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Happy All Potter's Eve! Is there any doubt that Gavin Newsom is the coolest mayor in the world? If there was, he dispelled it by officially declaring today "All Potter's Eve", which makes me ridiculously happy. Official proclamation here. Also Books Inc.'s party tonight is sounding cooler and cooler:

The All Potter's Eve parties will feature art exhibits by local school children, door prizes, and activities such as "Mix Your Potions Project," and "Sorting Hat Ceremony."

Here's the official line up for the MV store:

Books Inc. in Mountain View
301 Castro St.
Mountain View, CA 94041
650-428-1234
Manager: Gary Sebastian
11:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
Mountain View Student Art Exhibit inspired by Harry Potter, Harry Potter Character Costume Contest with Prizes, Bertie Botts Counting Contest, Potter Trivia Q&A with Prizes, Official Harry Potter Tattoos

I know I suck at trivia, but the contest sounds like fun, and I'm *so* in the costume contest, hee! If you're local and interested why not join us?

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For a good chuckle, I highly recommend Jesse Taylor's humorous Harry Potter "spoilers"...
( Draco Malfoy is gay, gay, gay, gay, gay... )

Also apparently they did a killer HP segment on the Daily Show last night, which of course I forgot to record *sigh*

All your Rove are belong to us

Best bumper sticker ever:

WHO DO YOU HAVE TO BLOW TO GET A PRESIDENT IMPEACHED AROUND HERE?!

And deary me, whoever thought the day would come when even Ann Coulter would falter when trying to spin for Rove?

Alan Colmes started off the interview by asking an excellent question:

"If Karl Rove wasn't revealing something secret, why did he have to speak on double super secret background?"

For a moment, it looked like Coulter might have been genuinely reluctant to talk to a liberal (as the title of her last book claims she is) but I think it was more likely that she had a moment of panic at not having a good answer. After a pause, she began to speak slowly, as if she were trying to think of the right words as she went along.

"Because you don't generally read in the press - you know - I think it was all - you didn't see Karl Rove, I think, being quoted on a lot of these things - but I think the point was, um, Clown Wilson was going around implying that he had been sent by the CIA and reported to Dick Cheney's office... I mean, it's amazing if you go back and read these articles now, he uses these - you know - sort of Clintonian legally accurate phrases..."


Ooh, weak, Ann, very weak. No biscuit for you.

And on today's "How Low Can They Go?":

2. Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

_Approve, 42 percent (43)

_Disapprove, 56 percent (55)

_Mixed feelings, 1 percent (1)

_Not sure, 2 percent (1)


But it's not all good news today:
Bush admin may be responsible for botching effort to thwart London bombing

Because the US let the cat out of the bag, the media got a hold of Khan's name and published the fact that he had been captured - his Al Qaeda contacts thus found out their "buddy" was actually a mole, and they fled. Our sole source inside Al Qaeda was destroyed. As a result, the Brits had to have a high speed chase to catch some of Khan's Al Qaeda associates as they fled, and, according to press reports, the Brits and Pakistanis both fear that some slipped away.


*sigh*

Sorry, I just can't seem to stop

The Guardian recently ran a contest to write HP in the style of a famous author and the results are pretty hilarious. Could be considered spoilery, so avoid if you're worried about it. My own favorite, of course, would have to be Conan Doyle:

It was the summer of '05, and, owing to an unfortunate turn in my domestic circumstances, I found myself again taking up with my old mentor and Potions Master. We took rooms in Diagon Alley, I finding the quiet congenial (my scar had been troubling me again), and he ideal for investigations into Muggle potions.

"Few have considered the possibilities of the leaves of Erythroxylum coca, Potter. Yet the man who is willing to acquaint himself with the Muggle underworld can truly make a killing."
[...]

Although the George Lucas entry was also a hoot:

"At last the circle is complete Albus. When last we met I was but a learner, now I am the master."

"Only a master of evil Voldemort," Dumbledore responded in his customary sure and steady tone.