While I was driving, I got to pondering, again, what I would have said to Tom Riddle, if he had approached me as he approached Horace Slughorn.  Previously I've focused on the how to answer the Horcrux question, but I got to pondering the "What about seven?  Isn't seven the most powerfully magical number."

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(copied from my Facebook)
[I have been] thinking about how fortunate Hogwarts was to have Snape as potions master. I remember thinking when I was reading it that he was being a jerk for having then copy out potion directions all the time  or making them work from the board in a dark room often filled with  smoke and vapor; when, in actuality, it was ( Read more... )

I have some questions with no answers ( Read more... )

( Madam, your Lady Godiva act does not impress me in the slightest. )

( Stranger - spoiler alert - I'm bringing this book to bookclub next week, so Cassie and Janice, you have been warned )

( 7 interests meme )

Alton is features in this month's Southwest Airlines "Spirit" magazine. If you're not going the iflyswa route, you can request a free copy. Info here:
http://community.livejournal.com/good_eats/655013.html

How many years have I gone without hearing that particular stage direction to suddenly hear it multiple times this week ( Read more... )

Another Scifi author gone. I was just thinking yesterday about what my course material would be if I were teaching a Science Fiction in Literature class (don't ask. Really.) and I had a short story by him on my mental list, "Riverworld ( Read more... )

Booking Through Thursday
I recently got new bookshelves for my room, and I’m just loving them. Spent the afternoon putting up my books and sharing it on my blog . One of my friends asked a question and I thought it would be a great BTT question. So from Tina & myself, we’d like to know “How do you arrange your books on your shelves? Is it by author ( Read more... )