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I miss you too, Margaret. I miss everybody. Friday was too insane to really take in the goodbye. But first day at the new job was pretty cool, though boring at times since there was no computer after lunch (the "network guys" had to re-Ghost it and it never came back) and they sent me home at 3:00 since I was reading an XSLT book, which I could do with practical internet aide from home. However, I slept until 7:15, the drive in was easy, and I got there at 8:30, which was apparently a half hour earlier then I needed to be there. I can't wait to actually get to work.

(Oh, and Shan - they take their coffee Really Fucking Serious(TM) at this place. The coffee machine is a triple pot hooked up to a water line, with free regular and decaf packets, PLUS, they have a 50cent machine that allows you to make a single cup of the gourmet stuff - four different flavors. MMMMM French Mocha...)

Yennifer needs to tell Yark to get over it and break it down with the Potter. Speaking of Potter, let's talk (non-spoilery on the top page) Potter for a moment, shall we?

J.K. Rowling has this insane ability to take the last two hundred pages of her books and RATCHET the story up about 8 notches. Half-Blood Prince is no exception. I was at about page 425 last night. Around 5:30 tonight, I started reading and right around page 450, it roars into overdrive. And I did not stop until the heartbreaking, electrifying, and spectacular end. That woman knows how to make her characters matter.

Warning: There might be spoilers in the comments. Don't go in unless you know or you just don't care.

Replies: 6 Comments

on Sunday, August 7th, Thucydides said

given that snape is a master of decite. any other time someone has used the AK spell they just die, not float up in the air before dieing. it leads one to beleave that dumbuldor isn't dead. but I could be wrong

on Monday, August 1st, mlm said

Is that somekind of Marksist philosophy?

on Monday, August 1st, beaumontkitty said

harry potter = bad
lord of the rings = good?
i'm so confused!

on Friday, July 29th, kickingbird said

I have never seen one Potter movie or even picked up one Potter book. Weird, huh?

on Wednesday, July 27th, Scruggy said

I heard J.K. Rowling grew up as a Vietcong sympathizer because of an intense, yet inexplicable, admiration of their underground tunnel system. Any thoughts?

on Tuesday, July 26th, mlm said

I also couldn't stop once I had about 200 pages left--Although when I got home last night I was disappointed there wasn't more to read.

So, do you think he is really dead or should we take a hint from the strong association with the phoenix?

Do you think he was wrong to trust Snape?