I heard a group of second years complaining about going to Herbology lessons in the current cold weather, though I honestly don't know why they find the idea so distasteful. It's not as though the trek to and from the greenhouses is a particularly harrowing one, and one would think the privilege of knowledge would be more important than a few cold ( Read more... )

Other than the new bruises that I'm currently sporting from Filch's over-enthusiasm with the Secrecy Sensor, I found yesterday's Hogsmeade trip to be quite satisfactory. I seem to be in the minority in that I didn't find the weather horribly unpleasant, and I purchased a rather handsome new cloak from Gladrag's ( Read more... )

I honestly don't know why these computers are, apparently, such valued items. They might be helpful, but I doubt that they're truly necessary for the every day life and comfort of the students of Hogwarts. It's not as though we haven't survived for the past few centuries without them ( Read more... )