A few random thoughts...

[Trina]

In the midst of a mad cross-stitching frenzy to finish the bibs I am 
making for my cousin's baby shower this Saturday, I will take a few 
minutes to share some recent discoveries.

Yesterday as I was in the bookstore I found a book entitled "Harry 
Potter for Muggles" by HP Publishers.  It was a slim volume that 
explained the world of HP to the common folk.  I perused it and was 
not impressed, notably for the glaring errors.  Hagrid's name was 
misspelled (Rubius) and Ron was described as 'one of the six Weasley 
children'(but in the character list at the end of the book, all 7 
Weasley children were listed).  Each book was briefly summarized and 
then details were given along the lines of "The truth about Peter 
Pettigrew is found out. page 365-367"  However, in the midst of the 
detailed description of CoS it suddenly veered off into PoA.  Were 
the editors even awake?  Also some drawings which made everyone look 
slightly strung out.  A definite Never-Read.

I just finished reading Anna Maxted's novel "Getting Over It", a 
novel in the manner of _Bridget Jones_, although not in diary form.  
Rather funny and touching (it delineates the year after 26 yo Helen's 
father dies) but I prefer Bridget.  In the wake of the misused 
apostrophe thread, I immediately noticed the following error (used 
multiple times) in which Helen refers to a disasterous drunken 
incident:  The Dog's Bottoms Disaster.  Can you spot the mistake?  
<vbg>  Drove me batty as it was mentioned at least three more times 
in the exact same way, especially as two pages prior the 
phrase "dogs' bottoms" was used correctly.  Again, were the editors 
even awake?

What My Name Means:

Okay, a little late, but here goes.

Trina--pure one (Greek, comes from Katherine)
  or   of the sacred kusa grass (Hindi, a recent discovery in a new 
baby name book)

Leigh--from the pasture meadow (Old English)
  or   poetic (Gaelic, fom Laoidheach)

My last name means "an inland river barge" and comes from Scotland I 
believe.

Trina