Harry and Hermione.

In less than fifty hours, an era will draw to a close with the release of the final book in the Harry Potter series. So far it’s been heralded by supposed electronic copies available via torrents and spoilers, complete with page numbers on the Wikipedia entry (Jana tells me that it’s taken […]

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One of my sisters & I have discussed the fact & agreed that we are, in fact, of different generations, even if she only has 10 years on me. The Brazen Careerist has come up with an amusing test for identifying cultural generation based upon (perhaps biased) current-culture abilities and knowledge-sets (copied whole-sale from the […]

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I was listening to Gimon& Sarfunkle recently and one of my favorite songs came on:
Old friends, old friends:
Sat on their park bench like bookends.
A newspaper blown through the grass
Falls on the round toes
Of the high shoes
of the old friends.
Old friends, winter companions, the old men
Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sun.
The sounds of the […]

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