The U.S. Postal Service has issued five sheets of Harry Potter stamps, and to me these are long overdue. Many other countries have had HP stamps for years! And our Post Office has been complaining about low income for years, so maybe HP collectors will save the day.

See all the stamps on Snitchseeker

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There's a new essay floating around about Snape, this time giving him full credit for what he accomplished, but as always there's a catch.

Thanks to bnmc2005 for the link:

"Severus Snape Does Not Deserve Your Pity"
by Emily Asher-Perrin

This line is particularly disturbing:

The point is that Severus Snape is not a hero, and wouldn’t want to be ( Read more... )

So several new chapters from Prisoner of Azkaban are open now on Pottermore, and in "Flight of the Fat Lady" there is new information about the magical paintings.

Via Pottermore:
Some magical portraits are capable of considerably more interaction with the living world. Traditionally, a headmaster or headmistress is painted before their death. Once ( Read more... )

I'm afraid that a recent round of antihistamines has drained me of creativity in terms of "Gotcha!" April Fool's Day pranks ~ I'll try again next year, or maybe before then when you least expect it ( Read more... )

Hey all ~ I realize I haven't been around much at all, but I hope to get things moving again.

Today I was inspired by a discussion in the comments Here on Epbot (which is run by Jen Yates, the same blogger who does Cake Wrecks. Turns out, she is a Snape fan and one of her "March Art Roundup" pieces was Snape waking up in heaven to find out he has ( Read more... )

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I'm not sure who made this, but it has everyone on Tumblr swooning.
Fabulous!
Cross-Posted to Severmore


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Happy Birthday to our Dear Professor and Headmaster, Severus Snape!

(And also the birthday of the London Tube!)

Pottermore Insider released this beautiful picture of Snape from Prisoner of Azkaban - the moment when he summons Lupin through the fireplace in his office. Look at that billowy cloak!


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My daughter is in Knoxville taking the Bar exam, essay questions today, and the common law multiple choice tomorrow. Her father and I are feeling nervous and immensely proud. It has been such a long haul getting to this day, you wouldn't believe.
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