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You know...let me just play devil's advocate for a minute--literally.[*](Just kidding. I don't actually think Donald Trump is the devil. I think the devil is probably a whole lot smarter than he is. But I do think that Trump is the devil's pawn.)Given the fact that James Comey provided the final straw that tipped the election in Trump's favor and ( Read more... )

For cryin' out loud, Jo!

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A few months ago, I asked myself a question to which I couldn't give myself a satisfactory answer, so I put the question to you: Is there a literary or cinematic character (including, but not limited to, other Harry Potter characters) that you would consider to be the opposite of Albus Dumbledore?

( My thoughts on the question )

A couple days ago I made a joke about Ernie being a Parselmouth, which got me thinking, "Hey, wouldn't it be great if Sesame Street did a Bert & Ernie Harry Potter parody?" Then I remembered that they already have. They did it in clay, but it still counts. So today, for the first time, we feature one of Bert & Ernie's Great Adventures! Complete ( Read more... )

So, here's a random question: If you were going to choose a character throughout all of literature or cinema that represents the opposite of Dumbledore, i.e., a counterpart to him (not necessarily an evil counterpart), who would it be?

I'll give my possible answers later, but first I'm interested to hear your thoughts.

Okay, today's videos bear some explanation up front. Sesame Workshop has really committed itself to using the Internet and YouTube to get its message out there, to let people know about the neat new projects that they undertake, and to demonstrate its continuing cultural relevance. (As well as to provide evidence that Cookie Monster is NOT now, ( Read more... )

I'm currently reading The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, although if her name wasn't on the cover, I never would have guessed that she had written it. I'm not finished yet; I only have about 100 pages left (98 to be exact), but thus far I can summarize it in three words: MUGGLE LIFE SUCKS ( Read more... )

Alas, my new digital TV converter thingy also died a horrible death. After about a week. Good thing I didn't have to buy it with my own money ( Read more... )

*ahem* Sorry. I forgot for a second whether I was a (hu)man or a Muppet.

So, Oscar nominations are out this morning and for the most part I am satisfied. I am overjoyed (albeit not overly surprised) to see War Horse and Hugo nominated for Best Picture. I'm a little disappointed that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows--Part 2 was not ( Read more... )

I've been writing an all-inclusive review/commentary of all eight Harry Potter movies and hope to post it when it's done, but who knows when that will be. In any case, writing about OotP, I realized again that as a movie--not as part of a series but as a film in itself--it really only has one major flaw (in my opinion): it expects us to believe ( Read more... )