Tag Archives: Harry Potter

Petunia’s Invitation

Posted on November 1, 2017 by

Today’s no-sleep, full-bladder, empty-stomach adventure into Töölö for injection-of-contrast-material and computer-scanning actually went a lot faster than expected and I got to work only slightly later than usual. Unfortunately that made it sort of pointless for the hospital to give … Continue reading →

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Petunia’s Letter

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

So. This is a bit out there, but bear with me. A good friend of mine, a most excellent former colleague and esteemed sister of the Technical Writing world, has taken the plunge into publication, at least in the sense … Continue reading →

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Interlude: Fantastic Age-Limits and Where To Stick Them

Posted on December 1, 2016 by

Day 79. 161 pages, 58,131 words. I was a bit stressed out earlier this week. I was worried, with reasonable justification, that I would not get to go and see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them with my firstborn, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday II: Return of the Killer Wednesday

Posted on October 19, 2016 by

Actually, since Aaron wanted to be a wisenheimer, I actually wrote this today: https://creators.co/@Edpool/4128879 Since I apparently need to write a whole new article for each new Academy class, I’ll repost the links to them here as bonus material. *raspberry*

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Here’s a thought

Posted on October 8, 2016 by

Day 27. 161 pages, 58,131 words. Okay, Dolores Umbrage may not have been raped in the Harry Potter series, but you know who was? Voldemort’s dad. I know, this isn’t really news, but maybe everything is more twitchy now than … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Again)

Posted on September 25, 2016 by

Day 14. 0 pages, 0 words. I reviewed this nine years ago, when we saw it at the cinema. Watched it again with Wump last night, and it was as un-gripping as I remember. Wump was underwhelmed. Huge book, lots … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Posted on September 20, 2016 by

Day 9. 0 pages, 0 words. I just finished reading this to Wump last night, and I have to say I’d forgotten quite a lot of what happened in there. It was … pretty heavy stuff. Here’s a couple of … Continue reading →

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