I roared. Someone email this to JKR, quick…
The seventh and last installment of boy wizard Harry Potter and his antics at Hogwarts, sinisterly titled Harry Potter and the Deathly Gallows…
Whoopsie!  (snicker)
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With, like, swords.
(snort)
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So tempting.
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You didn’t disguise your identity as thoroughly as you may think you did. I will have my revenge.
Meanwhile:
1.What is your favorite Christmas carol/song?
“Fairytale of New York”, the Pogues.
2.White lights or multicolored?
White.
3. Do you have a cut tree, live tree or an artificial tree?
Artificial.
4. Eggnog, mulled cider, or hot chocolate?
Eggnog. And only one possible recipe, the […]

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I was sitting in one of the cafés in our nearby shopping town this morning, listening to the (sigh: inevitable, this is Ireland) Christmas music playing in the background. What they had playing was actually fairly pleasant, for a change — a compilation CD — and I started thinking idly about blogging a list of […]

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Goodle. It’s Google News…but all good.
Including:
World Peace sparks outpourings of joy
George Lucas to refilm all three Star Wars prequels
Spam drying up
Scientists pack up: “Everything explained”
Rivers, lakes of wine and beer
Golden age back
And more. (sigh) Just the headlines, unfortunately.
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I now have a personal referent for the phrase “horrified fascination”. It’s the inability to stop watching this unfold.
The latest developments:
Haha, I’m partying with Paris and you’re not.
Boo hoo. Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I’m gonna go eat worms. (Noises off: “Yes, you’re right, we all hate you, just STFU.”) Also: Im sorry, […]

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Somebody at the BBC deserves a cookie for this one.
Transgender MP in toilet fracas
Pity, though: I had hoped it was a British MP. Turns out the story hails from Italy.
An Italian opposition MP and former showgirl has expressed outrage after meeting a transgender colleague in the parliament’s ladies’ toilets.
Elisabetta Gardini, spokeswoman for former PM Silvio […]

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Something I saw long ago and loved, and forgot about: the link is to a four-minute video at YouTube. (Via Mark Evanier’s website. Thanks, Mark!)
Mel Brooks’ “The Critic”  Technorati Tags: Mel Brooks, The Critic, Oscar, 1964, short film

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Our major satellite TV provider, Sky, will shortly be showing all six Star Wars films at once on Sky Movies. As part of the promotional campaign for this, they’ve constructed some amusing little thirty-second spots, a couple of which are styled like their own ads and use Sky voice talent and onscreen presenters. (The “VI” […]

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Okay, now I’m rolling my eyes really hard. Not yet completely freaked…until this happens twice.
Via the excellent kerithwyn:
Unfortunately, I need to report an “oops” regarding the lulu.com printing of Raetian Tales 1: A Wind from the South. I ordered it and received the shipment very quickly…only to find that while the cover was correct, the […]

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Star Trek motivational posters.
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