Because our family lives in Africa, it often seems like we are viewing much of the world’s happenings as if we were standing on the outside, peering in through a window from afar. Sometimes it’s kind of sad, because we feel so removed from everyone, and then other times we are thankful not to be bombarded with every fad that walks by.

From the look of facebook, it seems this weekend’s hottest topic for entertainment is the latest Harry Potter movie.  Apparently people stood in long lines to grab up tickets for the opening night. I couldn’t care less about …