Steve!

Ummmm, Harry never tried AK - he tried Cruciatus.

Several die, and Snape is the HBP. Amanda Bones dies Albus Dumbledore dies I forget, who's that other woman that dies right before the start of the book? Oh, and Tonks and Lupin fall in love, and Bill and Fleur are engaged. Happy now?

Ummm, hmmmm. I don't really think so, because he was trying to kill Harry. Also, the book doesn't say that Regulus A. Black destroyed the locket, just that he took it. We should assume that it HASN'T been destroyed. Also, I don't think that the other thing tracked down by DD was destroyed. So I think there are 4 things that Harry has to find and destroy, and then he can kill Voldy. I agree about the dissonance - when Snape said that he was the HBP, Harry should have had a "stun" moment or something. Oh, and Laleo - you should put "SPOILER ALERT!" in the title of the thread.

You're still talking about Gallagher, right?

That "unbreakable vow" that Snape performed had me thinking, "Okay, how are he and Dumbledore going to get around this?" It also had me thinking that it was foreshadowing that Snape really *couldn't* be trusted by DD, that he really *is* on Voldy's side. There was a place in the book where DD said that they could make Malfoy's family appear to be dead, so is DD really dead? JKR has said that we will find out why DD was able to trust Snape implicitly. So I guess these questions will be answered in book 7.

Oh, so now Satan is too good for Liesure Suit L*rry L*nder? Well, La-Dee-Dah!!

A priest, a rabbi, and a blind man walk into a bar, and the bartender says, "What is this, a joke?"

Yeah, rascal, do that. Make sure that Cindy! and I are both invited.

They probably need some way for leader.... to be able to be identified, because they sure as hell don't exhibit leadership qualities.

Two blondes walked into a building . . . you'd think ONE of them would have seen it!

Well, I just finished it. Wow!

It was absolutely intentional.

Well, the kids are at Spellbound2005, and I've got my armband that says that I can pick up my copies at 1:15 a.m.

Dizz, meaning no offence, but I just don't see any posts where the author was trying to silence you. I looked through both threads, too. Perhaps I missed it. Would you mind providing an example? On the other hand, I *have* seen posters that have posted positively about TWI and were NOT attacked - except when the substance of their posts was "My experience was different than yours, therefore yours didn't really happen or your experiences were meaningless". Then it's open season.

As you well know, tone is difficult to convey in text. You almost sounded accusatory.

How do you know he's not?

Well, I finally got my car fixed, it only cost $3,000. But that stupid squirrel's been laughing at me every day. So I fixed him! I strapped some buttered bread to the back of my cat!

http://www.jkrowling.com/en has a lot of interesting information. The FAQ poll question, "How do members of the OotP communicate?" has been answered, and it's kinda cool.

So Hammer, do ham radio clubs still do fox hunts?

And "It's a SPIRITUAL ring!"

Star Trek: Nemesis Brent Spiner Independence Day

So-rry! I didn't see that movie, and I'm not a big fan of Al's.

CLM - Career Limiting Move. Like when you criticize the decision of a VP while in an elevator without realizing that said VP is standing directly behind you.

ADMINISTRIVIA - the little details of administration that are trivial yet nonetheless must be maintained.

Oh, and how may rot locales does TWI still have? is it only the 2? camp gunnysack and way nash?