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Harry Potter V due out June 21st:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/01/15/new.potter/index.html

Sounds like this one will be a good one!

Interesting part of the article, though, and something I'm wondering -- the picture caption describes JK Rowling as "Master of the Potter series"

Shouldn't that be "Mistress of the Potter series"? Or is master/mistress going the way of actor/actress and being neutralized? I'm all for neutralization, but the formality of the term kinda threw me.

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Squirrel Fishing
(Rodent Performance Evaluation at Hah-vahd University)


When I was 5 years old, my grandfather had tamed the squirrels in his yard so much, they would take food from his hand. They'd climb the screen on the front door and look in, waiting for him. Once, climbing the screen, they accidentally rang the doorbell. My grandparents thought this was cute and reinforced the behavior by feeding them walnuts. 30 years later, I'm still trying to figure out if they trained the squirrels, or the squirrels trained them.

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Summer Camp! (er, Fall Camp!)

September 12th, 13th and 14th 2003, in the Sequoia National Forest, California, USA!

I'm there. Are you?

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