Lizards & Thanksgiving, Musings

[Mike Gray]

No: HPFGUIDX 6033

LIZARDS & THANKSGIVING
 
> Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world.
Besides
> full-grown goats ...

Oh dear.  I manage to clamber onto the net during my
first vacation in an entire year, and what do I find?!
<sniffs> I wish some people on this list could be a
bit more sensitive.  I'm certainly glad to be spending
Thanksgiving in the U.S., home of tukey dinners and
happy goats.

And on that note: may all you Americans enjoy
excellent digestive performance--and may everyone else
(including the Americans) enjoy love, plenty and
gratitude!  
 
BTW, are there spells to cure heartburn or
constipation ... or are laxative spells classed as
Dark Magic? I could use any of the above, and then
some, since I've got a head cold, sick stomach and an
incipient fever.  I couldn't sleep and the fever is
making me light-headed.  Parish be thanked, I can work
out some of the light-headedness by writing to the
HP4GU list.
 
MUSINGS
 
(1) If you haven't already, go buy Peg Kerr's book,
the Wild Swans. It's good, beautiful, thought
provoking. It's just the sort of challenging work I've
come to expect from Peg. (I finished it last week.)
 
(2) I spent a week north of Boston and paid a visit to
Salem, MA--the spiritual Patria of Jerry Falwell,
erstwhile home of witch burnings, now host to
uncountable horror shows, pink crystal dealers, and
green tea outlets. But one of the shop windows solved
one of our worst conundrums: how do they manage to
ride brooms without seriously endangering their
procreative talents? The shop window displayed a broom
with a bolt on bicylce seat, a bottle holder (w/
champagne bottle), and a rubber plunger on the tip.
Good ideas! Nota Bene: As an active mountain biker, I
would suggest a better quality saddle to anyone
considering a purchase.   
 
(3) Another old chestnut: why didn't Harry (or anybody
else, for that matter) use a summoning spell to save
Ron during the second task in GoF? Possible answer:
they weren't allowed to use any spell more than once.
 
(4) If anyone could refer me to a good recovery group
for HP addicts, I'd appreciate it.  I'm struggling
with a terrible urge to write a fanfic, and this fever
has put me over the edge.  I'm afraid I've even
drafted an outline, and with a another week of
vacation, I'm afraid the urge will get the better of
me. Please Help me before it's too late.
 
Heeeeellllp--Baaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (the sorry remnants of Mike Gray)
http://profiles.yahoo.com/aberforths_goat


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