world, so why ruin it? Let those that love the Harry Potter books discover it on their own terms. I can hardly believe a review of this final Potter book will affect its sales in any way whatsoever.
So, whether you read Potter or not, reclaim that magic. The magic of the first chapter of a new book. The magic of opening your favourite chocolate bar at the movies. The magic of wearing a new item of clothing for the first time. The simple pleasures in life. Here’s to yours!
