a quick thought on you-know-what
Like the many, many people who have finished reading HP7, I'm rather sleep-deprived but not so much as to write:
What? When did a brilliant, witty, sarcastic and yet strangely fascinating bloke turn into a Disney hero? When? I wouldn't be surprised if Snape secretly listened to the Smiths and had discussions about how no one really understood him.
Oh, JKR.
Labels: but is Snape good or bad?, harry potter, JKR, reading
don't mention the GWOT
No more "Global War on Terror" (but hold your hurrahs for now)
The
Military Times headline today says, "No more GWOT, House Committee decrees". It goes on:
The House Armed Services Committee is banishing the global war on terror from the 2008 defense budget.
This is not because the war has been won, lost or even called off, but because the committee’s Democratic leadership doesn’t like the phrase.
A memo for the committee staff, circulated March 27, says the 2008 bill and its accompanying explanatory report that will set defense policy should be specific about military operations and “avoid using colloquialisms.”But, wait for the best bit:
If you are a reader of the Harry Potter books, you might describe this as the war that must not be named,” said a Republican aide.Language and IR, folks! And, Harry Potter
Labels: a rose by any other name?, but is Snape good or bad?, GWOT, harry potter
so that's where he went to?
A
headline in today's Beeb: "Snape aids England preparation."
It turns out it's the Leicestershire captain Jeremy Snape who is teaching England's cricketers do something or the other. Not Severus and his potions.
Labels: harry potter, world cup cricket
