"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." This is the first line to one of the best book series ever, well at least in my opinion. Writing a book is a huge task, and there is a lot that goes into making it. Every character, every place, every scene comes from somewhere. Sometimes there are even specific things that the author used as inspiration. So here is "The (Short) History of Harry Potter". When Joanne was 25 she went to Manchester for a weekend with her boyfriend to help him look for a flat. At the end of the weekend she took a train back to London. It was on that very train ride that the idea for Harry Potter came to her. By the end of the ride she had found several characters and decided it was going to be a seven book series. The names came from various places. The driver and the conductor of the Knight Bus, Ernie and Stanley, are named after her grandfathers. She got Herm
Many people today have pierced ears, including guys. Some people wear plain earrings, some wear fancy earrings, and some, like me, wear fun earrings. But have you ever wanted to know more? How long have they been around for? Have they always been popular? In this post, I will answer these questions and other in: The History of Earrings. Ear piercing has been around for a LONG time. How long? There is evidence of ear piercing as long ago as 4000-3000 BC. King Tut had pierced ears, and there were even earrings in his tomb. The Bible also has some evidence of early earring wearing. We don't know a lot about early earring wearing, but we do know more starting in the 1500's. They became fashionable among men in the 1590's and for sailors a pierced ear meant they had gone around the world or crossed the equator. They then faded away for quite a while. It wasn't until the 50's and 60's that earrings made a return. Teenage girls would have piercing parties, where the