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Thought I'd try a quick poll.
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London Premiere of HBP while working
Why is it I have to work and miss the London Premiere of Half-Blood Prince. I'm following @Leaky looking for news of the premiere. Unfortunately I have to work today so I'm sneaking looks here and there when I can ( Read more... ) -
What Would Dumbledore Do and the Harry Potter Alliance
Before I joined Leaky I didn't know the word "fandom" exists. Now it's something that is a daily part of my life. One of the greatest things in the Harry Potter fandom is The Harry Potter Alliance. (HPA) I mean, a group of Harry Potter fans dedicated to serving others, what could be better?
Recently, HPA has started their "What Would Dumbledore ( Read more... ) -
New Half-Blood Prince Trailer
New Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer now online, will show before Twilight in theaters everywhere!
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Banned Book Week
Hey too all my friends -
I normally post on Banned Book Week in my Education blog, but this week I've been updating my Leaky Blog as we lead up to Banned Book Week. So far I've suggested three of my favorite Challenged books, The Chocolate War, Tango Makes Three and Huck Finn. (I sat on the book committee for Huck Finn when I taught high school)
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Sheetrock Smells, Playlists and Brinsgr
They are putting in new sheetrock to replace the wet soggy stuff Ike left in my house. The smell is yuk, and without the flow of fresh air it makes it smell stale. You also have to bleach everything. YUK! I look forward to the day when my house smells like wet dog and dirty teenagers ( Read more... ) -
It's getting better
"I've got to admit it's getting better, better
A little better all the time, it can't get no worse " The Beatles
Hurricanes suck. (I need a t-shirt) I could complain all day about the state of the damages of my home,lack of electricity, lack of food, water and gas, but today I'm thankful. We're all here, my family is ( Read more... ) -
Random act of kindness - Thanks
I had the coolest thing happen to me today and I just had to share this with as many people as possible ( Read more... ) -
Cool Book for Young Male readers
I am working on my soon to be published Leaky Blog on reluctant readers, and I ran across a young adult (YA) book I'd not read. (That is totally rare as I read tons of books)
The book The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites is a great book for boys who don't like to read. It's interesting, has great ties to the Twilight series and it' ( Read more... )
