catching up (long)

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So many posts
so little time.
	Thanks to Peg for another delightful essay on the virtues. I guess 
I can't blame her for ignoring all the Snape stuff. Imagine if all the 
theories were true at once, ie he's a gay, bisexual Jewish vampire 
animagus! He would need an extra house Elf to carry his emotional/
cultural baggage. (No offense to any gay, bisexual Jewish vampire 
animagi on the list!)

It is interesting that people keep noticing parallels between the 
magical/muggle experience and the Jewish experience.  The American TV 
series Bewitched *was* definitely based on the Jewish experience.  I 
think the universal appeal of that show and the Potter books shows that 
the dilemma of  "uneasy coexistence"  is something most of us are 
familiar with, no matter what sub group we identify with. My husband's 
family is from the Borders region and we are constantly finding 
parallels with the Scottish experience also. Then there are the crypto-
Jews of Portugal. I wonder if JKR is aware of being influenced by any 
of this?  It might be something to ask next time we are collecting 
questions. 

	I am the one who posted the theory that Fawkes was the reason 
Dumble could trust Snape. You can imagine the Trelawney moment I had 
when I read JKR's announcement of the title for the next book
I thought 
I would faint. Believe it or not, (insert Twilight Zone music) that was 
the working title of my book 4 3/4 fanfic (almost wrote fan *fix*). It 
was to be the name of the group working against Voldemort.. 

Has anyone noticed how certain witches and wizards seem able to 
coordinate their spellcasting in a strange way? Ron, Harry, and 
Hermione all attack Snape at the same time in POA. In GoF, they, plus 
Fred and George, attack Malfoy and his gang,on the train, apparently 
without conscious thought or decision. Other examples could be the 
coordinated stun-spell attack used by the ministry in GoF against the 
DE's at the World Cup and Dumbledore, Snape and McGonnagal blasting 
through the door in GoF to rescue Harry. 

Mrs. Weasley needn't have booked the taxis at meter rates.  About 
thirty years ago Mom, Dad and I  got stood up by Hertz while in London-
- no rental car! We were supposed to go to a garden party in Sussex and 
on to Heathrow later in the day. My Dad walked out into the street and 
made a deal with a taxi driver, who took us to the party and the 
airport for $100 US.  
	Oh, and I'd like to be a bird. Or a dragon. But I'd probably be a 
chipmunk or something.

Pippin