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BOOM. (Professor McGonagall is my hero.)
I went to see Harry Potter this week. Yes, for the first time. I didn't go see it on opening night mostly because I was waiting for various friends to get back from Italy so I'd have someone to emotionally support me through the last Harry Potter movie release ( Read more... ) -
Doctor Who
Yay, I'm all caught up! Yes, I watched the whole fifth season in approximately two weeks. Good times. And after the finale, I have two thoughts:
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'Psychic octopus' Paul retires triumphant
An octopus credited with psychic powers is to retire from making predictions following his World Cup success, his owners say.Paul will go back to his old job "making children laugh", a spokeswoman for the German aquarium said ( Read more... ) -
'Psychic' octopus predicts Germany victory over England
From the BBC, of course:
An octopus in a German aquarium who is said to be psychic has predicted the country's football team will knock England out of the World Cup.When consulted, Paul the octopus chose a mussel from a jar with the German flag on it ahead of one in a similar jar bearing the cross of St George ( Read more... ) -
Pi(e)
This is mostly for Leah, since she never got to see the finished product, but others of you will probably find it amusing as well. Here be pictures of the result of our Pi Day celebrations.
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Actually, it probably takes a few million ants to equal one orc
Ants killed today: countless thousands.* V. good.
Still not king.
*It's possible this is a slight exaggeration. But they just keep on coming, exactly like the hordes of Mordor. Only smaller. -
Here comes the sun
Yesterday I went to Santa Cruz with my family, mainly so we could go to a sunny beach. We went to Natural Bridges, and we clearly picked the right day to go, because it was clear and so warm that all the little kids were out playing in the ocean. (In their clothes, because no one thought to bring bathing suits to the beach in January). Mom made ( Read more... ) -
Lycanthropia: Today's Forgotten English Word Of The Day
My page-a-day calendar has this to say today:
"Olaus Magnus,...archbishop of Upsal and metropolitan of Sweden, relates in his History that at the festival of Christmas in the cold northern parts there is a strange mutation of men into animals. He says that at a certain place previously resolved upon amongst themselves there is a gathering of a ( Read more... ) -
Dante's Commedia in ten minutes or less, with sock puppets
Midway through his life, Dante Alighieri is waylaid by a dead Roman poet, Publius Vergilius Maro (a.k.a. Virgil). Virgil offers to take Dante on a tour of the afterlife. It's the sort of offer you can't refuse.
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Because you’re all just dying to know about it. (Heh-heh ( Read more... )