From jeff at ... Wed Feb 2 02:22:09 2005 From: jeff at ... (Jeff Guillaume) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 21:22:09 -0500 Subject: January HP Fan Trips update Message-ID: <14ee01c508cd$ff21a4c0$6401a8c0@cheeser> *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** 'HP FAN TRIPS' JANUARY UPDATE: (1) Just 15 days after the release of HBP! (2) Some packages over 70% booked (3) Frommer's picks HP Fan Trips (3) Free trip update (4) Garrrr! PotC Fan Trips! Official site: http://www.hpfantrips.com/ ===== * Just 15 days after the release of HBP! They say timing is everything. Good Harry Potter fans know that publishers Scholastic and Bloomsbury announced in December the English language release date for the sixth book - "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" - will be July 31. Using our advanced divination skills, we carefully planned HP Fan Trips 2005 to coincide with the book's release date, and we're understandably excited now that the release date is officially known. (If you believe we really knew the book would be released in July, and you're wearing white gloves, we also have a ketchup popsicle with your name on it.) Along with the Accio 2005 UK conference, HP Fan Trips will be one of the first formal opportunities to meet with other rabid Harry Potter fans to discuss book 6! Don't miss out on what will surely be passionate, lively debate, and more importantly, wild fun talking HP with other fans while you explore the roots of the story throughout the United Kingdom. ===== * Seats continue to fill up! Some of our 2005 tour packages are now already more than 70% booked, putting us quite ahead of the same time last year. What does this mean? With a maximum of 42 people per package, you should make reservations with friends and family sooner rather than later. Once each package is filled to capacity, no more participants can be added due to the required arrangements (hotel, transportation, meals, etc.). Remember, only an initial deposit is required to reserve a spot and payment plans are very flexible. ===== * Frommer's picks HP Fan Trips A leader in travel and vacation info since 1957, Frommer's recently pointed to HP Fan Trips as "a new form of travel" and detailed some of our selections. "Make no mistake about it!" they point out on their web site. "All establishment listings and reviews in Frommer's Guidebooks and online at Frommers.com are based on our author's individual experiences -- our listings and reviews are not advertisements." We're honored to have been included in their December review of literary tours inspired by books. ===== * Free trip update HP Fan Trips' free trip promotion is still going strong. One fan site has already won a free trip and is on its way to a second, and several others are in good shape for their own free trip. Remember, we've lowered the necessary referrals from 29 to 25 this year! Fan sites and other organizations can sign up to support HP Fan Trips and start referring participants at http://www.hpfantrips.com/about/support.cfm. You'll get a link on the HP Fan Trips web site and a special code to track referrals. ===== * Announcing PotC Fan Trips Building on the success of HP Fan Trips, Beyond Boundaries Travel has developed a new tour for fans of the "Pirates of the Carribbean" movies. Participants will sail the open sea on a Windjammer Tall Ship, and visit historic pirate sites in both Nassau and Jamaica (including Port Royal)! It was developed in cooperation with several of the top PotC fan sites and the Jamaican Tourist Board, Bahamas Tourist Board and Air Jamaica. Visit http://www.potcfantrips.com/ for more information. ===== Visit HP Fan Trips online: http://www.hpfantrips.com/ Discussion group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hpfantrips-friends ===== Special thanks to our fan site sponsors: HPANA - http://www.hpana.com/ MuggleNet - http://www.mugglenet.com/ DanRadcliffe.com - http://www.danradcliffe.com/ FictionAlley - http://www.fictionalley.org/ Veritaserum - http://www.veritaserum.com/ HarryPotterFanZone.com - http://www.harrypotterfanzone.com/ From alexpie at barbarahanson.yahoo.invalid Wed Feb 2 03:48:13 2005 From: alexpie at barbarahanson.yahoo.invalid (alexpie at barbarahanson.yahoo.invalid) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:48:13 EST Subject: [HPFGU-Announcements] January HP Fan Trips update Message-ID: <1f1.34684090.2f31a77d@...> July 16, thanks, Don't add another 15 fictitious days of waiting! July 31st is Harry's birthday, as well as Jo Rowling's, but it's not the release date. Cheers-- Barb [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From info at ... Wed Feb 2 06:26:01 2005 From: info at ... (HPANA) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 01:26:01 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-Announcements] January HP Fan Trips update References: <1f1.34684090.2f31a77d@...> Message-ID: <00c501c508f0$10a2dfd0$6401a8c0@cheeser> Yes, naturally. I meant to say that. Now where'd I put my time-turner? Honest mistake on my part - release date for book 6 is July 16. It's HP Fan Trips that starts July 31 (two weeks later). Got confuseled a bit with all the dates, I apologize. (And wait, if I have a time-turner, why bother going back and fixing the announcement? I'll just flash forward and get book 6 now!) Cheers, Jeff http://www.hpfantrips.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [HPFGU-Announcements] January HP Fan Trips update > > > July 16, thanks, Don't add another 15 fictitious days of waiting! > July 31st is Harry's birthday, as well as Jo Rowling's, but it's not the > release date. > Cheers-- > Barb > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ > > Any link in this email message will take you to a site which is not owned > or controlled by HPforGrownups, and no endorsement should be implied > herein. > > Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ > > Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material > from posts to which you're replying! > > Is your message... > An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? 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Silver Stag wrote: Hello Harry Potter fanfiction writers and readers. I proudly present the newest edition to the family of Harry Potter Fanfiction archives! http://www.hpfanfic.net >From the site: Welcome to HPFanFic.Net An new and exciting Harry Potter Based Fan Fiction Community. Authors signup and get your stories posted. Readers, do what you love "Read" and then Review... For the world of Harry Potter is hidden from all the world but not to ours.. Remember this site is and always will be AD FREE Also all authors that have posted stories are qualified for a free listserv and message board Writers, come here to expand your reach and readers come to expand your pool of fanfics! Betty [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ Any link in this email message will take you to a site which is not owned or controlled by HPforGrownups, and no endorsement should be implied herein. Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! Is your message... An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-Announcements-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com ____________________________________________________________ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-Announcements/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HPFGU-Announcements-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! 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I proudly present the newest edition to the family of Harry Potter Fanfiction archives! http://www.hpfanfic.net >From the site: Welcome to HPFanFic.Net An new and exciting Harry Potter Based Fan Fiction Community. Authors signup and get your stories posted. Readers, do what you love "Read" and then Review... For the world of Harry Potter is hidden from all the world but not to ours.. Remember this site is and always will be AD FREE Also all authors that have posted stories are qualified for a free listserv and message board Writers, come here to expand your reach and readers come to expand your pool of fanfics! Betty [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ Any link in this email message will take you to a site which is not owned or controlled by HPforGrownups, and no endorsement should be implied herein. 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Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com From seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid Thu Feb 10 18:45:34 2005 From: seuferer at shanti_50130.yahoo.invalid (shanti_50130) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:45:34 -0000 Subject: Haunted Chambers, HP RPG Run by Adults, Moving to Year 6 Message-ID: Haunted Chambers, a message-board style Harry Potter Role-playing game is preparing to enter Harry's 6th year at Hogwarts. We are owned and run by adults, and welcome both canon and original characters. We have a straight-forward screening process that ensures that our players have a solid understanding of book-canon so that even our Original characters blend well into JKR's universe. We do not allow `cross-overs' from other genres, but do encourage imaginative invention and blending of ideas gleaned from other sources into the wider magical world. We have forums for all time-frames within the Harry Potter world, from MWPP era through to `present-day'. We encourage our players to feel free to `bounce back' to student days to explore the history and interactions of their characters with other characters on the board. Year 6 will be conducted in a chronological fashion going forwards?but people are always welcome to play threads in earlier time-frames to establish relationships and histories with new characters. We currently are especially looking to fill two important roles. First, a creative Original Character to fulfill the role of the DADA Professor in year 6. Whether this character is loyal to Dumbledore, sympathetic to Voldemort, a lackey of the Ministry, or even a planted Voldemort spy (which Voldemort would greatly appreciate!) is entirely up to the applicant. Second, the new Minister of Magic. JKR tells us that Fudge will not be Minister in book 6, so for the purposes of our `game world' we have decided Fudge is up for re-election. Fudge obviously will not win?but who will? Again this entirely depends on the creativity of the characters involved, and we encourage `campaigning' either by the candidate him/herself or by those who wish that candidate to be `elected'. Assuming we have at least two `candidates', we will even conduct a vote through Private Messangers with the Administration Team to chose the `winner'. Again, will this person be sympathetic to Dumbledore or Voldemort? Or simply another politician who loves only power and tries to stay oblivious to the world around him/her? Other important needs include Muggle-born and Half-blood witches, wizards, and students particularly if you are willing to have your character's "extended family" be a ready target for DE games and attacks. The war is coming out into the open, and we need plenty of "canon fodder" without killing off our player-characters! Malfoy Senior and Junior would like to have the Crabbes and Goyles in play. Many canon Death Eaters and Order Members are still available. We prefer mature players (age 16 and over). The vast majority of our players are adults age 20 and over. We maintain a high-quality of character development and a good balance between encouraging people to be creative with their characters without becoming "Mary Sues" or "Gary Stus". Currently we have more female characters than male, and more `good guys' than `bad guys'. If you are curious, the homepage can be found here: http://www.hauntedchambers.net From coriolan at coriolan_cmc.yahoo.invalid Sun Feb 13 04:42:36 2005 From: coriolan at coriolan_cmc.yahoo.invalid (Caius Marcius) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 04:42:36 -0000 Subject: Harry Potter Filks: The King of Queen Message-ID: Sodoff Baldrick earns the title The King of Queen with his second, third, and fourth filking of an entire Queen album, along with one by Pink Floyd (a total of 40 filks all told). Also, new filks by veteran filkers RJ Lupin, Jason LeBouef, Gail Bohacek, Murasaki, Saturn, Constance Vigilance and Ginger. Plus, we say Ave Atque Vale to Dr. John Kusalavage (aka Haggridd) who passed away last month at the all- too-early age of 54. Stop by today to enjoy the latest in HP filking! HARRY POTTER FILKS http://home.att.net/~coriolan/hpfilks.htm From lupinesque at lupinesque.yahoo.invalid Sun Feb 13 23:23:48 2005 From: lupinesque at lupinesque.yahoo.invalid (Amy Z) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:23:48 -0800 (PST) Subject: Daily Prophet Exclusive: HPfGU Couple to Marry Message-ID: <20050213232348.88660.qmail@...> ********************DAILY PROPHET********************* February 14, 2005 Weather: Warm, Wonderful Wedding Bells to Ring for HPfGU Couple by Rita Skeeter California, USA, February 14. Two longtime members of Harry Potter for Grownups who met through the list have found lasting romance. Joywitch M. Curmudgeon and Amy Z (Lupinesque) will tie the knot this spring in the presence of friends, family, and Harry Potter fans. Dr. Curmudgeon is an early member of Harry Potter for Grownups, one of the select few who joined before the release of Goblet of Fire. She has written several Daily Prophet articles and created numerous puzzles for the entertainment of the list. She also haunted the Moderators list as a Poltergeist for years, helping decide important matters of policy by throwing eggs and blowing raspberries. She loves Hagrid, Dumbledore, Hermione, Sirius Black, Madam Marsh, and Amy Z. Rev. Z (aka Miss Use of Muggle Artifacts) was ignorant of Harry Potter until the fall of 2000, and joined HPfGU only that Christmas, but rapidly became immersed in, not to say sucked into, the list and the fandom. She has been an Elf and Moderator and actually tried to keep up with the flood of posts after OoP was released, but was found washed up on a remote shore soon after. She loves Remus Lupin, Dumbledore, Hermione, Ernie Prang, and Joywitch. The couple became acquainted through the list, met in person at a New York City meetup in 2002, and became close friends during the run-up to Order of the Phoenix the following year, when they co-facilitated the Moderators, Elves and Geists list. By the time PoA: the Celluloid Version was released, they were deeply in love and had decided to spend the rest of their lives together, reading to each other and raising little curmudgeons. We knew it was true love when we admitted to each other that wed even turn down admission to Hogwarts if the other couldnt come along, said Lupinesque, blushing. They share a few interests besides their passion for the wizarding world: politics, books, music, ceramics, games, cooking (Lupinesque: vegetarian; Joywitch: children), and museums. Informed that two lives would be united in matrimony thanks in part to her books, J. K. Rowling remarked, How sad. She would not confirm whether she and her family will answer affirmatively to the invitation soon to be issued to them, but hinted, Depends whether it arrives by owl. The wedding will not follow a Harry Potter theme. We have SOME dignity, the couple explained. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail